What Is a GSN Account?

On our website, you can explore problem solving networks, identify those of particular interest to you, and connect with network leaders.

Want to store, edit, and track communications with selected networks? These and other benefits come with your free GSN Account.

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Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)

A research and strategy organization and the leading authority on U.S. inner city economies and the businesses that thrive there.

Hub: Cities

Advocacy NetworkKnowledge NetworkOperational and Delivery Network

Tags: Cities, cities networks, funding, general, resilience, sustainability

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       shyde@icic.org

International Association of Educating Cities (AICE)

A platform for collaboration between local governments committed to the Charter of Educating Cities, which is the road map of cities they compose.

Hub: Cities

Platform Network

Tags: Cities, cities networks, data, development, general, sustainability

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   edcities@bcn.cat

International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Advances professional local government worldwide to create excellence in local governance by developing and fostering professional management to build better communities.

Hub: Cities

Advocacy NetworkGovernance NetworkKnowledge NetworkOperational and Delivery Network

Tags: Cities, cities networks, data, development, general

Connect to network

       membership@icma.org

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives- —ICLEI

Provides technical consulting, training, and information services to build capacity, share knowledge, and support local government in the implementation of sustainable development.

Hub: Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship

Operational and Delivery Network

Tags: cities networks, environment, sustainability

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       Troy Pickard
Chair, Biodiverse Cities
iclei@iclei.org

International Network for Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO)

An open worldwide scientific network for education and research to promote the implementation of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in urban areas.

Hub: Cities

Advocacy NetworkKnowledge Network

Tags: Cities, cities networks, data, general, planning, sustainability

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Prof. Dr. Haripriya Gundimeda
President
president@urbionetwork.org

Living Cities

Works with cross-sector leaders in cities to build a new type of urban practice aimed at dramatically improving the economic well-being of low-income people.

Hub: Cities, Employment & Prosperity

Advocacy NetworkOperational and Delivery Network

Tags: Cities, cities networks, development, funding, planning, resilience

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       Kevin Paul
Engagement
kpaul@livingcities.org

Metropolis

More than 140 members from across the world and operates as an international forum for exploring issues and concerns common to all big cities and metropolitan regions.

Hub: Cities

Advocacy NetworkNetworked InstitutionOperational and Delivery Network

Tags: Cities, cities networks, data, development, funding, planning, resilience

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     Felip Roca
Metropolis Secretary General
metropolis@metropolis.org

MIT Urban Planning

Tackling the challenges associated with urban development in the twenty-first century.

Hub: Cities

Advocacy NetworkKnowledge NetworkNetworked InstitutionOperational and Delivery Network

Tags: Cities, cities networks, climate change, development, environment, planning

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       Eran Ben-Joseph
Department Head
ebj@mit.edu