INTERNATIONAL CITY NETWORKS DIRECTORY
The Global Cities Hub works to connect cities and their networks to international organizations and actors in Geneva. To this end, GCH publishes an International City Networks Directory that lists the mission, mandate, contact persons and key projects of international and regional city networks.
The Directory aims is to enhance the visibility in International Geneva of networks that represent cities and local and regional governments. It is not exhaustive and continues to evolve. The networks prepare their own entries which are not modified by GCH. The Directory is available as an online database.
C40 is a network of nearly 100 cities working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and collaborative approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities.
Cities Alliance is a global partnership fighting urban poverty and promoting the role of cities. Cities Alliance promotes urban change by supporting and implementing programmes in the places where that is most needed, with the aim of improving the lives of 60 million urban residents in 200 cities of 20 different countries by 2030.
The Cities Coalition for Digital Rights is the creation of city governments from around the world. To join, cities need to have made a clear political commitment to promote digital rights, and demonstrate that they are developing policies and projects to protect these rights in practice.
With more than 2000 members in 28 countries, Climate Alliance is Europe’s largest city network dedicated to climate action. By joining, cities and regions commit to constantly reducing their emissions and to conform to the Climate Alliance principles for climate action: fair, nature-based, resource-saving and diverse.
The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy-Europe is an initiative funded by the European Commission. The Covenant of Mayors is the world’s largest movement for local action on climate and energy. In Europe, over 10,000 cities and towns have joined forces to secure a better future for their citizens.
The missions of Energy Cities is to give to cities and citizens the means to transform our societies to live within planetary limits. This network includes hundreds of local governments from 30 different countries. It unites pioneers and neophytes of energy transition alongside politicians and technical experts.
Eurocities is the largest network of European cities. It offers a political and networking platform for more than 200 major European cities in 38 countries, representing 150 million people. Eurocities is the place where local and regional governments meet, exchange ideas and work together to implement positive change.
The Fund is a global city network focused on development and on the promotion of investments and financing opportunities for sustainable urbanization as transformative tools to achieve global objectives. The Fund supports all players in the financing value chain to diversify their resources and boost the urban financing market.
The vision of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM) is to contribute to a world in which mayors, their cities and networks are equal partners in building global governance for an inclusive and sustainable world. The GPM facilitates debates between mayors, national governments and international organisations.
The Human Rights Cities Network is an online platform promoting the development of human rights in Europe and beyond. The primary objective is to develop a network of like-minded cities, committed to respecting, protecting and promoting a culture of human rights, who can expand their knowledge and share their experiences.
ICLEI is a global network working with more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in more than 125 countries, ICLEI influences sustainability policy and drive local action for zero emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development.
The International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) is an association that aims to be a welcoming space of exchange and solidarity for Mayors of francophone cities. Founded in 1979, the AIMF built a concrete cooperation among cities based on their common values. In 2025, the AIMF had 345 members in 56 countries.
The International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) is an independent international organization whose members include more than 90 cities across Europe and the Americas. The common mission of ICORN member cities is to bring forward symbolic and concrete contributions to the betterment of freedom of expression around the world.
Leading Cities is a global non-profit organization with a mission to drive resiliency and sustainability in cities worldwide. Leading Cities reduces the risk and the cost of innovation for local and regional governments. Founded in 2008, the network was a pioneer of the smart and resilient cities movement.
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) is a multi-partner initiative led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). At MCR2030, local and regional governments can find support to better understand disaster risk reduction, to improve strategic planning and to implement measures to reduce risks and reinforce resilience.
The Mayors Migration Council (MMC) is an organization that supports ambitious global action on migration and displacement to create a world where urban migrants and the communities who welcome them can thrive together. MMC established the Global Cities Fund to respond to the needs of the cities that aid migrants and refugees.
Metropolis is a network of the largest cities worldwide that brings forward innovative solutions to the challenges that large metropolitan areas are faced with. Uniting more than 160 cities and 700 million inhabitants, Metropolis is a global hub where metropolises can connect, share solutions and mobilize for change.
Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) is a non-profit organization whose members are cities and communities around the world. Its ambition is to leverage technology to improve the quality of life of citizens. Currently, more than 190 cities are members, in 40 countries from Argentina to Finland and Japan.
The Partnership for Healthy Cities is a collaboration between Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Vital Strategies. The network helps cities to save lives by preventing non-communicable diseases and other injuries. Every city can choose to intervene in one of 14 possible fields of risk.
Peace in Our Cities is a network of cities and international partners that work together to halve urban violence by 2030. The network promotes concrete, participative and evidence-based exchanges to reduce and prevent severe violence in member cities, while building a global movement of advocates for urban violence reduction.
PLATFORMA is the oldest and largest pan-European coalition of towns and regions. Its members are active in city-to-city and region-to-region decentralized development cooperation. All partners cooperate at the international level to promote sustainable development and decentralized cooperation.
Local and regional governments have a responsibility to combat discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual (LGBTI) people. Rainbow Cities Network members exchange best practices to grow the impact of local initiatives, effectively allocate resources and achieve better social inclusion.
Regions4 catalyses regional government leadership and advocates for increased regional recognition in the main UN fora on biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable development. Created at the 2002 UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, Regions4 built a global community of more than 200 local and regional governments.
Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities) is an independent non-profit organization advancing urban resilience solutions to protect vulnerable communities. R-Cities is present in almost 100 cities and more than 40 countries worldwide and is built on the legacy of the 100 Resilient Cities programme, pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation in 2013.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) is UNESCO’s flagship city programme, established in 2004 and including more than 400 cities around the world. UCCN encourages cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) is an international network that encourages peer-to-peer learning among its members, facilitates partnerships and builds capacity. The “learning cities” facilitate individual autonomy and social inclusion, economic development, cultural prosperity and sustainable development.
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) is the product of a century-old collaborative movement of local and regional governments. UCLG, with 250,000 members in over 140 States, represents 70% of the world’s population. UCLG aims to ensure that local perspectives are considered from the start in the development of global programmes.
The WHO European Healthy Cities Network is a global movement launched in 1988 that advocates for health as a priority in the social, economic, and political programmes of local administrations. To achieve this, the Healthy Cities Network adopts an inclusive and participative approach to the promotion of health.
The Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities (GNAFCC) was established by the World Health Organization in 2010 to connect cities and communities worldwide with the common vision of making their communities great places to grow older in. More than 1700 cities from more than 57 countries have already joined the network.
The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) is a membership-based international association of local governments, smart tech solution providers, and
institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart sustainable cities through facilitating public-private partnerships (PPP).