UPCOMING EVENTS

United Nations - World Urban Forum 2010
GCIF is planning an event with member cities and the launch of its Annual Report at UN HABITAT’s World Urban Forum in Brazil 2010.

Dubai Workshop Winter 2009/2010
GCIF will co-host a workshop with the Center for Research and Urban Innovation on the importance of global indicators for the Gulf Region.

Urban Age Institute - Sustainable City Finance - New York, January 2010
GCIF will be participating in the "Sustainable City Finance" event hosted by the Urban Age Institute in New York City to discuss the role of a global standard set of city indicators for more effective city management and sustainable city planning.

World Future Energy Summit - MASDAR City, Abu Dhabi UAE, January 2010
GCIF has been invited to speak at the World Future Energy Summit, January 18-21, 2010 in Abu Dhabi.

RECENT GCIF ACTIVITIES

Third National Land Congress - Merida Mexico, October 28-30, 2009
GCIF presented the Global City Indicators Program at the Third National Land Congress in Merida, Yucatan Mexico to introduce the Program to Mexican cities and the Mexican National Government.

World Bank - A Dialogue on Cities and Climate Change - Washington, September 2009
GCIF participated in the World Bank event "A Diagloue on Cities and Climate Change" for discussion with private sector partners and other institutional partners.

CITYNET Yokohama Congress – Yokohama, Japan September 7-11, 2009
The Global City Indicators Facility attended the CITYNET Yokohama Congress in Japan to present the Program to cities in the Asian region.

Philippines Training Workshop – Manila, Philippines September 11, 2009
GCIF co-hosted a training workshop with the League of Cities of the Philippines to train current member cities in the Philippines to enter data on the GCIF website and to introduce the Global City Indicators Program to potential new members.

Vietnam Workshop – Haiphong, Vietnam September 18, 2009
The GCIF presented the Global City Indicators Program at the workshop on Inidcators for Urban Management hosted by Haiphong city.

Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence – July 2009
The Global City Indicators Facility submitted an application to the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovations for a $4 million research grant. If successful, this grant will assist the GCIF with expanding its activities and sustaining the Program.

World Bank Urban Research Symposium – Marseilles, France June 2009
The Global City Indicators Program was presented to researchers and practitioners at the Urban Research Symposium. The GCIF Director presented a paper titled “City Indicators on Climate Change: Implications for Policy Leverage and Governance”.

Japan Workshop June 2009
A workshop on the Global City Indicators Program was hosted by PADECO. Cities from Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia were present. The Program was presented to city leaders and discussions were held on the use of indicators and the expansion of the Global City Indicators Program in the Asian region.

Carbon Expo – Barcelona June 2009
The Global City Indicators Facility participated in two World Bank panels at the Carbon Expo in Barcelona: “Creating Urban Carbon Assets: From Concepts to Action” and “Climate Challenge – A Voice for Cities”. The Global City Indicators Program was presented as a tool to assist cities with climate change challenges allowing cities to track and measure their mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Cities Symposium – Barcelona June 2009
The Global City Indicators Facility participated in a Cities Symposium “Cities, Climate Change and Finance: Elements for a Cities-Led Agenda on the Road to Copenhagen” sponsored by the World Bank, City of Barcelona and Government of Spain.

ICLEI World Congress – Edmonton June 2009
The Global City Indicators Facility participated in the ICLEI World Congress in Edmonton and made presentations in two sessions: “Governance and Planning Solutions for an integrated eco-city approach” and “Climate and Energy Resources – Project Market”. A presentation on the Global City Indicators Program was made during the first session and a roundtable was held in the second session to introduce participants to the Global City Indicators Program and host a discussion on the use and practice of indicators in the delegates’ cities.

GCIF Technical Workshop, Toronto
A workshop with member cities and international organizations to discuss the global city indicators on April 15-16.View agenda

Greater Toronto Area Roundtable, Toronto
Roundtable to discuss how best to agglomerate indicators for municipalities within a metropolitan area now being planned.

Angola Workshop
GCIF was in Angola for expert group meetings with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to discuss the use of city indicators and membership of Angolan cities.

UN-HABITAT Conference - Jordan
GCIF presents its work to the "Second Regional Conference on Creativity and Initiatives of Development in Arab Cities" in Amman, Jordan on April 27-29.

Greenhouse Gas Index
A Greenhouse Gas Index for measuring climate change in cities is now under development with the World Bank.

World Bank Sustainable Development Network Workshop – Washington March 2009
GCIF presented the City Indicators Program to the World Bank Sustainable Development Network “Building a Stronger Results Platform”

International Studies Association - New York
GCIF organized a panel for ISA in New York City Feb 15-18, 2009 "Cities and Global Governance: Typologies" as part of a themed cluster titled "Cities as New Sites of Global Governance." GCIF was represented by the World Bank and GCIF Director.

Intergovernmental Panel on Cities and Climate Change - Columbia University
The Director of GCIF attended the IPC3 Conference and is the lead author of the IPC3 Report's Concluding Chapter on Cities and Governance.

GCIF Offical Launch, UN WUF - Nanjing
The Global City Indicators Facility was offically launched at the United Nations World Urban Forum in Nanjing, China November 2008.

Practitioners’ Roundtable on Energy Efficient Cities – World Bank October 2008
GCIF presented the City Indicators Program to the World Bank Energy Efficient Cities Workshop.

Partnership with UN-HABITAT MOU
A GCIF institutional Memorandum of Understanding is under development with UN-HABITAT.

Partnership with Clean Air Initiative - Asia
A GCIF institutional Memorandum of Understanding is now under development with the Clean Air Intiative in Asia.

Partnership with CRUI - Dubai
A GCIF institutional Memorandum of Understanding is under development with the Center for Research and Urban Innovation in Dubai.