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Cultivating Cultural Heritage and Sustainability : NCI/Bologna and Yangzhou Meeting on Green City Development
On May 26th, 2023, a productive working session to foster collaboration between NCI/Bologna and Yangzhou was conducted. The meeting provided a timely opportunity to discuss the progress made since the last gathering. Representatives from NCI/Bologna and Yangzhou presented updates on their respective efforts, discussed the plans for action towards the implementation of the joint Green… Continue reading Cultivating Cultural Heritage and Sustainability : NCI/Bologna and Yangzhou Meeting on Green City Development
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Becoming the Gaming Industry Hub: Sisak Moslavina County and Chongqing Establish Cooperation for the Digital Economy
On May 19th, 2023, the IURC-China working session between delegates from Sisak Moslavina County and Chongqing was held for cooperation to enhance regional competitiveness through developing the gaming industry. Representatives from the Sisak – Moslavina County gave an overview of how the region achieved regeneration through the PISMO project and has become a video gaming…
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Webinar 16 “Smart Specialisation Strategies and Sustainability: a framework for reflection”
We are very pleased to invite you to join us for the webinar “Smart Specialisation Strategies and Sustainability: a framework for reflection”. The event is organized by the International Urban and Regional Cooperation Latin America (IURC-LAC) Programme on Tuesday, June 27th at 09:00 CDT/ 17:00 CEST. The webinar will have a duration of 75 minutes and offer simultaneous interpretation in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Asia & Australasia: Webinar on Tactical Urbanism – Part 2
The IURC Asia and Australasia (AA) team organised the second webinar dealing with Placemaking and Tactical Urbanism in Public Spaces, a follow-up to the event in February 2023. The event included presentations by urban development experts from Dublin, Málaga and Seoul. See here the video recording of the session. Part 1 Part 2
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EU-Japan Region-to-Region Innovation Cooperation: Webinar on Food Tech in the EU and Japan
It is not only in industrial manufacturing but also in the food sector that vigorous changes towards green transition are taking place. There is a growing focus on ‘food innovation’, or food tech, which encompasses the entire food value chains including agriculture, food production, distribution, food service, food preparation, retail and delivery, restaurants, and among…
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Energy Transition and Hydrogen in the EU and Japan webinar by EU-Japan Region-to-Region Innovation Cooperation
The EU-Japan Region-to-Region Innovation Cooperation Program’s webinar on Energy Transition and Hydrogen held on April 27 from 9:00-10:30 CEST aimed to introduce the respective initiatives of European regions and Japanese prefectures for the development and diffusion of hydrogen. The rationale of the webinar lays on the fact that hydrogen energy, which emits no CO2 during…
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Asia & Australasia: Webinar on Tactical Urbanism – Part 2
The IURC Asia and Australasia (AA) team organised the second webinar dealing with Placemaking and Tactical Urbanism in Public Spaces, a follow-up to the event in February 2023. The event included presentations by urban development experts from Dublin, Málaga and Seoul. See here the video recording of the session. Part 1 Part 2
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EU-Japan Region-to-Region Innovation Cooperation: Webinar on Food Tech in the EU and Japan
It is not only in industrial manufacturing but also in the food sector that vigorous changes towards green transition are taking place. There is a growing focus on ‘food innovation’, or food tech, which encompasses the entire food value chains including agriculture, food production, distribution, food service, food preparation, retail and delivery, restaurants, and among…
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Energy Transition and Hydrogen in the EU and Japan webinar by EU-Japan Region-to-Region Innovation Cooperation
The EU-Japan Region-to-Region Innovation Cooperation Program’s webinar on Energy Transition and Hydrogen held on April 27 from 9:00-10:30 CEST aimed to introduce the respective initiatives of European regions and Japanese prefectures for the development and diffusion of hydrogen. The rationale of the webinar lays on the fact that hydrogen energy, which emits no CO2 during…
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Cultivating Cultural Heritage and Sustainability : NCI/Bologna and Yangzhou Meeting on Green City Development
On May 26th, 2023, a productive working session to foster collaboration between NCI/Bologna and Yangzhou was conducted. The meeting provided a timely opportunity to discuss the progress made since the last gathering. Representatives from NCI/Bologna and Yangzhou presented updates on their respective efforts, discussed the plans for action towards the implementation of the joint Green…
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Becoming the Gaming Industry Hub: Sisak Moslavina County and Chongqing Establish Cooperation for the Digital Economy
On May 19th, 2023, the IURC-China working session between delegates from Sisak Moslavina County and Chongqing was held for cooperation to enhance regional competitiveness through developing the gaming industry. Representatives from the Sisak – Moslavina County gave an overview of how the region achieved regeneration through the PISMO project and has become a video gaming…
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IURC-China Webinar: Empowering SMEs through Digital Skills & Talent Development
On May 5th, 2023, a constructive IURC-China cooperation webinar was held, bringing together pilot cities and regions from Region of Western Greece, Alentejo Region, Fuenlabrada, and Hangzhou, to address the current challenges and share good practices related to digital skills for SMEs. Presentations of the Good Practices Mr. CHEN Jian, the Deputy Director of the Cross-border…
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Webinar 16 “Smart Specialisation Strategies and Sustainability: a framework for reflection”
We are very pleased to invite you to join us for the webinar “Smart Specialisation Strategies and Sustainability: a framework for reflection”. The event is organized by the International Urban and Regional Cooperation Latin America (IURC-LAC) Programme on Tuesday, June 27th at 09:00 CDT/ 17:00 CEST. The webinar will have a duration of 75 minutes and offer simultaneous interpretation in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Watch IURC’s LA Webinar #15 “15-minutes city: promoting sustainable mobility in Umea (Sweden) and Valencia (Spain)”
On May 17th, IURC Latin America held its webinar #15 “15-minutes city: promoting sustainable mobility in Umea (Sweden) and Valencia (Spain)”. The webinar sought to explore the 15-minutes city model of planning, regarding its practical application and replicability and discussed case studies to illustrate its contribution to increasing accessibility to urban life and promoting active and sustainable mobility patterns.
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Webinar 15 “15-minutes city: promoting sustainable mobility in Umea (Sweden) and Valencia (Spain)”
We are very pleased to invite you to join us for the webinar “15-minutes city: promoting sustainable mobility in Umea (Sweden) and Valencia (Spain)”. The event is organized by the International Urban and Regional Cooperation Latin America (IURC-LAC) Programme on Wednesday, May 17th at 09:00 CDT/17:00 CST. The webinar will have a duration of 75 minutes and offer simultaneous interpretation in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Master Class Series Sustainable Urban Mobility and Transport
Our webinar series, Sustainable Urban Mobility and Transport, brings together a cohort of IURC cities and metropolitan areas in a peer-to-peer learning environment to discuss and share challenges and best practices related to the main topic as they build long-term learning, networking, and working relationship amongst the participants. These webinars build upon topics of interest…
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Master Class Series Cities Supporting Cities: Towards Circular Economy Concepts, Frameworks, and Actions
Our webinar series, Cities Supporting Cities: Towards Circular Economy Concepts, Frameworks, and Actions led by IURC NA in partnership with Fort Collins, USA, intends to guide participants on how to start or advance circular economy in their cities. In each session, Fort Collins shares its story and learnings, as they move through the process to establish…
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IURC-NA Study Visits Fall 2022
The IURC NA program organized the return learning exchange study visits to Zaragoza, Mannheim, Braga, Madrid, and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona during the fall of 2022. The agendas focused on sharing common challenges and solutions on a selection of Joint Areas of Cooperation, ranging from Urban Planning to Renovation Wave and Sustainable Urban Mobility & Transport,…
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