ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (AMDA)

The Association of Municipalities and Development Authorities (AMDA), established in 1983, is an Association of 65 Municipalities and Development Authorities in the country. The Association, as the name signifies, addresses the issues pertaining to interface between the state, municipal bodies and urban development authorities in the realm of urbanization, urban development and urban governance.

It offers (a) a valuable forum for members to exchange ideas of topical interest in the field of urbanisation; (b) information on good practices in the field of urban development through newsletters, workshops, seminars, training programmes, applied research and the kind; and makes (c) a valuable contribution in the field of planned urban settlements and their development.

The Association has emerged as a knowledge-integration and experience exchange platform across the country, besides performing an advocacy and interfacing role to improve efficiency of urban local bodies and development authorities. For over two decades, AMDA has been working on issues of planned development and management of cities by sensitising local, state and central governments.

AMDA NEWS is a bi-monthly publication brought out by AMDA. The Newsletter covers major events in the field of urban development. The Newsletter seeks to promote exchange of information on common urban issues having a bearing on urban governance. It endeavours to provide substantive and well focussed information.

1st Habitat Summit
	In February 2008, India Habitat Centre and Mirabilis Advisory conceived the idea to launch an Urban Habitats Forum - a professional
civil society initiative whose primary purpose would be to serve as a multi-disciplinary public awareness and educational platform, and to facilitate positive change in India’s cities by engaging all stakeholders of society in shaping India’s built environment.
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