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Cities Alliance Organisational Structure

Consultative Group Organisation

Policy Advisory Board Secretariat

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In accordance with its charter, the governance and organ- See charter at Cities Alliance website, isational structure of the Cities http://www.citiesalliance.org Alliance includes a Consultative Group, a Policy Advisory Board and a Secretariat.

The Consultative Group The Consultative Group – the Alliance’s Sector Development and Infrastructure, the board of directors – is responsible for setting World Bank; and the Executive Director, the Alliance’s long-term strategy, approving United Nations Centre for Human its annual work programme and budget and Settlements (Habitat). reviewing achievements.The Consultative Group is composed of financial contributors Consultative Group meetings are held to the Cities Alliance Trust Fund and the annually in connection with a global Public political heads of the major global Policy Forum designed to share the lessons organisations of local authorities who have learned from experience and agree on pledged their commitment to achieving policy orientations and standards of practice Alliance goals. Prospective financial in areas related to the Alliance’s goals.The contributors may serve as Associate Consultative Group has also formed a five- Members for a period agreed to by the member Steering Committee, made up of a Consultative Group.The Consultative Group subset of its members, to provide guidance is co-chaired by the Vice President, Private to the Secretariat.

Consultative Group Meetings

■ Berlin, December 1999: inaugural meeting, launch of Cities Without Slums action plan, and approval of Charter and 2000 work programme.

■ Montreal, June 2000: first Public Policy Forum, review of application guidelines and approval of Cities Alliance Vision statement.

■ Rome, December 2000: approval of Charter amendments, 2001 work programme and procedures to establish Policy Advisory Board and Steering Committee.

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Consultative Group Members — June 2001* Local Authorities

■ International Union of Local Authorities ■ Metropolis ■ World Federation of United Cities ■ World Associations of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination

Governments

■ Canada ■ Japan ■ United Kingdom ■ France ■ The Netherlands ■ United States ■ Germany ■ Norway ■ Italy ■ Sweden

Multi-lateral organisations

■ UNCHS ■ World Bank * Associate members that have attended meetings of the Consultative Group include: the African Development Bank, Austria, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Spain, the United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF and the International Labour Organization.

The Policy Advisory Board members will be nominated by the Consultative Group from the Arab States The Alliance’s Policy Advisory Board is and Eastern Europe. composed of eminent urban experts from each region.They provide guidance to the The Policy Advisory Board held its first Consultative Group on key strategic, policy meeting June 11–12, 2001, at the United and regional issues and support the Nations headquarters in New York, on the implementation of Alliance activities.At its occasion of the General Assembly’s special meeting in December 2000, the session on Istanbul+5. During this meeting, Consultative Group approved the initial the board members familiarised themselves composition, terms of office and operating with the strategic issues facing the Alliance procedures for the Policy Advisory Board. and organised their work around immediate The board meets twice a year and is and longer term goals.This included composed of eight members who serve elaborating their role in organising the two-year terms on a rotational basis. Six conceptual content and outreach of Public members were nominated initially (two Policy Forums so as to help build strategic from Africa, two from Asia, one from Latin alliances in each region to further the Cities American and the Caribbean and one from Alliance vision and agenda. the North).The board’s two remaining

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The Secretariat The Alliance Secretariat is a small team housed in the World Bank that carries out the Alliance’s mandate and manages its operations.

Secretariat Staff — June 2001*

Manager, Mark Hildebrand

Lead Urban Finance Specialist, Mohini Malhotra

Senior Urban Upgrading Specialist, William Cobbett

Resource Management Officer, Kevin Milroy

Urban Specialist, Ahmed Eiweida

Programme Assistant, Karen Burke * Gaetano Leone from UNCHS and Lesly Puyol from the United Nations Environment Programme helped establish the Secretariat and the Alliance’s initial operations, and returned to their respective organisations in early 2001.

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