CIFAL ATLANTA

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CIFAL ATLANTA
An International Training Center for Local
Authorities and Civil Society

• Monday, March 13, 2006

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CIFAL Centers Background

• UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and
  Research) was established in 1965 as the training
  arm of the United Nations. It is entirely self
  funded through voluntary contributions to its
  programs by the public and private sectors.
• CIFAL Centers, or International Centers for the
  Training of Local Authorities, were created by
  UNITAR to help support the leaders of large urban
  areas achieve the United Nations Millennium
  Development Goals
• CIFAL Centers provide training for local
  authorities, mayors, governors or municipal
  councilors and their key executives as well as
  private sector and civil society leaders in the
  areas of sustainable urbanization and
  environment, information society, and human,
  social and economic development

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UNITAR The United Nations
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The United Nations Millennium Goals

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Develop a global partnership for development
• By the year 2015, all 191 United Nations Member
  States
• have pledged to achieve these goals.

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CIFAL Centers around the world
11 CIFAL Centers have been established in
partnership with leading municipalities around
the world to cover specific regions and areas of
expertise
Atlanta was selected by UNITAR in September 2004
to provide local authorities and civil society
leaders of urban areas in the Western Hemisphere
with a forum to exchange strategies, tools and
best practices in support of the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals
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Why Atlanta?
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Why Atlanta? UNITAR considerations

• Cradle of the Civil Rights Movement
• Open culture, hospitable, neutral ground for
  international leaders
• Home to international cooperation institutions
  Carter Center, CARE, Habitat for Humanity, CDC
• Strengths and dynamism of its academic
  institutions
• Economic success, concentration of Fortune 500
• Geographic and transportation hub for the
  Americas
• Entrepreneurial community

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Why Atlanta? UNITAR considerations

• Motivation of the City and its Mayor
• Quality of people involved in early discussions
• Pragmatism and creativity of proposed solutions
  to launch CIFAL Atlanta
• Capacity of local community to support CIFAL
  Atlanta programs
• Initial pledges of support

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CIFAL Atlanta Charter
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CIFAL Atlanta AudienceLeading Local Governments
of the Western Hemisphere

• Best practice sharing programs for local leaders
  of the 187 urban areas with more than 500,000
  inhabitants throughout the Western Hemisphere
• Participants Mayors, local and state government,
  elected officials, key municipal executives,
  civil society leaders, and businesses involved in
  economic and social development

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CIFAL Atlanta Core Competencies Three Areas
Assigned by UNITAR

• Economic Development and Commercial Diplomacy
• Sharing innovative strategies to leverage local
  resources, infrastructure and international trade
  to foster economic development
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Building successful partnerships between Local
  Government and the Private Sector to achieve the
  Millennium Development Goals
• Information Technology
• Helping local governments deploy information and
  communications technology infrastructure,
  applications and services to foster thriving
  digital communities in support of economic and
  social development

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CIFAL Atlanta Methodology
Enabling Environment

• CIFAL adapts UNITARs best practice sharing
  methodology
• BP donated its unique KM methodology to UNITAR
• Helps cities share best practices to benefit each
  other
• Identifies and connects cities with something to
  share with cities with something to learn

Knowledge Transfer
Self Assessment
Knowledge Sharing

• Identify Something to Learn and Something to
  Share
• Measure improvement

• Peer Assist
• Electronic tools

• Knowledge Assets

Individual Action Plans

• Applying new knowledge
• City-to-city and Community-to-community
  cooperation

The idea is not to create an encyclopaedia of
everything that everybody knows, but to keep
track of people who know the recipe, and
nurture the technology and culture that will get
them talking Arian Ward, Hughes Space
Communications
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CIFAL Atlanta Program Examples

• Leveraging Airports for Economic Development,
  Atlanta March 6-8, 2006
• Objective Leveraging airports as the catalyst
  for economic development in urban areas
• Key Sponsors Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Airport,
  City of Atlanta,, Delta Air Lines
• Delegates 50 airport executives, civil aviation
  authorities, chamber of commerce presidents,
• Scope 20 airports from 15 countries across Latin
  America
• Mega-City Water Forum, Atlanta, May 1-3, 2006
• Objective Help City of Atlanta optimize its
  water resource management by integrating global
  best practices in water supply and sanitation
• Key Sponsors Georgia Tech, City of Atlanta,
  World Bank, International Water Association
• Delegates 100 local government water officials,
  water experts, academics
• Scope 60 U.S. large cities (incl Georgia) and 40
  international mega cities
• CITY AIDS Americas, Atlanta, May 21-25, 2006
• Objective Provide local government leaders with
  international best practices and competency in
  addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in urban areas
• Key Sponsors Georgia State University, City of
  Atlanta, AID Atlanta, CARE, UNAIDS
• Delegates 75 local government leaders, NGOs,
  persons living with HIV/AIDS
• Scope 25 cities from U.S.A, Latin America,
  Caribbean

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Benefits to Atlanta of a CIFAL Center
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Benefits for Atlanta

• Establishes Atlantas leadership in solving
  critical urban issues throughout the Americas and
  worldwide
• Brings worldwide expertise to Atlanta in subject
  matters important to Atlantas future
• Water, environment, disaster preparedness,
  fighting AIDS at the local level, managing
  immigrants, gender equality, economic
  development, etc.
• Supports Atlanta academic institutions by
• Offering international program assignments to
  both students and faculty
• Partnering with colleges and universities to
  co-host international programs
• Leveraging Atlantas core competencies worldwide
• Enhances international relations of the City
• Potential to enhance Sister Cities cooperations
  with joint program participations

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Benefits for Atlanta Examples of CIFAL Atlanta
Cooperations with the City

• Airports and Economic Development
• CITY AIDS Americas (With Fulton County)
• Mega-City Water Summit
• Gender Equality and Local Government
• Leveraging Knowledge Hubs for Economic
  Development
• Disaster Preparedness (in development)
• Supporting Rio Sister City Commission with CIFAL
  program in Brazil (Broadband Wireless)

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Benefits for Atlanta Examples of CIFAL Atlanta
Academic Cooperations

• ARCHE support of CIFAL start-up
• CITYAIDS 2005 Program with Emory Rollins School
  of Public Health
• Mega-City Water Forum with Water Resource
  Institute at Georgia Tech
• Immigration Program with the University of
  Georgia
• Leveraging Landfills with Public-Private
  Partnerships with LaGrange College
• CITYAIDS 2006 with the Georgia State University
• Knowledge Hubs with the SUMAQ Alliance and the
  Georgia Research Alliance
• Programs managed by interns from Emory, Georgia
  State, UGA, Spelman, Georgia Tech, and Kennesaw
  State

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How we got started
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CIFAL Atlanta Board of Trustees

• Luis Aguilar, Partner, McKenna Long Alridge,
  Chairman, Latin American Association of Georgia
• Dr. Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Tech and
  Chair, ARCHE
• The Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor, City of
  Atlanta
• Jose Ignacio Gonzalez, Executive Director,
  Hemisphere, Inc.
• Axel Leblois, Executive Director, CIFAL Atlanta,
  Senior Special Fellow, UNITAR, and Founder, W2i
• Mack Reese, General Partner, Gateway Development
  Corporation
• Deputy Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller,
  Jamaica
• Sam Williams, President, Metro Atlanta Chamber of
  Commerce
• The Honorable Andrew Young

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Start-Up Phase

• Funded 100 through voluntary contributions from
• Hemisphere, Inc,
• W2i, The Wireless Internet Institute
• Staff volunteers, executives on loan or academic
  interns
• Private enterprises
• Academia
• NGOs and public institutions

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Sources of Funds, First Year, 2005
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First Year Results
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First Year Results

• 12 programs in 2005 1 in 12/2004
• 6 in Atlanta, 2 in Latin America, 2 in other US
  locations, 3 on other continents
• 1,649 participants representing local governments
  entities from 26 countries in the Americas and
  over 250 cities
• Most programs are recurring opportunities for
  2005 and beyond
• Covering Millennium Development Goals
• Balanced budget (small surplus funding 2006
  program development work)

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First Year Results Participation
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Sample of Participating Local Governments
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Hemisphere Leaders Feedback

• "CIFAL Atlanta facilitates a better understanding
  of free trade agreements by Civil Society actors
  and therefore helps local communities take
  advantage of Free Trade Agreements outcomes."
• Ambassador Hernando Jose Gomez, Chief Negotiator
  for the FTAA, Colombia
• "The Latin American Federation of Municipalities
  and Cities have a great partner in CIFAL Atlanta
  and we will work together in the quest for a
  better living standard for our people.
• Pedro Sabat, Mayor of Santiago de Chile and
  President of FLACMA
• "This type of programs is crucial for our
  performance not only for the quality of their
  contents but specially for the opportunity to
  share best practices among local authorities"
• Enrique Riera, Mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay
• "Congress in all of the Latin American countries
  needs to engage in a deeper discussion of FTAA
  matters as a means to guarantee the final balance
  is positive for our population. CIFAL Atlanta is
  helping in that crucial task."
• Hon. Andre Zacharow, Congressman, Brazil
• "Politicians and businessmen from all over the
  Americas should participate in workshops like
  this in Atlanta to eliminate the myths of free
  trade and really understand what's behind this
  concept."
• Hon. Celso Jaque, Federal Senator, Senate
  Majority Leader, Argentina

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Three-Year Plan
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Three Year Objectives

• 26 programs, 2700 participants in 2006
• 33 programs in 2007, 40 in 2008
• Diversify sources of funds and program supporters
• Build operational strengths and sustainability
• Develop communities of field practitioners
• Formalize existing CIFAL Fellows Program

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First Semester Workshops CIFAL Atlanta
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Second Semester Workshops CIFAL Atlanta
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Diversifying Source of Funds and Supporters 2005
2008 by of Programs
Number of Programs
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Three Year Financial Plan
2005 2006 2007 2008