Category: News from IURC

Cooperation hits new levels at IURC Annual Event

"This programme brings together cities, regions and people from around the world, ensuring that no one is left behind,” declared Normunds Popens Deputy Director General of the European Commission's Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). He was addressing a room filled with representatives from the IURC cities and regions of Europe, Asia, Australasia, North and Latin America...

New Zealand: Christchurch delegation mets counterparts in Brussels, Malaga and Vitoria-Gasteiz

A delegation of four delegates from Christchurch City Council institutions supported by Prof. Paul Dalziel from Lincoln University - who coordinates IURC activities in New Zealand - participated in a series of meetings on climate action, innovation ecosystems and smart city strategies in Europe. The programme started with a two-day workshop in Brussels consisting of a regional event for cities...

Chennai in Trier: Academic Exchange on Renewable Energy and Waste Management

The visit of Chennai delegates to Trier, Germany, kicked off at the city hall where the mayor of Trier, Mr. Wolfram Leibe, gave a warm welcome and discussed his city's goal on having exchange programmes between the Trier University of Applied Sciences, represented at the meeting by Professor Peter Konig, and the Hindustan University of Chennai with the support of...

Watch webinar #9 on ‘Gender and Planning’

On 21 November 2022, IURC Latin America held its ninth webinar on "Gender & Planning". The event brought together international experts from Uruguay, Mexico and Sweden to discuss the role of planning in inclusive and/or exclusive dynamics. The webinar began with the participation of Adriana Goni (Professor, Resilience and Sustainability Department, University of Uruguay) and Jimena Abraham (architect Coordinator of...

Sofia and Sejong sign MOU to deepen cooperation during IURC study visit

A delegation from Sejong visited Rotterdam and Sofia between 6-11 November 2022 via the EU-funded IURC programme. Sejong is partnered with Sofia in the project with a focus on new & renewable energy and smart mobility, but has been branching out into a partnership with Rotterdam on shared mobility. Having hosted both Rotterdam and Sofia in July and August respectively,...

Brisbane in Barcelona: Urban Transformation through the Olympics

A delegation led by Brisbane's Deputy Mayor Krista Adams implemented a working visit to Barcelona from 2 - 4 November 2022. Last year, the Olympic committee awarded Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic games, an event Barcelona hosted in 1992. With this in mind, Brisbane visited Barcelona via the IURC programme to engage in dialogues with city officials, conduct site...

Study Visit of Ancona in Guanajuato, Mexico, Oct 30 – Nov 2

Within the framework of the International Program for Urban and Regional Cooperation - IURC Latin America, financed by the European Union, a delegation of three officials from the Italian city of Ancona carried out a three-day study visit in the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, between October 30th and November 2nd, 2022. During the last few months, both cities had been...

Furthering the Cooperation between PMRDA and Karlsruhe

The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), India is cooperating with the city of Karlsruhe in Germany via the EU-funded IURC Asia and Australasia programme. The 2 cities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing to work formulate a Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning concept and (as part of the parallel Karlsruhe-PMRDA cooperation) support the design of the Eco-Industrial...

Port Cities of Messina and Kochi Visualising Flood Early Warning in Cooperation with IURC

As a follow up to the exchange visit of Messina, Italy to Kochi, India in May 2022, Kochi visited Messina between 9-11 November 2022. Mr Alessi and Ms Briguglio of the Messina Municipality as well as Mr Karamanos from the EU-funded IURC Asia & Australasia programme guided the Kochi delegates through their entire exchange visit. The delegates were: Ms Sherline...

Regional Workshop for European, Asian and Australasian city experts in Brussels

More than 50 delegates from 26 EU cities and regions as well as from 6 cities from Australia (Brisbane), New Zealand (Christchurch), Japan (Nagoya), the Republic of Korea (Sejong) and India (Chennai, Kochi and Pune) met on 7 November 2022 in Brussels to exchange on the implementation of the IURC programme. The workshop provided the opportunity for cross-country cooperation among...