Making Cities Work: Intensive Technical Training in Municipal Finance

April 25-27, 2007
Bangkok, Thailand

May 23-25, 2007
Kigali, Rwanda

USAID's Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT) is pleased to announce two offerings of the Intensive Municipal Finance Training course. "Making Cities Work: Intensive Technical Training in Municipal Finance" will examine how municipalities finance investments to expand or improve basic services such as water, sewage and sanitation. The objective of this course is to equip USAID development professionals and their partners with the tools and background needed to design and oversee programs that that help local governments finance both the delivery of basic services and infrastructure improvements.

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Making Cities Work: Intensive Technical Training in Municipal Finance

October 10-13, 2006
Washington, DC

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Urban Transport 2006: Twelfth International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century

July 12-14, 2006
Prague, Czech Republic

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Emerging Urban Trends: A Training Opportunity for USAID Staff from All Sectors

July 5-7, 2006
Washington, D.C.

This three-day course introduces NEP, IDI, and other field officers to urban development issues, policy options, and strategies in developing countries. The overall objective of the course is to showcase and explain cross-cutting principles and tools for promoting job creation, participatory democracy, and quality of life in cities. Through a combination of presentations, case examples, and group exercises, participants will learn from experts, practitioners, and each other.

2006 World Urban Forum, Vancouver

June 19-23, 2006
Vancouver, Canada

Representatives of Governments, non-profit organizations, the private sector and civil society will converge in Barcelona, Spain to share ideas and discuss how they can better serve urban communities and combat poverty in the developing world.

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The 4th World Water Forum: Local Action for a Global Challenge

March 16-22, 2006
Mexico City, Mexico

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5th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Workshop

January 26-28, 2006
Denver, Colorado

The 2006 national, multidisciplinary conference will feature cutting-edge smart-growth issues, the latest research, implementation tools and strategies, successful case studies, interactive learning experiences, new partners, new projects, and new policies.

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Habitat JAM - Global Urban Sustainability

December 1-3, 2005
Online Course

Join world experts, guest speakers, and participants from over 150 countries in an opportunity to shape the Agenda of the UN's next World Urban Forum. Your city... Your voice... Your chance to speak up! Register now for Habitat JAM, a free online conference on global urban sustainability taking place from December 1 - 3.

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4th International Conference on Urban Health

October 26-28, 2005
Toronto, Canada

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ICMA Annual Conference - 2005

September 25-28, 2005
Minneapolis, MN - USA

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International Congress On Environmental Planning and Management- Environmental Challenges of Urbanization

September 11-15, 2005
Brasília - Brasil

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