Members cities, including staff and elected official often participate in learning events including conferences and web-based courses and seminars.

Selected recent events are featured here:

Systems Thinking for Municipalities - Gwen Hallsmith (Montpelier) and Linda Spencer (Calgary) from our PLUS Network provided an online introduction to what systems thinking means for governance structures, community development and problem-solving. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Centre for Sustainable Community Development sponsored this webinar, describing ‘systems thinking’ as a powerful new approach to sustainable municipal development. January 2009

Colima Urban Forum on Transportation – summary report on the urban forum on transportation hosted by PLUS Network Latin American cities Colima, Curitiba, San Jose and Chihuahua, and hosted by Colima. The Forum brought together for the first time transportation leaders from federal, state and city level. February 2009