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GMF Cities

Advancing Local Policy & Practices on Global Issues

The GMF Cities program supports leaders, policymakers, and practitioners in the United States and Europe by facilitating the transatlantic exchange of knowledge for building inclusive, sustainable, and globally engaged cities.

GMF Cities works in selected cities in the United States and Europe that share a set of common challenges and desire to explore solutions through transatlantic exchange. GMF Cities actively stewards transatlantic initiatives that explore key issues through high-impact gatherings, peer exchanges, and applied research. GMF Cities has an extensive and successful history of working cooperatively with public, private, and NGO leaders to apply these insights to improve local and regional policies and programs. In addition to supporting policy innovation, GMF Cities activities also support individual participants in expanding their transatlantic network, growing their policy expertise, and developing their leadership skills.

We work with and for transatlantic cities that:

  • Further & fortify DEMOCRACY
  • See that there is AGENCY FOR ALL
  • Promote JUSTICE – social, economic, & climate
  • Drive ENTERPRISE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP to social good

Our theory of change in cities involves and even requires…

  1.  Cross-sector collective action around a shared mission tapping all sectors
  2. Recognized importance of public sector involvement to achieve scale & systems change
  3. Driving the private sector involvement & investment toward social good, and
  4. Spreading innovative practices & policies to cities using creative platforms & approaches

As a team, GMF Cities see ourselves as:

  • Problem solvers on big issues with local participants
  • Bridge builders to other layers and levels of government
  • Translators of international dialogue and debate
  • Developers of research and policy outcomes
  • Curators of impactful convenings
  • Provocateurs that bring out the best in civil discourse and local leadership

Explore the initiative pages to learn more about the GMF Cities program's portfolio of work.

 

The GMF Cities Team

 

Steven Bosacker
Director GMF Cities
Washington, DC

 

Christoph Schmid
Operations & Program Manager
Washington, DC

 

Anne Marie Brady
Program Officer
Washington, DC

 

Paul Costello
Program Manager
Berlin

 

Lauren Burke
Program Coordinator
Washington, DC

 

Related Work

Democracy

Agency for All

Justice (Social, Economic, Climate)

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

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Featured Events

Oct
28
Past Event

Energy Allies: Transatlantic Multi-stakeholder Dialogues for the Local Energy Transition Learning Lab 1

October 28, 2018 to October 31, 2018
| Cambridge, MA
Oct
30
Past Event

Toward Energy Transition Innovations: Experiences from European Cities

October 30, 2018 | 5:00PM to 6:30PM EDT
| Cambridge, MA
Jun
5
Past Event

Transatlantic Cities Lab - Urban Metabolism and Sustainability: Exploring Climate Adaptation Strategies for Torino

June 6, 2018 to June 9, 2018
| Torino
Jun
14
Past Event

The Future of Multigenerational Housing in Existing Communities: A Transatlantic Dialogue

June 14, 2018 to June 15, 2018
| Washington, DC
Jun
3
Past Event

YTILI 2018 Opening Summit

June 3, 2018 to June 7, 2018
| Lisbon
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