Cities experience various problems caused by the disproportional population growth. Metropolitan Cities may have difficulty to meet the needs with fast and efficient services, especially in times of disasters and crises.  From time to time, providing services regarding fundamental societal needs such as housing, urban transport, education and production-consumption may become a burden for local governments. There is a need for sustainable solutions in times of fast-paced technology to global concepts which are affecting local level such as climate change and migration, regardless of the city scale.

However, as stated in the New Urban Agenda, local governments are big part of the solution as they are big part of the problem.  Informal modes of transportation are emerging in the MEWA Region due to the high difference in income distribution. These informal modes of transportation are not considered safe since they cannot be regulated.  By disseminating new trends, such as micro mobility or shared mobility trends, different approaches to mobility should be provided to citizens and unsafe ways to travel should be annihilated. It is also important for local governments to produce sustainable solutions in their city planning like data-based policies, green buildings, inclusive urban transport and others.  In light of these information, the prioritized activity areas for UCLG-MEWA are as follows: