Cities Programme broadens reach to engage an additional 28 cities
10 June 2010
On 24 April, 2010, Mr Georg Kell, Executive Director of the Global Compact extended the Cities Programme to all cities engaged in the UN Global Compact in an effort to strengthen their role in advancing the Ten Principles. The Signaotry Cities will be administered by the International Secretariat based at the Global Cities Institute at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, who provides unique expertise and guidance to participating cities.
Kell is confident that this decision will assist Signatory Cities find increased opportunities to advance the Ten Principles and that these cities will give consideration to successive levels of engagement as a Reporting or Innovating city. The Office of Global Compact will continue to play a support role and help these cities to advance collaborative and innovative approaches to improving the quality of urban life.
As of 1 June, the confirmed Signatory Cities are:
- Governo do Municipio de Ortigueira, Estado do Parana, Brasil
- Ville De Bois-Des-Filion, Canada
- Municipalidad de Los Angeles, Chile
- Changsha City, China
- Xiangtan City, China
- Yiyang City, China
- Zhuzhou City, China
- Alcaldia Municipal de Piedecuesta, Columbia
- City of Bonn, Germany
- City of Nuremberg, Germany
- Municipality of Budapest, Hungary
- Kawasaki City Government, Japan
- Municipality of Greater Amman, Jordan
- Gumi City, Korea
- City of Veracruz, Mexico
- Gobierno del Estado de Sonora, Mexico
- Gobierno del Estado de Yucatan, Mexico
- Municipalidad Distrital de Santiago de Surco, Peru
- Municipality of Wroclaw, Poland
- The Municipality of Vrbas, Serbia
- City of Kalmar, Sweden
- Municipality of Besiktas, Turkey
- Nilufer Municipality, Turkey
- Bath and North East Somerset Council, United Kingdom
- City of Cleveland, United States of America
