Earth Institute MCI

What s the Earth Institute MCI? Provide me the detailed information.

[Raman Vij]

The Millennium Cities Initiative is a project of the Earth Institute, Columbia University. It performs as an urban counterpart to the Millennium Village project, designed to assist seven mid-sized cities across sub-Saharan Africa in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Millennium Cities
Accra, Ghana
Akure, Nigeria
Bamako, Mali
Blantyre, Malawi
Kaduna, Nigeria
Kisumu, Kenya
Kumasi, Ghana
Louga, Senegal
Mekelle, Ethiopia
Segou, Mali
Tabora, Tanzania

Partners
Government Partners
The Millennium City Municipal Governments of:
Mekelle, Ethiopia
Accra, Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana
Kisumu, Kenya
Blantyre, Malawi
Bamako, Mali *
Segou, Mali *
Akure, Nigeria
Kaduna, Nigeria
Louga, Senegal
Tabora, Tanzania

The Regional Governments, including these Millennium Cities

The National Governments of:
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Mali *
Nigeria
Senegal
Tanzania

Multilateral Institutions:
Cities Alliance
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Poverty Unit of the MDG Support Group
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Agenda 21
United Nations – HABITAT
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
The World Bank (Washington, DC; Ghana)

Columbia University and Earth Institute Affiliations:
Center for Global Health and Economic Development
Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Columbia University Business School
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Mailman School of Public Health
Millennium Villages Project
School of Engineering and Applied Science
School of International and Public Affairs
Teachers College
Urban Design Programme
Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment

Major In-Kind Donors
Afrikaverein
Airtel Ghana
AmeriCares
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn LLP
Cravath, Swain & Moore LLP
DLA Piper
Ericsson
GlaxoSmithKline
Government of Israel, Office of International Cooperation (MASHAV), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
KPMG
LitWorld
Physicians for Peace

School2School Partnerships (Including the following US schools, as well as dozens of Millennium City schools)
Arts & Technology Academy (Washington, DC)
Cushing Academy (Ashburnham, Massachusetts)
Los Gatos High School (Los Gatos, California)
MS 406 Global Technology Preparatory (New York, NY)
MS 104 Simon Baruch Middle School (New York, NY)
MS 250 West Side Collaborative (New York, NY)
New Heights Academy (New York, NY)
New York City Lab Charter High School (New York, NY)
The Park School (Brooklandville, Maryland)
Theodore Roosevelt High School (Washington, DC)
The School at Columbia University (New York, NY)
Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC)
UN Association of the National Capital Region (Washington, DC)
Wilmington Friends School (Wilmington, DE)

Other Key Partners and Supporters
Mr. Gerald Abrams
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
Anonymous (5)
Mr. Japhet Arikyu
Baltimore Community Foundation
Bank of America
Ben Gurion University (Israel)
Ms. Nancy P. Blaustein
Boulder, CO, Sister Cities Project (Sister City with Kisumu, Kenya)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowlus
Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia
Mr. Gary M. Cohen
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Community Lab
Connect To Learn
Cordaid (The Netherlands)
CyberSmart Africa
Mr. Douglas Durst
The Economist Intelligence Unit
Mr. F. Bruce Cohen
Ga Mashie Development Association (GAMADA), Accra, Ghana
Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (Haifa, Israel)
Government of Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of France, l’Agence francaise de developpement
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Government of Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Hachette Book Group
Ms. Carolyn Herman
Himalayan Cataract Project
Housing the Masses (Accra, Ghana)
iEARN
Institute for Local Government Studies (Accra, Ghana)
International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (UK)
Johnson & Johnson
Ms. Ann Kaplan
Kinkaid School (Houston, Texas)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi, Ghana)
Mr. and Mrs. Kase Lawal
The Lemmon Foundation
Columbia Global Center (Nairobi, Kenya)
MDG Centre, West and Central Africa (Dakar, Senegal)
Millennium Promise (New York)
Mount Carmel Training Center (Haifa, Israel)
Ms. Stacy Moscow
Mums for Mums (Mekelle, Ethiopia)
Network for Good
Ms. Cathy Neumann
New York Community Trust
Aharon Ofri International Training Center (Jerusalem, Israel)
One World Youth Project
People’s Dialogue (Slum Dwellers International affiliate, Accra, Ghana)
Ms. Bonnie Potter
The Sackler Institute (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Save the Children Ghana
Stevens Institute of Technology
Tides Foundation
University of Ghana – Legon campus (Accra, Ghana)
Vale S.A. Mocambique
The Weitz Center for Development Studies (Israel)
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory and Jacquelyn Zehner

Address:
Millennium Cities Initiative
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Interchurch Center, Suite 253
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115

Map:

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Will you please give me some details about the Millennium Cities Earth Institute, Columbia University?

[Arun Vats]

The Millennium Cities Initiative is a project of the Earth Institute, Columbia University,

Partners
The Millennium City Municipal Governments of:
Mekelle, Ethiopia
Accra, Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana
Kisumu, Kenya
Blantyre, Malawi
Bamako, Mali

Segou, Mali

Akure, Nigeria
Kaduna, Nigeria
Louga, Senegal
Tabora, Tanzania

The Regional Governments, including these Millennium Cities
The National Governments of:
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Mali

Nigeria
Senegal
Tanzania

Multilateral Institutions:
Cities Alliance
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Poverty Unit of the MDG Support Group
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Agenda 21
United Nations – HABITAT
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
The World Bank (Washington, DC; Ghana)

Columbia University and Earth Institute Affiliations:
Center for Global Health and Economic Development
Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Columbia University Business School
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Mailman School of Public Health
Millennium Villages Project
School of Engineering and Applied Science
School of International and Public Affairs
Teachers College
Urban Design Programme
Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment

Major In-Kind Donors
Afrikaverein
Airtel Ghana
AmeriCares
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn LLP
Cravath, Swain & Moore LLP
DLA Piper
Ericsson
GlaxoSmithKline
Government of Israel, Office of International Cooperation (MASHAV), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
KPMG
LitWorld
Physicians for Peace

Millennium Development Goals
The eight Goals include:
Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty
Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Contact Details:
Millennium Cities Initiative
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Interchurch Center, Suite 253
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115

Map location:
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