MobiliseYourCity is a global partnership supporting cities and countries in developing and emerging economies to turn sustainable urban mobility planning into concrete investment and action.

Launched at COP21 in Paris in 2015, the MobiliseYourCity Partnership is a leading global initiative of more than 100 partners for sustainable urban mobility planning, policy development, and increasing investment for sustainable urban transport in developing and emerging economies.

At its core, MobiliseYourCity's added value lies in providing a platform for structured and inclusive coordination among cities and state partners, the EU, its Member States, development finance institutions, multilateral development banks, and other international and regional partners. By using Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and National Urban Mobility Policies and Investment Programmes (NUMPs) as a common reference framework instead of working through isolated projects, the Partnership actively facilitates coherent, city-level, investment-ready mobility pipelines.

As of 2026, the Partnership brings together 82 member cities across 38 countries, representing a combined population of more than 172 million people, and 16 member countries. Supported by the European Union and the governments of France and Germany, MobiliseYourCity has secured EUR 120 million in grant funding. These resources have been deployed to provide technical assistance and project preparation support to 53 cities and 16 countries, strengthening national and local capacities for sustainable urban mobility planning and implementation.

To date, MobiliseYourCity has supported the completion of 34 SUMPs, of which 16 have progressed to the implementation stage. At national level, 11 NUMPs have been completed, with 9 already moving into implementation. Building on this planning and policy support, member cities and countries have leveraged approximately EUR 4.4 billion in financing for the implementation of SUMP and NUMP measures.

Implementation support now represents the largest share of MobiliseYourCity activities. While mobility planning remains central in terms of the number of projects, implementation support projects tend to be larger, more complex, and more resource-intensive. The chart of implementation support projects on the Our impact page shows this evolution.

The Partnership is coordinated by a Brussels-based Secretariat working alongside implementing partners AFD, GIZ, CODATU and ADB, five development finance institutions, and twelve knowledge partners. It is recognised as an international transport initiative under the UN Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action.

Key figures

82

member cities across 38 countries

16

member countries

EUR 120 million

in grant funding secured

  • European Union, EUR 63.9 million
  • Germany, EUR 30.4 million
  • France, EUR 26.3 million

EUR 4.4 billion

in financing leveraged for SUMP and NUMP implementation

Cumulative finance leveraged, 2019 to 2025

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Vision, mission and goal

Our vision

A European-led global initiative of partners working together to shape low-carbon, resilient, and inclusive urban mobility systems that support local economic competitiveness and social cohesion, while contributing to broader strategic and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Our mission

We support cities and countries in developing and emerging economies to accelerate the adoption of comprehensive policies and proven and innovative approaches, and incubate scalable solutions to transition to sustainable, low-carbon and just urban mobility.

Our goal for 2026-2030

MobiliseYourCity positions itself as an enabling platform that helps translate international policy priorities and commitments into coherent planning frameworks, investment-ready project pipelines, and coordinated action at city and national level.

MobiliseYourCity promotes the European vision for sustainable urban mobility that prioritises public transport use over private vehicle ownership, responds to the mobility needs of all, and is integrated with urban planning best practices.

How we support cities and countries

To deliver on this mission, MobiliseYourCity supports countries and cities through four service areas.

MobiliseYourCity supports cities and countries in developing SUMPs and NUMPs that provide a structured, evidence-based framework for identifying and prioritising urban mobility investments. By anchoring project identification and investment pipelining within approved plans and policies, MobiliseYourCity helps generate coherent, demand-driven project pipelines aligned with national climate commitments (NDCs), local governments' urban development objectives, and global political priorities and programmes, such as Global Gateway priorities. This reduces fragmentation and increases the credibility of proposed investments for development partners and investors.

Through targeted technical assistance, institutional strengthening, pilot projects, and project preparation support, MobiliseYourCity helps de-risk early-stage urban mobility projects. This includes strengthening governance and regulatory frameworks, improving data availability, testing innovative solutions at pilot scale, supporting the definition of technically sound and socially inclusive project concepts and carrying out project preparatory studies to improve implementation readiness. These interventions improve project quality and bankability, reduce preparation costs, and increase the likelihood that large-scale investments successfully progress to financing and implementation.

To enable sustained and scalable transformation in urban mobility, MobiliseYourCity develops and disseminates the frameworks and tools, and strengthens capacities that underpin effective planning and implementation. As a global knowledge hub on urban mobility, MobiliseYourCity operates as a platform for exchange as well as for consolidating and translating lessons from implementation into new or revised methodologies, tools, and capacity-building offers that can be applied across diverse contexts.

MobiliseYourCity advances decarbonised and socially just mobility systems by raising awareness, shaping dialogue, and building support among key stakeholders through targeted advocacy and outreach. Through strategic communication, participation in high-level events, and regular dissemination of evidence and results, the Partnership helps mobilise broader engagement and strengthens the case for sustainable urban mobility solutions by demonstrating their tangible benefits for cities and their residents.

Strategic objectives 2026-2030

To respond to a rapidly changing global context and to ensure that urban mobility investments deliver tangible and lasting results, MobiliseYourCity has defined a focused set of strategic objectives for the period 2026-2030. The objectives are structured along the urban mobility investment cycle, reflecting MobiliseYourCity's role in bridging planning, implementation, and investment.

  1. MobiliseYourCity will strengthen the role of SUMPs and NUMPs as strategic instruments that link local and national mobility priorities with international climate, development, and investment agendas, such as the SDGs, UN Climate Regime, Global Gateway and the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport.

  2. MobiliseYourCity will support cities and countries in moving from approved plans and policies to concrete implementation by strengthening institutional capacity, supporting piloting and project readiness.

  3. MobiliseYourCity will enhance coordination among development partners to ensure that technical assistance and investment support are aligned with agreed mobility priorities and existing planning frameworks.

  4. MobiliseYourCity will support cities and countries in strengthening the economic and strategic dimensions of mobility planning where these contribute directly to local development objectives, such as job access, affordability, safety, and service reliability.

  5. MobiliseYourCity will expand the reach and effectiveness of its capacity-building offer by deploying delivery models that support learning, peer exchange, and institutional strengthening at scale.

  6. MobiliseYourCity will use advocacy and outreach to raise awareness, support informed dialogue, and engage a wider range of stakeholders in advancing sustainable urban mobility.

MobiliseYourCity remains a demand-driven partnership anchored in global political priorities, including the SDGs, in particular SDG 11 on liveable cities and SDG 9 on resilient infrastructure, the Paris Agreement, and the UN climate framework. Member cities' and countries' priorities define the Partnership's engagement.

Figures as of 2026. Sources: MobiliseYourCity Strategy 2026-2030 and Global Monitor 2026.