Africities was a good opportunity for Cities Alliance to facilitate discussions around inclusive cities that are central to our work programme, including city planning, equitable economic growth in cities and the role of public space, the need for local finance, the right to the city, and secondary cities.

The Cities Alliance Liberia Country Programme is working with CBEs to pilot innovative “starter kits” with rain gear, tools and tricycles to help them keep Monrovia’s streets clean and safe.

This new set of one-page briefs is part of an analysis commissioned to IIED by Cities Alliance that aims to help a range of urban development actors understand how six global agreements can support the advancement of sustainable urban development.

The groundbreaking event in Jinja put the spotlight squarely on Uganda’s fast-growing secondary cities, their needs, and potential. The entire Expo was locally driven and organised, and it attracted a great deal of interest.

It has been a full and very productive five years for the Cities Alliance, with fresh opportunities, a new home at the centre of Europe on a UNOPS platform, and far-reaching changes to the way we do business.