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Category: Inspirational cases

Brisbane’s 2032 Host City Legacy Playbook: Turning Olympic Ambition into Lasting City Benefits

During the first CoP 16 Deep Dive Webinar, Brisbane has shared an executive-level look at how legacy planning for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is being designed to shape the city well beyond 2032, aligning long-term urban outcomes with Games delivery. Hosted by Brisbane City Council, the webinar focused on the realities of dispersed Games venues and growing community...

CoP #8: Circular Economy & Repair Hubs Deep Dive

This Deep Dive webinar on the "Adapting the REPair PERspective (REPper) project Towards a Network of Repair Hubs" was organised as part of CoP #8 Circular Economy Urban Centres’ Urban Cooperation Action Plan (U-CAP) activities. Mr. Marino Cavallo, Head of the Department Research, Innovation and Management of EU Projects, Bologna Metropolitan City (CoP Coordinator), welcomed participants and introduced the project's...

IURC North America Final Publication: Highlights, Resources and Impact

Since 2017, the International Urban and Regional Cooperation North America (IURC NA) programme has fostered cooperation, mutual learning, and practical action between regions and cities in the EU, Canada and the USA. This final publication of the programme’s third phase (2021–2025) showcases how participating cities have collaborated to advance sustainability goals and shares best practices across four thematic areas: circular economy and waste management; urban planning; sustainable urban mobility and transport; and nature-based solutions. Funded...

The success story of Liuzhou Luosifen

Liuzhou, one of the IURC China pilot cities, has created a production chain with the local traditional snack Luosifen (the river snail noodles), creating more than 300,000 jobs and helping a large number of farmers to increase their income and wealth. In IURC China, Liuzhou is seeking the opportunity to cooperate with European cities/regions on sustainable food chains and food...

An Inspirational Cooperation Case: Cargo Railway Connection between Mannheim and Chongqing under IUC Asia Programme

A significant result of city-to-city cooperation under the IUC Asia programme  On the morning of 25th October 2018, the direct connection for freight trains from Mannheim to Chongqing in China was officially put into operation. This is one of the key pilot projects of the Mannheim – Chongqing cooperation within the International Urban Cooperation (IUC) project. [caption id="attachment_6738" align="aligncenter" width="900"] From...