Liveable Cities Philippines Competitors

Cities Alliance is a global partnership for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of cities in sustainable development. Cities Alliance, which has over 20 members, supports cities, local and national governments and their partners to address the challenges of rapid urbanisation and harness the benefits and opportunities it can represent for all citizens. Our core work topics include Informality, Climate Change and Resilience, Urban Migration, Gender Equality and Economic Growth. Cities Alliance is hosted by UNOPS.

The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) is a global association of experienced professional planners. It was founded in 1965 in a bid to bring together recognised and highly-qualified planners in an international network. The ISOCARP network brings together 700+ individual and institutional members from more than 90 countries worldwide. The wealth and diversity of professional expertise, knowledge, and experience in the ISOCARP membership are unmatched in the planning field. Although ISOCARP members work in many different fields they share a common interest in the spatial and environmental dimensions of urbanisation. They advise key decision makers, proposing and supporting projects for intervention in a spatial context through general or specific actions. ISOCARP encourages the exchange of professional knowledge between planners, promotes the planning profession in all its forms, stimulates and improves planning research, training and education and enhances public awareness and understanding of major planning issues at a global level.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is a government agency of the Philippines under the direct supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines. It performs planning, monitoring and coordinative functions, and in the process exercises regulatory and supervisory authority over the delivery of metro-wide services within Metro Manila without diminution of the autonomy of the local government units concerning purely local matters.