NEWS AND RESOURCES

Read all the Mayors Migration Council’s press releases, statements, and media features, as well as our latest research, publications, and knowledge products.

Water is Life for Addis Ababa’s Internally Displaced Residents

We spoke with Moges Tadesse, Addis Ababa’s Chief Resilience Officer, about his city’s Global Cities Fund project’s success in ensuring access to critical water and sanitation infrastructure for over 600 IDP households.

Bogotá Joins Cities Supported by the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees to Ensure An Inclusive Pandemic Recovery

Bogotá joined Medellín and Barranquilla as a grantee of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees to establish the city’s first center dedicated to improving the nutritional conditions of migrant and refugee infants and children.

How Mexico City is Preparing for Inclusive Growth

Mexico City’s dedication to foresight, planning, and inclusion sets a remarkable example of how city governments can make room for newcomers while also creating opportunities for them to contribute to the sustainable growth of their receiving communities.

Bogotá, Colombia: Nutritional Center for Migrant and Refugee Children

About In 2022, the City of Bogotá, Colombia, was selected as a grantee of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees (GCF), the MMC’s instrument to channel international funding directly to cities to implement inclusive projects of their own…

Bogotá, Colombia: Nutritional Center for Migrant and Refugee Children

About In 2022, the City of Bogotá, Colombia, was selected as a grantee of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees (GCF), the MMC’s instrument to channel international funding directly to cities to implement inclusive projects of their own…

The Legacy of Beirut’s Mobile Health Clinic

In the year since it launched, Beirut’s Global Cities Fund-supported Mobile Health Clinic has provided more than 1,000 local migrant and refugee residents with free, safe access to Covid-19 testing and vaccines.

Lukwago Hosts Global Mayors Migration Council

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago hosted a delegation from the Mayors Migration Council at City Hall.

The Global Cities Fund for Inclusive Pandemic Response Progress Report

This report illustrates how the GCF’s inaugural grantees are improving the lives of 5,000+ migrants, refugees, IDPs, and other marginalized city residents in Barranquilla, Beirut, Freetown, Lima, and Mexico City.

Interactive maps reveal urban vulnerability and resilience to COVID-19. Here’s how

The SecDev Group developed a digital platform to help cities respond to and recover from the current pandemic and prepare for the next one. Created in partnership with urban leaders and the MMC, the SecDev dashboard visualizes over 40 lead…

Post-Pandemic Cities: Recovery, Transition, and Renewal

Thanks to the advocacy of the MMC, it is now widely recognized that people at risk of climate disasters will find their way to and through cities. As such, there is a rare opportunity to reinvent how our cities operate…

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