1ST METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS

1st METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS. METROPOLIS CONSTITUENT CONGRESS (14 members)                                           

• Participants: Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Colombo, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Ángeles, Île-de-France, Montréal, Metropolitan Corporation of Barcelona, Mexico (state), Cairo, Buenos Aires, Torino
• Michel Giraud, Paris, Île-de-France is elected first president
• Institution of Metropolis Commissions (until 2011)

1ST  METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

2ND METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS  “A Better Life for All in Metropolises”

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

3RD METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS “Metropolises in Ascendancy

• From here on Metropolis articulates its technical Commissions, which present their results every triennial congress

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

4TH METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS “Citizens and Sustainable Development”

• Metropolis creates its Technical Assistance Scheme

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE (MII) CREATION

• Establishment of 3 Antennas Network: Seoul-Mashhad-Cairo

5TH METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS “Metropolis for the People: Seeking Solidarity among World Citizens”

Metropolis participates to the UNHABITAT II "CITY SUMMIT" and proposes the establishment of the World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination (WACLAC)

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JOSEP ROIG MARTÍ is nominated METROPOLIS SECRETARY GENERAL

6TH METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS “A Network of Cities for World Citizens”

• APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN 1999-2002

METROPOLIS SECRETARIAT GENERAL MOVES TO BARCELONA

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

• 1ST METROPOLIS AWARDS “Seeking better quality of life for the world’s metropolises”

• SEOUL DECLARATION ON METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE

• APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN 2002-2005

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

UCLG CREATION

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

• 2ND METROPOLIS AWARDS 

• APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN 2005-2008

• METROPOLIS WOMEN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK CREATION

• Metropolis Women’s congress

• Youth Congress “My City - Visions 2005 +”

• JEAN-PAUL HUCHON (ÎLE-DE-FRANCE) SUCCEEDS JOAN CLOS (BARCELONA) AS PRESIDENT

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

1ST METROPOLIS WOMEN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FORUM “Dynamic Cities Need Women”

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

9TH METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS “Connecting Cities”

• 1ST REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER IN MASHHAD

• 3RD METROPOLIS AWARDS

• APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN 2009-2011

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING

2ND METROPOLIS WOMEN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FORUM “Dynamic Cities Need Women: Visions and Challenges for a Women-Friendly City”

• APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN 2012-2014

• APPROVAL OF METROPOLIS INITIATIVES 

• ALAIN LE SAUX SUCCEEDS JOSEP ROIG AS METROPOLIS SECRETARY GENERAL

• 4TH METROPOLIS AWARDS

LAUNCH OF THE URBAN INNOVATION PROGRAM

1ST GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR URBAN INNOVATION 

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING “Innovation towards a Better Future”

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING “Caring Cities”

3RD METROPOLIS WOMEN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FORUM “Dynamic Cities Need Women: Women and Armed Conflict”

• From MII to MITI - Headquarters in Seoul
• Regional centers in: Cairo, Mashhad, Mexico City, Paris and Île-de-France

2ND GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR URBAN INNOVATION

• APPROVAL OF THE METROPOLIS ACTION PLAN 2015-2017 BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

• APPROVAL OF THE NEW STATUTES AND THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE ASSOCIATION

• OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF VOICE OF THE MAYORS

• OFFICIAL LAUNCH METROPOLIS YOUTH 

• OFFICIAL POLICY TRANSFER PLATFORM (PTP) LAUNCH

• METROPOLIS WOMEN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK’s president becomes a member of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• 5TH METROPOLIS AWARDS “Seeking Better Quality of Life for the World’s Metropolises”

DENIS CODERRE (MONTRÉAL) SUCCEEDS JEAN-PAUL HUCHON (ÎLE-DE-FRANCE) AS PRESIDENT

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING “LIVE THE CITY”

• APPROVAL OF ACTION PLAN REVISION to incorporate the Gender Mainstreaming Perspective for the first time

• VOICE OF THE MAYORS DEBATE

HABITAT III: THEMATIC MEETING ON METROPOLITAN AREAS

FELIP ROCA SUCCEEDS ALAIN LE SAUX AS SECRETARY GENERAL

3RD GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR URBAN INNOVATION

METROPOLIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING (in the framework of the Habitat III thematic meeting “Financing urban development: the millennium challenge”)

PREPCITY#3 “Cities as Actors” – PRINCIPLES FOR BETTER CITIES

METROPOLIS OBSERVATORY PROJECT LAUNCH

METROPOLIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING (in the framework of the 5TH UCLG World Congress)

12TH METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS “Global Challenges: Major Cities in Action”

• FROM INITIATIVES TO PILOT PROJECTS (effective in 2018)
• DENNIS CODERRE PRESIDENCY IS RENEWED
• OCTAVI DE LA VARGA SUCCEEDS FELIP ROCA AS SECRETARY GENERAL
• MONTREAL DECLARATION “CITIES IN THE VANGUARD TO ADDRESS LOCAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES AND IMPLEMENT THE PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE”

METROPOLIS ANNUAL MEETING “Inclusive Metropolitan Cities and City-Regions”

• LAUNCH OF THE GAUTENG DECLARATION “INCLUSIVE METROPOLITAN CITIES AND CITY-REGIONS”
• POLICY DEBATE - METROPOLIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS: MICHAEL MüLLER (BERLIN) IS CONFIRMED PRESIDENT OF METROPOLIS

4TH GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR URBAN INNOVATION

EXTRAORDINARY VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MICHAEL MüLLER (BERLIN) ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY OF METROPOLIS ON AN INTERIM BASIS

THE WORLD METROPOLITAN DAY IS CELEBRATED FOR THE 1ST TIME

Metropolis Board of Directors meeting and II Policy Debate entitled “Civil Engagement in Changing Metropolises”  (in the framework of UCLG Executive Bureau)

FROM POLICY TRANSFER PLATFORM (PTP) TO URBAN SUSTAINABLE EXCHANGE (USE) PLATFORM

LAUNCH OF THE DECENTRALIZED COOPERATION PROGRAM (EU DG DEVCO FUNDED)

LAUNCH OF THE CITIES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH PLATFORM