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Links
Click on the links below to visit the websites of other organisations working on issues related to urban human security.
Canadian Consortium on Human Security
The Canadian Consortium on Human Security (CCHS) is an academic-based network promoting policy-relevant research on human security.
Canadian International Development Agency
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is Canada’s lead development agency. It has a mandate to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
Canadian Urban Institute
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in urban areas across Canada and internationally.
Cities Alliance: Cities without Slums
The Cities Alliance is a global coalition of cities and their development partners committed to scaling up successful approaches to poverty reduction.
City Mayors
City Mayors is an international project aiming to promote strong cities and good local government.
Comparative Urban Studies Project
The Comparative Urban Studies Project (CUSP) was established in 1991 in an effort to bring together U.S. policymakers and urban researchers in a substantive discussion about how to build the viable urban governance structures and strong democratic civic culture that are essential for sustaining cities.
Crisis States Research Centre
The aim of the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics is to provide new understanding of the causes of crisis and breakdown in the developing world and the processes of avoiding or overcoming them. Phase Two of the Crisis States Programme includes a focus on cities
European Forum for Urban Security
A European NGO founded in 1987 that brings together about 300 local authorities around urban safety issues.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada – Human Security Programme
The Human Security Programme (HSP) is a proactive mechanism to advance the human security component of Canadian foreign policy. It is a policy-driven Programme that is geared to funding projects and undertaking activities that will contribute to the future evolution of that policy component. Results and lessons learned will be evaluated on an ongoing basis and will feed into the annual policy development cycle to strengthen and better promote Canada's human security agenda.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has been the national voice of Canadian municipal government since 1901. Members include Canada's largest cities, small urban and rural communities, and 18 provincial and territorial municipal associations.
Globalisation and World Cities
Centred in the Geography Department at Loughborough University, this study group and network focuses upon the external relations of world cities.
Habitat Jam
Real voices from the people who live in cities around the globe, and more!
Human Security Centre
The Human Security Centre's flagship publication, the annual Human Security Report, is complemented by the Human Security Gateway (an online database of human security resources), and two online bulletins, Human Security News and Human Security Research.
Human Security Gateway
The Human Security Gateway is a research and information database regrouping electronic and bibliographic resources on human security.
International Development Research Centre
IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.
Making Cities Work
USAID’s site devoted to urban issues
Shack/Slum Dwellers International
SDI is a volunteer based organisation that works to empower slum residents as agents of change.
UN-HABITAT
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements.
Viva Rio
Viva Rio works together with local organizations in some 350 favelas and other low-income communities to overcome violence and social exclusion throughout Rio de Janeiro.
VNG International
VNG International is committed to strengthening democratic local government worldwide. It is the International Co-operation Agency of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG).
World Bank Institute
The World Bank’s Urban Development program examines cities from the perspective of development and governance.
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