A GCoM Board Member was appointed in December 2021. The GCoM Steering Committee was established in late 2020 and has met on 4 occasions. An interim regional strategy has been adopted pending release of the new Global Strategy. At present there are 41 signatories in the region. A contract from Bloomberg/ECF was received in May 2020 to enable regional coordination and helpdesk activities. This contract ended in June 2021. A further small grant from Bloomberg/ECF is expected to support the Cities Race to Zero. Three year funding for Secretariat and Helpdesk functions from the EC is under discussion.