The Sustainable Cities Dialogue was co-organized by UN-Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) within the framework of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) and the Global Taskforce of local and regional governments. It took place in Strasbourg, France on May 24 and 25th 2018, in the European Parliament, at the invitation of Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg, Co-President of UCLG and Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat. It was organized in conjunction with UCLG Executive Bureau and gathered over 350 participants from more than 25 countries, including 70 local elected officials, Ministers, more than 40 national government officials and a range of international partners.
The Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Project (MC2CM) brings together experts and cities to contribute to improved migration governance at city level, including migrants' access to basic services and human rights. Implemented since 2015, the project is working with the cities of Amman, Beirut, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Tangiers, Tunis, Turin and Vienna to increase the knowledge base on urban migration and nurture a peer-to-peer dialogue to support mutual learning on specific urban challenges such as social cohesion, intercultural dialogue, employment and provision of basic services for migrants, among others.