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The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), in close partnership with Rockefeller Foundation and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), organized a national joint seminar entitled "Climate Resilient Action: Accelerating Urban Investments and Finance in India" on 11 December 2012 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The joint seminar was successful in mobilizing a ... [Continue Reading]
CDIA Annual Flagship Event “Asian Cities and Climate Change Financing – Accelerating Urban Resilience” and CDIA 5th Anniversary Celebrations, Manila, 15-16 November 2012 CDIA organized its Annual Flagship event in the context of its Annual Thematic Focus for 2012 “Cities and Climate Change” and its Fifth Anniversary celebrations. Main focus of the event was on climate change and its ... [Continue Reading]
Cities are rapidly growing in developing countries around the world and the population of urban dwellers are expected to continue to increase at a staggering rate in the next few years. Urbanization is a sweeping global phenomenon which, in many parts of the world, is associated with population growth, economic transformation and social change. The majority of the world’s population already ... [Continue Reading]
Working towards a more inclusive and integrated approach to urban infrastructure development CDIA, in collaboration with CITYNET and the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA), contributed input to an Experts Group Meeting bringing together a select number of urban specialists from Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan and Korea, held March 8-9, 2012 in Bangkok. The objective of the ... [Continue Reading]
CDIA has been invited as one of the supporting organizations at the World Cities Summit (WCS) 2012, which will be held on 1-4 July 2012 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center, Marina Bay Sands Singapore. The World Cities Summit (WCS) is the global platform for government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge ... [Continue Reading]
Global Energy Basel (GEB) is the leading policy dialogue and investment platform for the promotion of sustainable infrastructure in cities. This year’s summit will be held on 21-22 February 2012 in Basel, Switzerland. The summit offers solutions for confronting the challenges of resource scarcity and energy security, as well as addressing global warming targets. The conference will ... [Continue Reading]
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 economy and what Asian cities should do in order to maintain and enhance their competitive edge, while ... [Continue Reading]
Working Towards a More Inclusive and Integrated Approach to Urban and Infrastructure Development Bangkok - March 8-9, 2012 An Expensive Lesson Learnt from the Great Flood in Bangkok 2011 Yokohama City's Experience on Flood Control Investment for Infrastructure to Prevent Urban Floods in Seoul Experiences and Lessons Learnt from Jakarta, Indonesia Metro Manila Tropical Cyclone (TC) ... [Continue Reading]
When / Where: Bangkok, Thailand, 29 Nov.-1 Dec. 2011 This event will offer a meeting point for the exchange of views from key actors in the field seeking to remove bottlenecks that cities face as they endeavor to access financing for pro-poor and inclusive urban development. It brings together multi- and bilateral financing agencies, cities, NGOs, National Partner Organizations, and national as ... [Continue Reading]
The Fifth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-5), organized by the Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Division of ESCAP, will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 22-25 June 2011. As part of the wider event, CDIA will be staging a panel discussion that focuses on building a business case for more inclusive development aspects within the formulation of urban ... [Continue Reading]
CDIA is a regional initiative established in 2007 by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Germany, with additional core funding support of the governments of Sweden, Austria and Spain and the Shanghai Municipal Government. The Initiative provides assistance to medium-sized Asian cities to bridge the gap between their development plans and the implementation of their infrastructure ... [Continue Reading]
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 PPP and Urban Infrastructure Latest in PPP guides, case studies and external materials.
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 PFS Mechanism Latest in PFS guidelines for sectors, municipalities and consultants, and executive summaries of completed studies.
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 Linking Cities to Finance
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 CDIA Funding Members
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 Building Capacities Latest training events and YAPP.
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 Partnerships (and Synergies) Latest on regional, LGU, international, NPO, YAPP partners and city to city mentoring.
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