How do we put the world's best knowledge in the hands of urban policymakers and practitioners ?
Global and regional partnerships to connect governments, academia, think tanks, and industry
Regional dialog events to exchange knowledge and spur innovation
Contributions from the world's best urban minds to help re-think urbanization
The Urbanization Knowledge Partnership
Our Vision
We aim to put the world’s best knowledge, innovations, and data in the hands of policymakers and practitioners, in order to harness urban growth for better development outcomes. This means moving beyond a static repository, and beyond conferences and workshops, towards an open-source knowledge exchange -- a global nexus of urban stakeholders, that evolves over time.
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what's happening ?
Overview of the Knowledge Partnership
Learn more about the Partnership's mission and objectives by viewing our introductory video.
What are City Mayors Thinking and Doing?
Reflections from Greg Clark on our 2011 launch events and workshops with city managers (view slides).
Smart Cities for All Workshop
Workshop from March 5-6 to identify "smart city" and "smart climate" opportunities for cities in low- and middle-income countries.
6th Urban Research Symposium
Biannual conference to be held in Barcelona on October 8-10 to examine "Cities of Tomorrow: Framing the Future."
Summary of Launch Events
View a 2min video summary of our regional launch events from 2011 summary video. Also explore the results from our Inception Survey (Jan 2012).
Guide on Cities and Flooding
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery has released this important new guide on integrated urban flood risk management.
Managing Explosive Metropolitan Growth
Watch the World Bank's Pedro Ortiz discuss different aspects of a method to confront, tame, articulate and manage the phenomenon of rapid metropolitan growth.
NYC Summit on Cities and Entrepreneurship
Summary of two-day summit on the role of global cities in promoting innovation, enterpreurship, and job growth.
our initial projects
Regional Events and Thematic Workshops
View details of past and future events, including a library of short "knowledge nuggets" and event presentations.
The Partnership for Sustainable Cities
World Bank facilitated cross-sectoral partnership fostering collective action and knowledge sharing for sustainable cities.
Global Series on ICT for Urban Service Delivery
Series of tightly-focused TelePresence video conferences on the use of ICT tools and resources in Urban Development.
City Solutions e-Library (Partner Preview)
Share and exchange worldwide best practices in urban development on this digital platform, an initiative of Brisbane City Council in partnership with the UrbKP.
