Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito

The Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDMQ) is the entity which governs the DQM. On the basis of the 2008 Constitution, Quito as a Metropolitan District is responsible for the competencies of the district, provincial and regional governments, thus becoming a “city-district-region”. It has a Metropolitan Council composed of urban and rural councillors, who work in separate commissions. Climate change occupies a central position in the DMQ. Over the last few years, it has developed municipal actions and policies, as well as mitigation and adaptation projects mostly under the Environment Secretariat, including the following: Quito Environmental Agenda 2011-2016, the Quito Climate Change Strategy and the Quito Climate Action Plan.   logodmq

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