Following the recommendation of city networks at the 2008 CITYNET Congress to establish a network of city networks in order to enhance collaboration between them, the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center and the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) developed the “Network of City Networks” Project. The Project aims to contribute to enhancing collaboration among city networks so enable them to scale up their efforts and reach more of the 2,500 Asian cities that require assistance across a broad range of urban environment and development challenges. The project started in January 2009 and ended in October 2009.

In 2009, the project conducted:

• a survey of organizations with city networks (that include Asian cities) or work closely with city networks was conducted in July-August 2009, and
• a roundtable to present results of the survey, identify approaches to improve synergies between existing networks, and seek commitment from networks to form a Network of City Networks was held in September 2009 in Yokohama City, Japan as a side event to the 2009 CITYNET Congress.

To know more about the City Networks, check out their Profiles below.

Donor and Partner: CDIA

CAI-Asia contact:
Glynda Bathan, glynda.bathan(at)cai-asia.org