News & Exclusives

The Geneva Cities Hub launches the Mayors’ Action Platform!

Posted on November 15, 2021

On 20 September 2021, the Geneva is launched the Mayors’ Action Platform (MAP). Created under the auspices of UNECE and UN-HABITAT, this initiative was created to follow-up on the Geneva Declaration of Mayors. The objectives of the platform are twofold: to showcase concrete actions and solutions devised by cities to address the issues covered by the Declaration of Mayors...

Webinar Rewind: Digitizing Municipal Cemeteries

Posted on November 10, 2021

Originally aired November 10, 2021. Governments have discovered just how much they can digitize in the wake of COVID-19 out of necessity. Moving forward, why not explore digitizing the most staid of local government departments? Whether preserving local history or providing a better care experience for community members, moving records online might be the logical...

Artist J Muzacz and a fellow community member in Austin, TX

Local Government 101 For Artists and Community Advocates – Apply by January 10

Posted on November 10, 2021

Join us in February 2022 as we start a 5-week guided course for artists on how to work in partnership with local government staff to create arts-based, community development projects. Over the past decade there has been a surge of project work looking to bring in the dynamic partnerships that are needed to create impactful...

National Civic Review – Fall Edition

Posted on November 10, 2021

This quarterly journal is brought to you by our friends at the National Civic League. The Fall Edition of the National Civic Review features five policy briefs created by Healing through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice. The new initiative—a collaboration between The National Collaborative for Health Equity, The American Public Health Association, and The de Beaumont Foundation—seeks to provide evidence-based policies...

Applications Open for 2022 Bloomberg Center Innovation Training

Posted on November 9, 2021

Sharing this post from our friends at the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation: City leaders - apply now for an exciting, no-cost training opportunity! Applications are open for the 2022 Innovation Training, presented by the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University, with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and in partnership with the Centre...