Cities Alliance Consultative Group Meetings | Cities Alliance

Cities Alliance Consultative Group meetings have been held as follows:

Year	Location	Focus
2013	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Managing Urban Growth: Key Challenges for Sound Public Policies
2012	Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam Cities of Tomorrow - Actions Today
2011	Maputo, Mozambique	Public Advisory Forum on Financing African Cities
2010	Mexico City, Mexico	11th Public Policy Forum on Thinking Strategically About Africa.
2010	Mumbai, India	Tenth Public Policy Forum focusing on India's Urban Policies.
2009	Barcelona, Spain	Ninth Public Policy Forum on the Local Government Perspective of Development Aid Efficiency.
2007	Manila, Philippines	Eighth Public Policy Forum on Leveraging Resources for Liveable Cities. Announcement of Manila Declaration by the Philippine Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council.
2006	Washington DC, United States	Seventh Public Policy Forum on Environment, Poverty and Development in an Urbanising World, Consultative Group approval of the 2007 work programme.
2005	Marrakech, Morocco	Sixth Public Policy Forum on Morocco’s Cities Without Slums Programme, Consultative Group review of procedures for the second independent evaluation of the Cities Alliance, and approval of the 2006 work programme
2004	eThekwini/Durban, South Africa	Fifth Public Policy Forum on Making City Development Strategies come Alive in South Africa, Consultative Group approval of new Policy Advisory Board members and the 2005 work programme.
2003	São Paulo, Brazil	Fourth Public Policy Forum on Financing Strategies for Cities and the Urban Poor, Consultative Group approval of the 2004 work programme and procedures for developing country membership on the Consultative Group
2002	Brussels, Belgium	Panel discussion at the European Commission on Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of Cities Without Slums, Consultative Group review of the independent evaluation of the Cities Alliance, and approval of the 2003 work programme.
2001	Kolkata, India	Third Public Policy Forum on Sustainable Partnerships for City Development, Consultative Group review of procedures for the independent evaluation of the Cities Alliance, and approval of the 2002 work programme
2000	Rome, Italy	Second Public Policy Forum on Local Partnerships: Moving to Scale, Consultative Group approval of amendments to the Cities Alliance Charter, approval of the 2001 work programme and procedures to establish the Policy Advisory Board and Steering Committee.
2000	Montreal, Canada	First Public Policy Forum on the dimensions of pro-poor urban policies, Consultative Group review of application guidelines, and approval of Cities Alliance Vision statement.
1999	Berlin, Germany	Inaugural meeting, launch of Cities Without Slums action plan, and approval of the Cities Alliance Charter and 2000 work programme