{"id":74484,"date":"2021-02-26T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=74484"},"modified":"2021-02-26T17:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:41:43","slug":"islamabad-among-500-cities-selected-for-2021-global-mayors-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-among-500-cities-selected-for-2021-global-mayors-challenge.html","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad among 500 cities selected for 2021 Global Mayors Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The capital city has been included among the first 500 cities selected for the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge; announced in January by US-based Bloomberg Cities Network, a news source reported on February 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/time-to-invest-in-gulberg-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why is now the right time to invest in Gulberg Islamabad?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The international competition aims to \u2018identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019, according to Bloomberg Philanthropies. \u2018It is meant to select top 50 ideas from municipalities based upon the criteria of vision, impact, implementation and transferability. Idea themes include health, inclusive growth, climate change and good governance,\u2019 the organization stated in its January announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-get-its-first-pet-friendly-public-park-in-sector-f-6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Islamabad get its first pet-friendly public park<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) is leading the initiative. It has included street vendors in the programme. Further, MCI has set up a Street Economy Unit to improve the livelihoods of these individuals. Ehsaas, the federal government\u2019s poverty alleviation initiative, is providing its support to the MCI in its endeavors aimed at uplifting the underprivileged segments of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The capital city has been included among the first 500 cities selected for the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge; announced in January by US-based Bloomberg Cities Network, a news source reported on February 26. Read: Why is now the right time to invest in Gulberg Islamabad? The international competition aims to \u2018identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019, according to Bloomberg Philanthropies. \u2018It is meant to select top 50 ideas from municipalities based upon the criteria of vision, impact, implementation and transferability. Idea themes include health, inclusive growth, climate change and good governance,\u2019 the organization stated in its January announcement. Read: Islamabad get its first pet-friendly public park Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) is leading the initiative. It has included street vendors in the programme. Further, MCI has set up a Street Economy Unit to improve the livelihoods of these individuals. Ehsaas, the federal government\u2019s poverty alleviation initiative, is providing its support to the MCI in its endeavors aimed at uplifting the underprivileged segments of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":71589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[45354,45355,41,26543],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-74484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-2021-global-mayors-challenge","9":"tag-bloomberg-cities-network","10":"tag-islamabad","11":"tag-metropolitan-corporation-islamabad-mci","12":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Islamabad among 500 cities selected for 2021 Global Mayors Challenge - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The international competition aims to \u2018identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-among-500-cities-selected-for-2021-global-mayors-challenge.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Islamabad among 500 cities selected for 2021 Global Mayors Challenge - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The international competition aims to \u2018identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-among-500-cities-selected-for-2021-global-mayors-challenge.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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