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To equip policy-‐makers with the insights needed to harness urbaniza:on for be<er development outcomes by CONVENING AND CONNECTING stakeholders across silos to CO-‐CREATE AND CUSTOMIZE new urban insights.
1. City leaders face significant KNOWLEDGE GAPS in determining the appropriate
policies and investments needed to leverage urban transforma9on
for inclusive and sustainable development
2. The urban community o;en operate in SILOS—preven9ng
the holis9c, collabora9ve approach necessary for success.
harnessing smart urbanization for sustainable growth and poverty reduction
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ECONOMIC rural-‐to-‐urban transi?on
SOCIAL social inclusion &
mobility
ENVIRONMENT sustainable urban
growth
GOVERNANCE accountable &
financially solvent
across four thematic pillars
12 countries
represented
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6 countries
represented
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8 countries
represented
Russia
GLOBAL FORUMS JOINED 3
24 CONSULTATIONS IN 13 COUNTRIES AND 5 REGIONS
10,000+ ONLINE VISITORS
750 CITY LEADERS 4,000 PARTICIPANTS In partnership with regional
staff and local partners
70+ COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS & 20+ CORE PARTNERS
6TH URBAN RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE SYMPOSIUM
WEB-‐BASED SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES
LEARNING LAB FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING
CO-‐CREATE NEW POLICY INSIGHTS
WITH TOP THINKERS IN THE FIELD:
PAUL COLLIER ED GLAESER PAUL ROMER SASKIA
SASSEN MATT KAHN MCKINSEY GLOBAL INSTITUTE AND
OTHERS TOWARDS OPEN DATA ON CITIES FOR GLOBAL BENCHMARKING
ASIA LAB FOR URBAN INNOVATION
PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
PROMOTING INFORMED EXPERIMENTATION AND CITY-‐TO-‐CITY LEARNING
§ Enterprise Surveys & “Doing Business”
§ Environmental city profiles
§ Urban energy (Trace) benchmark data
§ Transport data § Budgets § THIRD PARTY DATA
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fostering a global private partnership around the needs of cities
JUNE 13 2011 (DC) MARCH 26 2012 (DC)
6TH URBAN RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE SYMPOSIUM
WEB-‐BASED SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES
LEARNING LAB FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING
CO-‐CREATE NEW POLICY INSIGHTS
WITH TOP THINKERS IN THE FIELD:
PAUL COLLIER ED GLAESER PAUL ROMER SASKIA
SASSEN MATT KAHN MCKINSEY GLOBAL INSTITUTE AND
OTHERS TOWARDS OPEN DATA ON CITIES FOR GLOBAL BENCHMARKING
ASIA LAB FOR URBAN INNOVATION
PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
PROMOTING INFORMED EXPERIMENTATION AND CITY-‐TO-‐CITY LEARNING