The City Consultation The preparation of the Environmental Profile is followed by a City Consultation where stakeholders from all levels of government and relevant sectors come together to deliberate and agree on the priority issues confronting their city. A City Consultation in the SCP context has the following objectives: to identify, review and expand upon urban environmental issues of priority concern which affect the sustainable growth and development of the city in question; to bring together key actors from the public, private and popular sectors in order that they may commit themselves to agree on the need for and jointly develop an improved city management process; to demonstrate through priority urban environmental issues a process of defining concerns at different levels and key actors, and a methodology to establish a cross-sectoral working approach; to agree an appropriate institutional structure that is integrated with and linked to existing structures and in so doing to demonstrate what and how the necessary resources can be brought together to address the issues In many cities, the City Consultation has been acknowledged as a unique event which for the first time brings together a large and diverse group of people, provides broader exposure and awareness and inspires a new sharing of responsibilities and pulling together of resources to resolve issues of common concern. The SCP City Consultation is conducted through well structured meeting modules which combine plenary and group discussions. Organising, Conducting and Reporting a City Consultation (Vol. 2, SCP Source Book Series, UN HABITAT/UNEP 1999)