Supporting City Leaders
Mayors and local leaders are on the front lines. More than any other elected officials, they have the power to bring about real change and solve many of society’s biggest problems. They’re also often confronted by challenges out of their control. Those constraints come in many forms, but whether financial, societal, or governmental, our goal is to help them overcome whatever roadblocks they face by working with them to implement a flexible, innovative approach to governing and by providing them with the resources and support they need to do improve the lives of the people living in their cities.
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Bloomberg Philanthropies has partnered with Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government to provide mayors around the world with the resources, support, and expertise they need to help them grow as leaders and to implement proven, innovative strategies in order to solve the biggest problems their cities face.

The Bloomberg-Sagol Center for City Leadership at Tel Aviv University
The Bloomberg-Sagol Center for City Leadership at Tel Aviv University will strengthen local leadership across Israel by helping mayors deliver better public services to residents, strengthen social bonds, and deepen ties to the global community of innovative city leaders.

Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
The Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University builds upon the success of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a collaboration between Bloomberg Philanthropies, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School established in 2017, and will strengthen the capabilities of mayors and their teams.

CityLab
Every year, in partnership with the Aspen Institute, Bloomberg Philanthropies hosts CityLab, the preeminent meeting of city leaders and the top minds in urbanism and city planning, economics, education, art, architecture, public-sector innovation, community development, and business.

COVID-19 Local Response Initiative
Due the COVID-19 pandemic, mayors across the country and around the world are confronting an unprecedented public health crisis — and, in the United States, they’ve been forced to do so without the full support of the federal government. Bloomberg Philanthropies is helping to fill that void by providing the guidance, expertise, information, and resources they need to save people’s lives.

For Local Government Innovators
Visit the Bloomberg Cities Network, created in partnership with Johns Hopkins for city leaders and innovators full of resources, learning opportunities, and connections to peers around the world. Join the network to receive exclusive resources, including access to world-class training and events, peer networking opportunities, powerful city solutions, and more.
Top photo: Mike Bloomberg addresses more than 40 mayors in cohort at the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative program in New York City.