Americas Competitiveness Forum 2008 to be held in Atlanta for the second year
Atlanta selected by US Department of Commerce to host the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) II on August 17-19, 2008. See press release Please visit www.competitivenessforum.com

United Nations Secretary-General visits Atlanta

H.E. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General and Dr. Carlos Lopes, UNITAR Executive Director, joined Mayor Shirley Franklin for the CIFAL Global Network Annual Meeting. Atlanta, May 8-9, 2008. MORE-See section 10

This forum will provide airport officials and businessmen from Latin America a venue to discuss strategies on how to leverage airport infrastructures for economic development.

This forum will provide policy-makers and senior level water officials from aournd the world with a best practice sharing platform to explore water supply and management issues. MORE

On April 2, airport officials and businessmen from China and the U.S. gathered in Shanghai to exchange best practices on economic development. MORE

On Feb 21-22, 2008 Aviation government officials, airports executives and civil aviation authorities gathered in South Africa to discuss on aviation safety and security related issues. MORE

	CIFAL RECENT PROGRAMS
	Airports Safety and Security Conference. Shanghai, China. April 1-2 EPA Landfill Gas-to-Energy. Barranquilla, Colombia. March 26-28 Greener Cities: Public Transit and Green Space Policies. Atlanta, USA. March 12-14 Pan African Conference on Airports for Econ. Development. Johannesburg, South Africa. Feb. 21-22 Airports Safety and Security Preparedness: China Workshop. Beijng, Nov. 7-8 Americas Award for Excellence in Public Service. Atlanta, USA. Nov. 15 Airports for Economic Development. Johannesburg, South Africa. Oct 23-24 Greener Waste Solid Practices, Davis, USA. Sep 17-18 Gender Equality and government: The Americas Forum. Atlanta, USA Sep. 5-7 Green Buildings for Equitable Communities. LaGrange, USA. July 17-19

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CIFAL Atlanta hosted
H.E. Ban Ki-moon,
United Nations
Secretary-General

CIFAL Atlanta receives the "Endorser of the Year" Award from EPA

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US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez selects CIFAL Atlanta as co-organizer of the ACF II



Americas Award presented to government officials at special ceremony in Atlanta

The Americas Award was presented to Western Hemisphere's government officials who excel in the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals of the United Nations READ MORE

CIFAL partnered with the Municipality of Porto Alegre
in worldwide conference

World Conference on Development of Cities. READ MORE

UNITAR and CIFAL Atlanta developed a platform to exchange best practices on HIV. READ MORE

CIFAL Atlanta developed a platform to exchange best practices on environemtal sustainability. READ MORE

PRINTED MATERIAL ON CIFAL

Download the PDFs below to learn more about how CIFAL Atlanta is working with local authorities in support of the United Nations' Millenium Development Goals.

	Gender Equality Report
	2007 Executive Report
	CIFAL PDF (Spanish)
	Americas Award (English)