Mission
THE INTERNATIONAL CITY/COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (ICMA) IS THE WORLD'S PREMIER LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION. FOUNDED IN 1914 BY VISIONARY REFORMERS WHO SOUGHT TO END MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION AND BRING PROFESSIONALISM AND TRANSPARENCY TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE, ICMA STRIVES TO BUILD BETTER, MORE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES BY ADVANCING THE PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE. ICMA'S CORE VALUES CONTINUE TO BE ROOTED IN OUR STRINGENTLY ENFORCED CODE OF ETHICS AND COMMITMENT TO REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.