Guidelines on Membership to the UNESCO and ICESCO Cities Networks

Abstract

This book is designed to be a guide to provide awareness and the associated enlightenment and empowerment of the staff, other city stakeholders and the management of the cities in the country about ICESCO, UNESCO and the respective programmes to stimulate interest in the various platforms and networks of the Islamic Capitals of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the UNESCO’s Cities Platforms for the purpose of making applications for membership. Specifically, the guidelines are intended to achieve the following objectives: 1. To create awareness and promote understanding and interest of the cities in ICESCO and UNESCO’s mission, programmes and activities in general 2. To promote support for ICESCO and UNESCO’s specific programmes for Cities at the grassroots level, thus contributing to the promotion of the values, messages and actions espoused by these Organisations. 3. To enable the cities build capacity to acquire the eligibility for candidature to any of UNESCO Cities Alliances, Platforms and as Islamic Capitals of the Environment and Sustainable Development. 4. To provide baseline information as a basis for cooperation between UNATCOM and the cities and amongst the Cities themselves at the national, regional and international levels and cooperation with other ICESCO and UNESCO’s networks.