The City Creditworthiness Academy is a hands-on learning program that teaches city leaders the fundamentals of creditworthiness and municipal finance, including issues determined by the enabling environment and options for financing: revenue management and enhancement; expenditure control and asset maintenance; capital investment planning; debt management; and scoping out options for financing. Using a self-assessment tool, participants develop a customized preliminary action plan of specific institutional reforms, capacity building, and other actions that will improve their creditworthiness and their ability to plan, finance and deliver infrastructure services. In order to identify challenges and develop a preliminary Action Plan, local authorities complete the process below.

This four-day hands-on learning program for city leaders covered the fundamentals of creditworthiness and municipal finance and was co-hosted by the City Creditworthiness Initiative and the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities.