Year: 2021

IURC Annual Event: registrations are open!

Join us for the first International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Annual Event, where over the course of two days you will have the chance to deep dive into the European priorities for cities and regions in the framework of the programme, hear about success stories from different stakeholders and learn about the doors that IURC can open for you....

IURC programme launched in Vietnam

Vietnam became the fifth country in the IURC Asia & Australasia programme to host a kick-off meeting to launch cooperation between the cities of Da Lat and Ha Tinh in Vietnam with the Stuttgart Region Association in Germany and the Colleferro-Latina Functional Area in Italy. The meeting was moderated by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, IURC Country Coordinator for Vietnam,...

Register now! First IURC Latin America webinar

You are invited to join the webinar "Financing green infrastructure for sustainable cities and regions". Join us on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 9:00 AM CDT time. The webinar is the first of a set of 20 thematic events organized by the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Latin America Programme. The webinar aims at introducing green finance instruments to...

New international collaboration opportunities

A new programme from DG Regio is giving European local authorities the opportunity to collaborate with their peers in Canada, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The topics for collaboration are circular economy, air quality, energy transition, and integration of migrants and refugees. The deadline to apply is 15 November via this online questionnaire. The International City...

IURC experts visit Indian cities

As travelling in India is becoming trouble free, Panagiotis Karamanos, Urban Development Expert, and Ashish Verma, Urban Development Manager, undertook three productive visits to the cities of Gwalior, Gangtok and Panaji from 7-14 October 2021. The technical visits aimed at meeting the new senior administration and technical personnel, including Commissioners, Mayors, Chief Engineers and other key representatives, and inform them...

IURC Latin America es seleccionada para participar en COP26 con Euroclima+

El martes 2 de Noviembre a las 19:00 (hora de Glasgow) participamos con Euroclima+ en la #COP26: Siga el evento en vivo en el siguiente enlace: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rMrH2APQiEY  Use the following link to follow the event in English: youtu.be/rr4ylmKz678 Agenda: https://t.co/eVgwuOB7cn?amp=1 IURC Latin America fue seleccionada entre 150 propuestas para participar en la COP26 con Euroclima+, el programa insignia de la...

2nd Thematic Webinar – Decarbonising Cities in Asia-Pacific and Europe

IURC cities engaged in “Race to Zero” dialogue The IURC Asia & Australasia continued to engage the project’s pilot cities in the Thematic Network of “Ecological Transition & Green Deal”, this time focusing on the topic of decarbonisation. The second thematic webinar for the project team organised by the help desk in Japan, which is provided by IGES, “Achieving Carbon...

IURC project team welcomes Bandung to the IURC

The IURC team met today with Bandung city authorities to discuss the cooperation focus. The meeting was attended by the Head of Bandung's Food and Agriculture Division, Mr. Gin Gin Gin Ginanjar, who explained the city's progress on developing sustainable urban food systems, including integrated farming solutions within the COVID-19 pandemics, promoting urban agriculture and short supply chains, as well...

Malaysia: EU Project IURC Runs Panel Discussion on Cities, Climate Action and Circular Economy

The IURC team organised the panel discussion "Moving towards a circular economy in the development of Sustainable Cities" within the virtual conference "Road to Glasgow – Kunming “Combatting Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss in Malaysia” organised by the Delegation of the European Union jointly with WWF Malaysia. The conference was opened by the Head of the European Union Delegation to...

The Opening Remark by Councilor of Energy and Climate Action of EU Delegation to China on EIIES in Chengdu

The 3rd Energy Internet Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit (EIIES) took place on 16th October in Chengdu and highlighted the leaders driving the energy transition. Technology corporations, startups, accelerators, and government taking significant strides in investing and deploying clean energy solutions participated and shared insight on the industry, strategies for success and establish new partnerships. [caption id="attachment_10404" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The 3rd...