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World
· Association internationale des maires francophones (AIMF) 
· Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment 
· Capacity 21
· Case Studies Climate Change
· Centro Iberoamericano para el Desarrollo Estratégico Urbano (CIDEU)
· Child Friendly Cities 
· Clearing House Best Practices Database (MOST)
· Climate group - Case studies
· Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) 
· Development Gateway 
· Dexia
· Dubai Internacional Awards for Best Practices (DIABP)
· Gateway to International Best Practices & Innovations
· Good Practices for the MDGs
· Huairou Commission (Women and Governance) 
· ICELE-Local eDemocracy
· Internacional Center for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC)
· International Association Cities and Ports (IACP)
· International Association of Educating Cities 
· International Centre for Sustainable Cities
· International Observatory of Participatory Democracy 
· LED (Local Economic Development) – The World Bank Group
· Local Sustainability - the European Good Practice Information Service
· Online Sourcebook on Decentralization & Local Development
· Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) 
· Toolkit Citizen Participation 
· Ubuntu
· UN Division for Sustainable Development
· UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize
· United cities against poverty
· UN-NGO-IRENE Best Practices Network 
· Upgrading Urban Communities
· Urbanicity 
· URBO-Managing our World Heritage
· Women Watch - United Nations Inter Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality

Africa
· African Development Information Service
· Arab Urban Development Institute (Audi)
· Association internationale des maires francophones (AIMF)
· Clean Air Initiative (CAI)
· Comité Permanent Inter Etat de lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel (CILSS)

Benin 
· Centre béninois pour l’environnement (CEBEDES)
· Portail des Institutions et organisations du développement du Bénin

Egypt 
· Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)

Morocco 
· Enda Maghreb

South Africa 
· South African Cities Network

Zambia 
· Panos Southern Africa (PSAf)

Asia-Pacific
· Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED)
· Center for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG)
· Citynet 
· InfoCity
· Kitakyushu Initiative for a clean environment
· LOGOTRI 
· Society for Development Studies (SDS)
· The Asia Regional Governance Program (ARGP)
· United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) 

Australia 
· Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) 

India 
· Best Practices Foundation (BPF)
· Centre for Electronic Governance (CEG)
· National Institute of Urban Affairs
· Public Affairs Center (PAC)

Indonesia 
· Urban and Regional Development Institute (URDI)

Korea, Republic of 
· Seoul Development Institute (SDI)

Nepal 
· Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN)

Pakistan 
· Urban Resource Centre (URC)

Philippines 
· LGU Assistance Portal
· Philippines (The Official Government Portal of the Republic of the Philippines) 

Sri Lanka 
· Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance (SLILG)

Thailand 
· Center for Peace and Governance, King Prajadhipok Institute of Thailand

Euro-Asia

Ukraine 
· Association of Ukrainian Cities

Europe
· Aalborg+10 and Aalborg commitments homepage
· Best Practices Hub Vienna
· Cities of Tomorrow-International Network for Better Local Government
· CIVITAS - Cleaner and better transport in cities
· eGovernment Good Practice Framework
· Energie-Cités 
· EURADA- Association of Regional Development Agencies
· European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
· European Commission - Urban environment
· European Local Governments (ELGO)
· European Local Transport Information Service (ELTIS)
· Local Sustainability European Good Practice Information Services
· REVE Jura-Léman
· SMILE : the gateway to Sustainable Mobility
· SURBAN - database on sustainable urban development in Europe
· Sustainable European Regions (SER)
· Urbact

Austria 
· Municipia
· Platform for the Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme of the UN-HABITAT and the City of Vienna

Bulgaria 
· Foundation for Local Government Reform (FLGR)
· National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria

France 
· Carrefour des collectivités Locales
· Comité 21-Comité français pour l´environnement et le développement durable
· Villes Internet

Germany 
· Good Practices for sustainable urban development in Münster

Italy 
· Interregional Observatory for Development Cooperation (O.I.C.S.)

Spain 
· Banco de Buenas Prácticas (BBP)

United Kingdom 
· Commission for Rural Communities
· LGA´s European & International Unit
· Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
· UK Local Governement Alliance for International Development

Latin America
· Ciudades para un Futuro más Sostenible
· Experiencias del Programa Buenas Prácticas de América Latina y el Caribe - UN-Habitat
· International center of urban management
· Mejores Prácticas en América Latina y el Caribe
· Transferencia de Buenas Prácticas

Argentina 
· Banco de Experiencias Locales (BEL)

Brazil 
· Gestao Publica e Cidadania
· Red de Bancos de Datos de Gestión Local

Chile 
· Municipium / Servicio de Asistencia y Capacitación para el Desarrollo Local (SACDEL)
· Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo (SUBDERE)

Mexico 
· Gobiernos y Gestión Local

Peru 
· Participación y Gestión Local

Middle East and West Asia
· Arab Urban Development Institute (Audi)
· United Nations Development Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (POGAR)

Jordan 
· Center for the study of the built environment

Lebanon 
· Localiban
· United Nations Development Programme (Lebanon)

Turkey 
· Local Agenda 21
· United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Turkey 

United Arab Emirates 
· Dubai International Award for Best Practices

North America
· The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI)

Canada 
· Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
· Center for Digital Government
· CivicInfoBC
· Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) 

United States 
· Center for Democracy and Citizenship
· Civic Practices Network
· Clean Cities
· Governement Finance Officers Association
· Government Innovators Network 
· KnowledgePlex 
· Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington 
· National Association of Counties
· National League of Cities (NLC) 
· Public Policy Institute of California
· Small Cities.US
· Sprawl Watch
· The Municipal Research & Services Center (MRSC)
· United States Agency for International Cooperation (USAID)
· United States Department of Energy - Smart Communities Network
· Urban Institute
· US Conference of Mayors
· WebPolis Community Revitalization

Metropolitan

Canada 
· Cities and Regions of the World

France 
· Institut d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Région Ile-de-France (IAURIF) 
· METROLAB