The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt with its RISE Cities program seeks to create places based on resilience, intelligence, sustainability, and equity. They believe that to make this happen requires us all to identify and commit ourselves to being responsible leaders, whatever world we work within – private, public, civic or somewhere in-between. Indeed, it’s the interplay across these different worlds that unleashes the greatest potential for change.
In this session, we hear about the approach taken by the RISE Cities program to support people-led systemic change in cities, including a new RISE Fellowship program launching this year which will pair public administration leaders with business leaders in 12 global cities to collaborate on concrete projects.