Kampala’s successful partnership with the Makasi Rescue Foundation showcases the countless benefits of city governments and refugee-led organizations coming together to deliver solutions for urban residents.
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Bogotá joined Medellín and Barranquilla as a grantee of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees to establish the city’s first center dedicated to improving the nutritional conditions of migrant and refugee infants and children.
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In the year since it launched, Beirut’s Global Cities Fund-supported Mobile Health Clinic has provided more than 1,000 local migrant and refugee residents with free, safe access to Covid-19 testing and vaccines.
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From Milan to Kampala to Montreal, world mayors met in New York City at the first-ever International Migration Review Forum to discuss progress towards the UN Global Compact for Migration and launch the Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees, with 60+ city-led solutions that accelerate the global migration agenda.
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If the current system of global cooperation fails to help the world recover, grievances and mistrust toward the United Nations and member states will intensify. If the world is to build back better—and develop the capability to address the looming crises of the future—then impact hubs are needed.
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Join us and our partners on June 23 to hear directly from mayors about the impact of international investment in cities through the #GlobalCitiesFund and meeting our joint commitment to support 22 cities by 2022.
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Barranquilla, Colombia is using the MMC's Global Cities Fund to help refugees, migrants, and internally displaced Colombians overcome barriers to accessing the formal labor market and increase their chances of earning an income.
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Barranquilla, Colombia is using the Global Cities Fund to help refugees, migrants, and internally displaced Colombians overcome barriers to accessing the formal labor market and increase their chances of earning an income. But cities need more support.
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Beirut is one of five cities benefiting from the million-dollar Global Cities Fund for Inclusive Pandemic Response, inaugurated by the MMC to respond to the needs of cities regarding migrants, refugees and internally displaced people during the pandemic.
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UN-Habitat is supporting the MMC’s Global City Funds initiative through its extensive experience on working with local authorities for creating inclusive, safe and sustainable urban areas and transferring funds to local authorities in different countries.
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Through the Mayor’s Dialogue on Growth and Solidarity, MMC Leadership Mayors Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and Giuseppe Sala are finding practical ways to address the reality of people moving into and between their cities and helping states progress on global goals.
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MMC Leadership Board city Freetown, Sierra Leone has become one of five cities to receive the MMC's Global Cities Fund grant to help expand its waste-management scheme aimed at helping young people in informal settlements to make a living and improve public health amid the challenges of Covid-19.
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Smart Cities Dive's hosts aggregated news and headlines regarding the virus' impact on cities to stay on top of local-level Covid-19 mitigation including information on the MMC’s Global Cities Fund.
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Mayor Aki-Sawyerr haga un llamado a la comunidad internacional y a los Gobiernos nacionales para que aprovechen el impulso del Fondo Mundial de Ciudades y hagan efectivo su apoyo mediante la aportación de los recursos que necesitan las alcaldías para ampliar la escala de atención y responder con prontitud.
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MMC Leadership Board Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr calls on the international community and national governments to build on the momentum of the Global Cities Fund and support cities with the resources they need in order to do their job better, faster, and at scale.
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The MMC launched the inaugural Global Cities Fund for Inclusive Pandemic Response, a $1,000,000 initiative to respond to the unmet needs of cities as they support migrants, refugees, and IDPs during Covid-19.
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The most useful maps and data visualizations of the Covid-19 pandemic have helped us understand, respond to and recover from the crisis. A new data-driven tool to assist city-level governments and health providers is in development and will be shared by MMC to help plan and manage future infectious disease outbreaks.
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The pandemic has revealed that integrating voices from city leadership into international decision-making is crucial for effective crisis management. MMC mayors Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Bruno Covas, and Eric Garcetti are contributing to this effort.
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Since the pandemic began, diverse global activity and collective action has been facilitated by city-to-city networks like the MMC, C40, and Global Resilient Cities Network.
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The MMC's cities and mayors are fighting the pandemic while protecting vulnerable populations in line with the Global Compact on Refugees.