Countries Targeted Countries of Southern and Northern Mediterranean.   Partners The Center for Mediterranean Integration in partnership with AFD, Agence des Villes et Territoires Méditerranéens Durables (Avitem), CDC, Cities Alliance, CODATU, GIZ, EIB, MedCities, World Bank, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), UCLG-MEWA.  ...

Smart Urban Places, Low-tech Projects & Cities in Transition   At the forefront of the “engineered” city and the “agile” city, developers are key players in shaping urban spaces in the Mediterranean, and are at the core of the processes transforming project conception and implementation. What new project management processes – including...

Building on decades of GIZ experience in bilateral, regional and global programmes the publication provides insights into GIZ’s contribution to sustainable urban development under the heading “designing tomorrow”s cities”. Multiple project examples (a selection) display GIZ’s broad thematic expertise. The experiences and knowledge gained over many...

Countries Targeted Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza, and also Libya, Syria and other MENA countries   Lead Organization(s) Agence Française de Développement (AFD)   Partners CODATU (Cooperation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World) CEREMA (Center for Studies and Expertise on Risks,...

The Women for Resilience Program (W4R) brought together a group a hopeful enthusiastic women entrepreneurs from Egypt, Djibouti and Lebanon and put them through an accelerated training program hoping to equip them with knowledge they need to succeed in their project. The program aims at empowering women in tackling urban risk and developing...

Building on the success of the Barcelona Resilience Experience in February 2015, that drew over 170 participants and more than 20 cities, the BCN Urban Resilience Partnership, UN-HABITAT’s City Resilience Profiling Programme and the City of Barcelona are launching Barcelona Resilience Week, a global platform for discussion and learning between...

Three female-led projects from Beirut and Cairo were awarded at the Grand Finale of the “Women for Resilient Cities Start-up Competition” organized by the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration.   The Women for Resilience (W4R) is an initiative conducted by the World Bank in partnership with the Global Facility for Disaster...

Three female-led teams from Beirut and Cairo were awarded in September 2015 in Marseille at the Grand Finale of the “Women for Resilient Cities Start-up Competition” organized by the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration. The event brought together seven finalist teams along with business incubators, local stakeholders from...

This is the second report on the implementation of the Integrating Cities Charter, covering 20 EUROCITIES members in their role to integrate migrants as policy makers, employers, service providers, and buyers of goods and services.