1. 2004ANNUALMEETING eThekwini, South Africa November 4-5, 2004 Communications and Knowledge Dissemination at Cities Alliance

2. 2004ANNUALMEETINGCOMMUNICATIONS&KNOWLEDGE eThekwini, South Africa. November 4-5, 2004Agenda   Update on implementation of communications and knowledge sharing strategy since last year;   Next steps in the implementation process;   Invite your feedback on the above and on how the comms./ks function can be better leveraged to advance Alliance goals.

3. 2004ANNUALMEETINGCOMMUNICATIONS&KNOWLEDGE eThekwini, South Africa. November 4-5, 2004 Communications Partnerships   Engaging the communications infrastructures of partners is integral to the Alliance’s knowledge sharing goals;   Partnership with ISTED;   Outputs of the ISTED Partnership;   Regular inserts in Villes en Développement newsletter;   Cities Alliance Factsheet/Newsletter   Hosting a CA page on ISTED website and posting news from Cities Alliance on this page   Working with the Cities Alliance Guide brochure in multiple languages

4. 2004ANNUALMEETINGCOMMUNICATIONS&KNOWLEDGE eThekwini, South Africa. November 4-5, 2004 Knowledge Products   State of the Cities Report 2004, South African Cities Network (2004);   City Development Strategies to Reduce Poverty, Asian Development Bank (2004);   @CitiesAlliance, Cities Alliance e- newsletter (2004);   Cities Alliance Annual Report 2004.

5. 2004ANNUALMEETINGCOMMUNICATIONS&KNOWLEDGE eThekwini, South Africa. November 4-5, 2004 Next Steps in Implementation   Enhance Cities Alliance Website;   Build New Learning Alliance Partnerships;   Help Package and Disseminate Knowledge Outputs of Alliance Partners;   Capture and Disseminate Lessons Learnt from CA Progress Reports and Evaluation Exercises;   Enhance Outreach Activities to City Officials,CBOs/NGOs, Local media - Leveraging Comms./Knowledge Infrastructure of Members;   Mechanisms for monitoring and measurement of impact.

6. 2004ANNUALMEETINGCOMMUNICATIONS&KNOWLEDGE eThekwini, South Africa. November 4-5, 2004Feedback

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