Global River Cities Alliance

• A ‘Global River Cities Alliance’ (GRCA) inspired by India’s River Cities Alliance was launched at COP28, Dubai.
• GRCA is a unique alliance covering 275+ global river-cities in 11 countries, international funding agencies and knowledge management partners and is first of its kind in the world.
• The other nations are Denmark, Cambodia, Japan, Bhutan, Australia, Netherlands, Egypt, and Ghana and river-cities of The Hague (Den Haag) from the Netherlands, Adelaide from Australia, and Szolnok of Hungary.
• The National Mission for Clean Ganga, under the Jal Shakti ministry and Housing and Urban Affairs ministry’s National Institute for Urban Affairs (NIUA), will take on the role of the Secretariat of the GRCA to generate the initial momentum of the alliance activities.
• These activities will include knowledge exchange, capacity development, high-level advocacy, and bi-lateral interactions among member cities.

OTHER NEWS

• Earlier, National Mission for Clean Ganga had signed a Memorandum of Common Purpose (MoCP) with the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), representing 124 cities/towns situated along the banks of the Mississippi River, USA on the sidelines of COP28.

ABOUT RIVER CITIES ALLIANCE

• It was established in 2021 by National Mission on Clean Ganga(NMCG)
  • NMCG was registered as a society in 2011 under Societies Registration Act 1860.
  • NMCG acts as implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA).
• It is a joint initiative of MoJS & MoHUA to connect river cities and focus on sustainable river centric development.
• The River Cities Alliance currently has 142 river cities in India and serves as a dedicated platform for members to discuss aspects related to enhancing the state of urban rivers within their administrative boundaries.