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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  

TBD  

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  

year 1—building an action network of 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  

prac?cal  policy  advice  for  city  leaders  on  their  most  pressing  challenges  

§  Enterprise  Surveys  &  “Doing  Business”  

§  Environmental  city  profiles  

§ Urban  energy  (Trace)  benchmark  data  

§  Transport  data  § Budgets  §  THIRD  PARTY  DATA  

contribute YOUR data!

how  can  we  bring    together  data  on  ci?es  in  a  systema?c  way  ?  

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  

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