Cities

The Cities Programme operates in diverse socio-economic, cultural and environmental contexts across the globe.  Currently, the Programme operates in all six continents, with membership encompassing an expanding list of geographically distinct cities.

City Project Name
Jamshedpur, India Basti Water Project
Berlin, Germany Berlin as a Health Care Centre
San Francisco, USA Business Council on Climate Change (BC3)
Jinan, China Jinan Traffic Safety Project
Milwaukee, USA Maintaining and Improving Water Quality
Asker, Norway Preventing corruption and unethical behaviour by working together.
Melbourne, Australia Residential Sustainability Pilot
Tshwane, South Africa Rosslyn Strategic Development Forum
Porto Alegre, Brazil Social Inclusion Project for Vila Chocolatao
Le Havre, France Sustainable Tourism
As-Salt, Jordan The Environmental Street Project
Plock, Poland The Grant Fund for Plock
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Urban Development
Melbourne, Australia Utility Debt Spiral Project

News

NEW WEBSITE IS HERE!!

01 December 2011

The Cites Programme website is undergoing a change of look and content and functionality. We are very excited. The new website is complete but we are currently in the process of changing domain hosting. The temporary address for the new website is www.citiesprogramme.com

The Transformation of Chocolatao

08 June 2011

After four years of dedicated work, the community from the Chocolatao slum in Porto Alegre have new homes and for many its brought new livelihoods and opportunities. May 13 marked the inauguration of the new Chocolatao, home to around 200 families or 600 people.

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Milwaukee wins IBM award and support to take urban aquaculture across the world

15 March 2011

IBM has announced that Milwaukee is among 24 cities worldwide to receive a Smarter Cities Challenge grant, which will give the city access to top IBM experts and technology to potentially expand local, cutting-edge urban agriculture efforts around the globe.

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