Activities
UrbanShift offers cities a suite of activities to strengthen their integrated planning skills, from workshops and national dialogues to geospatial analyses, climate action support, and more.
To achieve sustained and effective action at the city level, government officials and urban practitioners must be equipped with the knowledge and tools required to transform their urban environments in an equitable, nature-positive manner. UrbanShift has crafted a specialized set of activities that focus on enhancing city capacity in integrated planning strategies while leveraging the power of dialogue, networking and collaboration.
For more information about each of the eight activities below, download this set of one-pagers: English, Français, Español, Português, Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin (中文).
Advocacy & Engagement
Through its presence at high-profile international platforms, UrbanShift advances the importance of urban sustainability on the global climate agenda, and works to ensure that key themes like nature-based solutions and circular economy are prioritized.
City Academy
Through comprehensive online courses and in-depth, in-person trainings, UrbanShift's City Academy equips local leaders and urban practitioners with knowledge and skills in eight areas related to integrated urban planning.
City-Business Collaboration
Cities are central to the global response to the climate, nature and wellbeing crises. However, city governments cannot solve urban sustainability challenges by working alone. Collaboration, especially between cities, communities and businesses, becomes the bridge that connects ideas with action.
Climate Action
UrbanShift offers cities a suite of resources and partnership opportunities to strengthen their climate action goals and initiatives.
Finance Support
Through its Global Platform, UrbanShift offers cities a range of support for accessing financing for climate projects, from technical assistance to networking opportunities with funders.
National-Local Dialogues
UrbanShift's National-Local Dialogues facilitate communication and coordination across levels of government within a country to promote constructive and supportive approaches to climate action and integrated urban planning.
Peer-to-Peer Exchanges
These events bring representatives from UrbanShift cities to peer cities around the world to gain firsthand knowledge of approaches to sustainable urban development, and gather insights and ideas to implement in their own cities.
Strategic Planning Labs
In these in-depth, collaborative events, UrbanShift partners closely with cities on developing a data-informed, strategic approaches to a unique challenges.
UrbanShift Forums
These flagship gatherings bring together high-level representatives from across UrbanShift's three regions to engage in discussions and coordination around local and regional challenges.
Webinars
UrbanShift's free, open access webinars engage leaders and stakeholders across the program's three regions in discussions around solutions to a range of urban challenges.
