Cities Programme Partners

Cities Programme strategic partners are Global Compact participants, have an organisation focus that aligns with the Cities Programme and adds value to the Programme with resources, expertise and capability.

RMIT University

RMIT is a global university of technology and design, Australia’s largest tertiary institution and the Cities Programme’s lead partner and supporter.

The International Secretariat of the Cities Programme is hosted by RMIT’s Global Cities Research Institute, located in its Melbourne city campus. The University’s research focus on solving the critical global problems affecting communities and the environment positions it to support the Cities Programme’s innovating cities with a breadth of expertise and research capability.

RMIT under graduate and post graduate students also contribute to the Cities Programme  through projects undertaken in internships at the Melbourne office. They are also available to undertake placements internationally in the Programme’s Innovating Cities through RMIT’s International Industry Research Program.

The City of Melbourne

The City of Melbourne is a long standing supporter of the Cities Programme. One of the founding members, a lead partner in the original ‘Utility Debt Spiral Project’, financial supporter and member of the Programme’s Advisory Committee, Melbourne is a champion of the Programme and the methodology it is based on.

The City of Melbourne recently extended its international collaboration with cities to include membership of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.

Metropolis

Created in 1985, the Metropolis Association is represented by more than a hundred member cities from across the world and operates as an international forum for exploring issues and concerns common to all big cities. The main goal of the association is to better control the development process of metropolitan areas in order to enhance the wellbeing of their citizens. To do this, Metropolis represents regions and metropolitan areas at the world-wide level. The Global Cities Institute was represented on Metropolis’ Commission 2, Managing Urban Growth which reported in 2011. Since 2012  it acts as the main partner of the Metropolis Initiative : Integrated Strategic Planning and Public Private Partnerships

The UN Global Compact, Cities Programme (UNGCCP) and Metropolis, are building on their collaborative partnership in an exciting new initiative that will support Indian cities to build public private-partnerships that support sustainable urban growth and development.

The joint Cities Programme- Metropolis Initiative proposal was approved by the Metropolis World Congress in Porto Alegre, Brazil in November 2011 and will be launched in New Delhi in April 2012.