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Circular Carbon Economy (CoP6) – Research & Innovation: UCAP with proposed Pilot Projects

On 28 January, the five pilot cities from CoP #6 Circular Carbon Economy – Research & Innovation which consisted of EU city/region: Trier – CoP Coordinator and Bremen (Germany) together with a cluster of cities from India (Chennai, Jabalpur, and Cuttack) held their kick-off meeting.  Ms. Elisa Limbacher, CoP Coordinator from Trier warmly welcomed the pilot cities from the Communities of Practice (CoP) and introduced the agenda. Ms....

Smart Circular Cities (CoP 5) (TEAM 1) — UCAP with proposed Pilot Projects

Kick-off meeting on 23 January The Community of Practice (CoP) #5 Smart Circular Cities (Team 1) held its kick-off meeting on 23 January. Ms Jacqueline Chang, CoP Manager, welcomed participants and outlined the main objectives of the session. Mr Oscar Prat van Thiel, Business and Academia Support Expert, provided a short briefing on how he could support the Community of...

Circular Economy Urban Centres (CoP 8)— Completion of UCAP with proposed Pilot Projects

Kick-off CoP Meeting on 16 January  The first Community of Practice (CoP) kick-off meeting for CoP #8 Circular Economy Urban Centres was held on 16 January with Ms. Jacqueline Chang, CoP Manager welcoming participants and requesting camera-on introductions (tour de table) and a warm welcome was delivered by Mr. Pablo Gándara, IURC Team Leader. The first CoP meeting for Circular Economy Urban...

Seberang Perai’s Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues on Sustainable Smart Eco-Tourism

The EU-funded International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Asia–Australasia Programme extends its appreciation to the Office of the Chief Minister of Penang and the Mayor of Seberang Perai for coordinating a series of multi-stakeholder (quadruple helix) dialogues in preparation for Seberang Perai City Council’s participation in the IURC Global Thematic Networking Workshops at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 in Barcelona from 4–6 November 2025. Between September and October 2025, Seberang Perai actively...

IURC Malaysia and Singapore Officials Engage ASEAN Forums 2025: ASUF, AGMF, MGMAC in Kuala Lumpur

The EU-funded International Urban and Regional Cooperation for Asia–Australasia extends its sincere thanks to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government’s Centre of Excellence – Urbanice Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (an IURC non-pilot city), and UCLG-ASPAC for establishing strategic engagement platforms for our IURC cities during the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanization Forum (ASUF), held alongside the ASEAN Governors and Mayors...

EU-Singapore Urban and Regional Cooperation: Kick-off Meeting with Pilot Cities

The IURC Asia-Australasia programme held its fifth kick-off meeting in the Asia-Australasia region with the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), Ministry of National Development, Singapore. Objectives of the kick-off meeting: The meeting served as a platform for EUD Singapore, CLC, and IURC To meet and share their aspirations, and potential areas CLC would like to strengthen in relation to urban...

EU-Malaysia Urban and Regional Cooperation: Kick-off Meeting with Pilot Cities

The IURC Asia-Australasia programme launched its fourth kick-off meeting in the Asia-Australasia region on 17 July 2025, this time with Malaysian pilot cities: Seberang Perai, Penang (a graduate city) and Iskandar Regional Development Authority, Johor (a newcomer city). Ms. Viktorija Kaidalova, representing the EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (Regional Team for Asia and the Pacific), outlined the programme’s goals...

Strategic Partnerships forged at the 14th Mayors Forum of the World Cities Summit 2025 (2 to 4 July in Vienna)

The International Urban and Regional Cooperation Asia & Australasia (IURC AA) accepted the invitation by Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), to join as a strategic partner at the 14th Mayors Forum of the World Cities Summit 2025 (a flagship component of the World Cities Summit (WCS)) in Vienna, Austria from 2 to 4...