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High Level Policy Roundtable: Incentivizing Asia’s Urban Future. November 2011. Manila
The CDIA supported High-Level Urban Policy Roundtable held at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines on 14 November 2011, saw an eminent group of twenty political leaders, leading urban specialists and concerned civic leaders, deliberating on the role of Asian cities in the world…Read More
Annual Stakeholder Forum Meeting November 28 in Bangkok; and On-line SHF Survey
As previously announced, the 3rd annual meeting of the CDIA Stakeholder Forum will take place November 28th in Bangkok, Thailand. The Stakeholder’s Forum represents the ‘demand-side’ of the CDIA programme and provides an opportunity for members to provide feedback on…Read More
Effective Urban Infrastructure Programming
The training programme to be held in January 11 – 20, 2012 in Singapore is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore and Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) under the Singapore-CDIA Third Country Training Programme (TCTP) and will be conducted by the…Read More
Cities Recently Approved for Support
The following cities have recently received approval in principle for CDIA support on September 9, 2011: Guiyang, China (phase II) Xinyu, China Pokhara, Nepal Puerto Princesa, Philippines. These cities have applied to receive technical assistance in Infrastructure Investment Programming, Project Assessment and the preparation of…Read More
MSc in Financial Management by RSM and IHS
The Master’s Programme in Financial Management (MFM) with a specialization in Urban Infrastructure Finance for January 2012-December 2012 is a joint programme of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. The combined approach of RSM and IHS prepares…Read More
Online course on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries
The Local Development Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is launching a new session of the e-learning course Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries, from 14 November 2011 to…Read More
PFS Training Event Bangkok December 2011
The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) will hold a training event entitled “Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS): Translating Urban Development Strategies into Bankable Projects” on 13-15 December 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. The PFS course aims to train facilitators from National Partner Organizations (NPOs) that are active in urban development planning…Read More
Project Overviews
Executive Summaries
Below you will find various materials from CDIA’s participation in recent events. This will often include presentations by CDIA CMT members, partner cities and other key stakeholders as well as other materials and documentation.
PPP and Urban Infrastructure 
PFS Mechanism
Linking Cities to Finance
Articles on CDIA
CDIA Funding Members
CIIPP Toolkit
CDIA Newsletter archives 
Partnerships (and Synergies) 
Services