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Issue #3 - April 25, 2023
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Welcome to the third issue of the Mayors Migration Council’s newsletter, where we share the latest news about mayoral leadership on global migration and displacement and upcoming opportunities for action.
This month, we're proud to share with you our Impact Report, highlighting our work and accomplishments from 2020 to 2022. We are also excited to partner with the US State Department to bring mayors from across the western hemisphere to the first-ever Cities Summit of the Americas and launch the selection process for the new chapter of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees focused on children and caregivers. Stay tuned later this year for our Leadership Board meeting and diplomatic opportunities at the Global Refugee Forum.
Vittoria Zanuso, Executive Director
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Local Action, Global Impact: The MMC 2020-2022 Impact Report
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Over the past three years, the seed planted by our 10 founding mayors has created a movement of over 200 cities and 25 partners worldwide. This movement has influenced more than 60 global policy positions at the international and national levels, made 70 pledges to the Global Compacts through the Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees, and unlocked over US$23 million in international funding for cities, both by influencing international funds and by creating our own, the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees. Started as an experiment, the Global Cities Fund is now directing funding to 28 city governments improving the lives of thousands of migrants, displaced people, and marginalized communities worldwide. Throughout this work, our mayors have positioned themselves as influential players in emerging policy frontiers—from climate migration to inclusive pandemic response. As we grow our movement into 2023, we thank you for your continued support.
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Mayors to Discuss Migration at the Cities Summit of the Americas
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250+ mayors will join the Cities Summit of the Americas April 26-28. The MMC will cohost the Closing Plenary featuring a keynote address by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, with Emerson Collective, CAF, and the InterAmerican Dialogue. We’ll also host a Climate Migration Roundtable with the US State Department, USAID, C40, and the Climate Migration Council.
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Global Cities Fund for Children and Caregivers Launches
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Over 200 city governments submitted expressions of interest for the new chapter of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees focused on children and caregivers. A Selection Committee of former mayors, subject-matter experts, and youth representatives will determine the five city grantees to be announced in June 2023.
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Celebrating Eric Garcetti’s Legacy at the MMC
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As Eric Garcetti concluded his final term as Mayor of Los Angeles, we reflect on his important contributions as a founding member of the Mayors Migration Council’s Leadership Board from 2018-2022. We are inviting US mayors to express their interest in joining our Leadership Board here.
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Local Leadership in Action: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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In a Q&A with the MMC, Chief Resilience Officer Moges Tadesse explains how the Addis Ababa’s Global Cities Fund project ensured access to critical water and sanitation infrastructure for over 600 internally displaced families and what’s needed to scale this work and continue to make a positive impact.
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MMC in the Media
- MMC MMC Executive Director Vittoria Zanuso and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation CEO Peter Laugharn call on donors to support migrants and refugees by investing directly in cities (Inside Philanthropy).
- Mayor Claudia López of Bogotá, Colombia, discusses how her Global Cities Fund project is helping address the needs of migrant and displaced children and their caregivers (City of Bogotá).
- Ahead of the Cities Summit of the Americas, MMC Executive Director Vittoria Zanuso and Mayor Jaime Pumarejo of Barranquilla, Colombia, ask the Biden Administration to partner with cities on regional migration solutions (World Economic Forum).
- Arua, Uganda (NewVision) and Monrovia, Liberia (Liberian Observer) launched their respective Global Cities Fund projects delivering inclusive solutions for people impacted or displaced by the climate crisis.
- The MMC joined over 200 organizations to support refugee resettlement through community sponsorships in the US (Welcome.US).
- The impact of city diplomacy and the MMC is unpacked in a paper (Geneva Cities Hub) and two new books (Raphaela Schweiger, The Global Compact for Migration and the role of non-state actors and cities; Janina Stürner-Siovitz, Curtain up: City diplomacy in global migration governance).
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Looking Ahead
- The new five city grantees of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees: Children and Caregivers supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will be announced on World Refugee Day June 20, 2023. With over 200 expressions of interest from cities worldwide, the MMC is looking for partners to fund additional grantees. Contact ssaliba@mayorsmigrationcouncil.org to learn more.
- As GFMD 2022-2023 Chair, the French Government will hold a consultation on climate migration on June 28, 2023, bringing together national governments, cities, and civil society. The MMC, C40, and Mayors Mechanism partners UCLG and IOM, will lead a segment on city-led action on climate migration.
- The MMC Leadership Board will meet on the sidelines of UNHCR's second UN Global Refugee Forum on December 12-15, 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, where we will join Mayors Mechanism partners to announce new city pledges to the Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees. Add your city’s pledge!
- The MMC is growing! View our Careers Page for open positions and apply today. We are also inviting US mayors to express their interest in joining our Leadership Board here.
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