GMF’s Urban and Regional Policy Program serves as a key resource and network builder for individuals and groups who make, influence, and implement urban and regional policy in the United States and Europe.  The program promotes practical, hands-on exchanges and networking activities, supports policy analysis on pressing urban challenges, and convenes high-level policymakers and opinion-makers to inform current policy debates.

Explore Urban and Regional Policy Programs

Urban and Regional Policy Fellowship Program 
Opportunities for urban and regional practitioners to conduct short (2-4 week) fact-finding trips, and for policy experts to conduct longer (3-6 month) research projects 

Cities in Transition 
A three-year initative to foster a network of visionary leadership in five U.S. cities facing challenges associated with significant disinvestment in the urban core

Detroit-Torino Partnership 
A three-year initiative to strengthen ties between two "auto communities" on either side of the Atlantic reinventing themselves through new industry, spatial planning, and branding

Transatlantic Cities Network 
A durable framework for exchange on shared challenges and innovative solutions between policymakers and practitioners in 25 cities in the United States and Europe