The Forum for Cities in Transition is an international network of mayors, councillors, municipal officials, business people, and representa- tives of the voluntary and community sector.
The Forum works on the principle that cities that are in conflict or have emerged from conflict are in the best position to help other cities in the same situation.
The Moakley Chair of Peace and Reconciliation at the University of
Massachusetts Boston hosted a conference from 14-16 April 2009, at which
participants from the invited cities discussed the feasibility of
establishing a Forum for Cities in Transition (FCT), what form it might
take, the range of its remit, how it might work, and its terms of
reference. The Forum will meet annually on a rotating basis in one of
the member cities.
Participants at the Boston Conference included the mayors and senior
city delegations from: Derry/Londonderry (NORTHERN IRELAND); Kirkuk
(IRAQ); Kosovo Mitrovica (KOSOVO), Mitrovica (SERBIA); representatives
of the GREEK- and TURKISH-CYPRIOT communities, Nicosia; and government
officials from Belfast (NORTHERN IRELAND).
The participants agreed to establish a forum, with
the Moakley Chair, Boston, and the Northern Ireland Foundation, Belfast,
serving as Secretariat.