Greg Clark works with many organisations that provide support to city and regional development leaders and practitioners. Here are some of them.
Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute (www.ULI.org) is a growing global membership organization of professionals involved in investment, development, architecture, and place making. ULI is committed to the responsible long term use of urban land. Greg was appointed Senior Fellow, EMEIA, in November 2007 working within their London team led by Bill Kistler, and with the US and Global Teams on Urban Development issues including the evolving challenges of World Cities, Global City Indexes, Sustainable Cities, major urban projects and urban investment tools.
 
Department for Communities and Local Government
This is a major department of the British Government. Greg Clark is lead Advisor on City, Regional and Economic Development.
 
OECD Local Enterprise and Employment Development Programme
Greg Clark undertakes regular assignments for the OECD and am Chairman of the Forum of Development Agencies and Investment Strategies within the LEED Programme.
 
OpenCities and City of the Future
The British Council is a UK Government backed organization with almost 200 offices in over 90 countries dedicated to fostering international dialogue, exchange, and learning. Greg is acting as lead advisor on several British Council projects concerning cities.
 
GCLF
Global City Leaders Forum
The Global City Leaders Forum is an initiative taken by Microsoft, Cap Gemini, Aecom, and others to support progressive city leaders with tools for benchmarking and learning about the major challenges that cities that face, with a focus on practical long term solutions based on business insights.
(web address under development).
 
London Development Agency
This is the regional economic development agency for Greater London, reporting to the Mayor. Greg Clark is Global Practices Advisor to the London Development Agency.
 
International Economic Development Council
The biggest membership grouping of city and regional economic development officials in the world fostering leadership and excellence with it's 5,000, primarily US, members.
 
OECD Territorial Economy
This OECD Team undertakes reviews of territorial economies at the national, regional, metriopolitan, and inter-regional levels, focussing upon issues of competitivenesss and governance of functional economic territories. Greg Clark is a regular contributor to such reviews.
 
World Bank
The World Bank has a growing portfolio of resources and activities in the field of Local Economic Development. Greg Clark is a contributor to, and supporter, of this work.
 
British Urban Regeneration Association
The British Association for all public, private, and voluntary organisations committed to urban regeneration.
 
European Association of Development Agencies
A European Association of 280 development agencies from 22 European Countries.
 
Globalisation and World cities
An excellent observatory of world city dynamics, rich in data and the measurement of inter-city relationships in the context of the global economy.
 
International Labour Organisation LED
The ILO has a growing programme of resources on Local Economic Development. This material is very well constructed and insightful.
 
International Urban Development Forum
An excellent global association of Urban Development professionals and policy makers, where Greg Clark is a member.
 

Good links for research and data on Cities and Regions
     European Urban Audit
     BAK Basel Economics
     GLA Economics
     The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Studies Programme
     City Population Website
     UN Habitat City Guides
     Brookings Institution: Living Cities Series
     U.S State of the Cities Reports
     South African Cities Network (SACN) State of the Cities Report 2004
     U.N HABITAT State of the World's Cities 2004/5
     New Zealand 'Quality of Life in NZ's eight largest cities'.
     Review of Scotland’s Cities
     Canada's Urban Strategy
     State of Australian Cities: National Conference
     Mercer's Index
     The Competitiveness Institute
     Urbanicity
     European Cities Monitor

City Alliances and Network
     The Cities Alliance
     Metropolis Network
     Global City Regions Network
     South African Cities Network
     United Cities and Local Governments
     The Global Cities Dialogue
     Eurocities

International Organisations and Cities.
     European Commission Urban Unit
     UN Habitat
     British Council Spain City of the Future Project

Economic Development Network and associations.
     Italian Association of Development Agencies
     Economic Development Association of New Zealnd
     WAIPA

Think Tanks and Observatories on City and Regional Issues
     City Mayors Website
     IPPR Centre for Cities
     Development Gateway Website

Major Events and Conferences.
     The Global City Conference
     IEDC Annual Conference
     The World Urban Forum 2006

Journals and articles about cities.
     Citichat: weekly articles about Johannesburg from Neil Fraser
     The Urban Age Institute
     City Matters Magazine

Further links

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