Cities
Cities are the focus of population, business activity, economic wealth, government, academia, infrastructure and civil society. They represent an extraordinary array of human, material and financial resources that can be used to translate the Global Compact Principles into concrete and positive urban outcomes.
The Global Compact Cities Program, launched in 2003, seeks to harness these resources and facilitate these outcomes by providing an innovative methodology to develop solutions to urbanisation-related social, economic and environmental problems.
The methodology, the Melbourne Model™ , assists participating cities to coordinate and focus the ideas, expertise, energy and experience inherent within government, business and civil society under the umbrella of the Global Compact Principles.
Solutions developed within the Cities Program, by way of the Cities Learning Forum, will be made available to other cities facing similar issues to adopt or adapt to their own needs.
