Through its Task Forces and the New Cities Summit, the Foundation leverages its members’ expertise, relationships and solutions in the service of a more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable urban future.

The New Cities Foundation is a non-profit Swiss institution dedicated to improving the quality of life and work in the 21st-century global city, with a particular focus on new cities in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. NCF sees cities as humanity’s most important source of innovation, creativity and wealth-creation. We believe that achieving the vision of building more sustainable and dynamic urban communities can only be done through innovative partnership. NCF serves a unique role in developing new models of collaboration between the public, private and academic sectors.

The Foundation is financed by its members and overseen by a Board of Trustees.