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Over three years, European cities and regions have had the opportunity to cooperate with colleagues across the world in order to develop their capacity in ecological transition and the Green Deal; urban & regional renewal and social cohesion; and innovative sustainable & carbon neutral ecosystems and strategic sectors. These are the takeaways of the programme’s final event 2023.
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IURC Annual Event 2021 visual takeaways
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A selection of thematic posters from the IURC 2022 annual event.
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Essen, Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, Koriyama, and Toyota City are creating a physical and virtual place that helps their private contractors meet innovators, start-ups, and SMEs of the partner cities. The topic they chose to work on is “new energy technologies and hydrogen”.
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Bratislava and Tokorozawa aim to be green and energy-efficient. Bratislava has learnt from Tokorozawa’s greenery expansion measures and active use of renewable energy, especially solar power. In return, Tokorozawa has gained insights from Bratislava’s longstanding approach to city greening and adaptation, and their efforts to initiate actions for energy efficiency and renewables.
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Piraeus and Puerto Montt consolidated the Blue Economy Cluster (BEC), to promote and diversify local development strategies.
The main objective is to generate a platform for interaction between stakeholders involved in the local development of both cities, focusing on sharing technical knowledge on fields:
- Innovation and Research
- Tourism sector and local culture
- Local governance on Blue Economy
- Port and logistic activities
Read the takeaways.
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Within the IURC Asia & Australasia framework, Rotterdam is working with Surat to construct and efficiently operate a water plaza in a dense city neighborhood, in order to manage water resources, reduce the climate change impacts, facilitate social interactions and encourage athletic activities.
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Seberang Perai have successfully replicated two circular economy waste management models post-study visits to Vila Nova de Famalicão & Maia: (1) Bagan Ajam Market and (2) eco-school vocational training (citizen centric community programmes)
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Sofia Municipality is working with Sejong City from the Republic of Korea to conduct a joint business venture on solar panels. This pilot project is expected to develop a partnership between Bulgarian and Korean companies on renewable energy.
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Bangkok’s District Food Management Sandbox: Applying the MUFPP to the Thai context
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In the framework of IURC Latin America, Essen and Fortaleza are exchanging knowledge and best practices on circular economy and waste management, linked to the recycling and collection of special waste, legal frameworks, and waste fee structures, that promote zero-waste policies. They coined the name “Fortalessen” for their collaboration, as a symbol of how working together made them stronger.
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Final Report of the Asia Pacific Food Policy Training implemented by Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Secretariat and the IURC Asia and Australasia project team in 2022.
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A Canadian model of urban farming sparks a strategy for the prevention of fires and the generation of incentives for repopulation in Galicia and the Northern region of Portugal.
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The online Capacity Building on Regenerative Design by ACCIONA, organised by the IURC Central Coordination Services in coordination with the Geographical Areas in two sessions (morning for Asia & Australasia and China; afternoon for Latin America and North America) aimed to support worldwide pairings and clusters to path the way of their ongoing projects during the last year of the programme. The training was conducted on March 7th 2023 and welcomed more than 75 participants from all around the globe.
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5 case studies:
Case study 1 – Climate & Food (Umeå)
Case study 2 – Over-tourism and sustainable promotion of territories (Metropolitan City of Venice)
Case study 3 – Citizen-led sustainable urban development (Kamakura)
Case study 4 – Station of Being (Umeå)
Case study 5 – Over-tourism (Kamakura)
For each of the case studies, there is an executive summary, special features, results and impact, key figures and lessons learned.
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Essen and Fortaleza (“Fortalessen”) are exchanging knowledge and best practices on circular economy and waste management in the framework of the International, Urban and Regional Cooperation programme (IURC Latin America), linked to the recycling and collection of special waste, legal frameworks, and waste fee structures, that promote zero-waste policies.
These guidelines share the main learnings from this exchange and provide a roadmap for other cities that wish to implement a solid waste recollection fee while integrating
complementary interventions.
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The Jarillón Plan in Cali is a city megaproject and is classified as the largest resettlement project in Latin America. This project was born due to the winter wave of 2010-2011 when many families where affected by heavy floods throughout Colombia and the Jarrillón area. The Jarillón Plan aims for resettlement with a full guarantee of rights, improving their quality of life, and living in areas of non-mitigable risk.
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One of the most interesting environmental and social challenges in Rome is the emergence of urban gardens. Currently there are more than 150 municipal urban gardens, providing citizens with the opportunity to grow their own food and create green spaces in the city. Despite their benefits, urban gardens face challenges such as limited space, lack of resources and funding, and difficulty in coordinating multiple stakeholders.
Read the takeaways.
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In recent years, the City of Puerto Montt (Chile) has been facing several challenges arising from unplanned urban sprawl, which has put cultural and environmental heritage under pressure. In this context, Puerto Montt’s team integrated the preservation of wetlands into its planning strategies and is working on the systemic integration of indigenous communities and their traditional knowledge into green infrastructure projects.
We invite you to read some lessons learned and recommendations from Puerto Montt.
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The City of Piraeus (Greece) has been implementing Nature Based Solutions (NBS) projects with participatory planning processes to strengthen Public Health (PH) and Wellbeing (WB). The EuPOLIS project participated to open up spaces for social interaction to empower citizens in decision-making processes. They integrate different voices, point of views, and current needs of the local community, and especially of vulnerable groups tending to be traditionally excluded from co-creation processes.
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Different perspectives on the Blue Economy concept and reflections on the importance of the sea and coastal borders as a platform to generate social benefits, economic development, and environmental sustainability.
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The Vénkert community garden in Debrecen is an example of greening and recovery of unused gray areas, by transforming them into gardens that produce healthy organic food while strengthening the sense of community. The city of Debrecen help gardeners with raised beds, irrigation infrastructure and seeds.
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IURC NA, in partnership with the City of Ottawa and the EU-funded project Reducing Plastic Waste in Canada, held on June 2nd and 3rd, 2022, the Waste Management & Circular Economy Networking Event in Ottawa, Canada. Approximately 50 representatives from Spain, Poland, Italy, the USA, and Canada gathered to work on managing plastic at various levels of government level, developing strategies to enhance recycling, and generating energy from multiple sources of waste. These are the takeaways.
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IURC NA, in partnership with Climate Action KC and GCoM USA, held on April 7th and 8th, 2022, the Renovation Wave Networking Event in Kansas City, USA. Approximately 40 representatives from Portugal, Dortmund, Poland, Belgium, the US, and Canada gathered to work on making buildings more energy-efficient, tackling energy poverty, and creating green jobs. These are the takeaways.
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Lessons Learned from Sao Paulo
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With support from the European Union, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Secretariat, the City of Bandung, and the University of Parahyangan co-organised the 1st MUFPP Asia Pacific Regional Forum on 3-4 August 2022 in support of Indonesia’s U20 Mayors Summit and G20 Summit, held at the end of August and in mid-November this year respectively.
This report provides an overview of the Pact and summarises key points from the event.
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Takeaways of IURC China Urban Renewal Webinar
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With the amount of food imports from outside the city being as high as 96%, Bandung City established in 2020 the Buruan SAE programme to improve urban food security.
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Takeaways of IURC China Sustainable Agriculture and Agri-food System Webinar
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The webinar sought to inform/discuss/share best practices on nature-based solutions for flood management. Cities of Rotterdam, Messina, Surat, Kochi, Panaji and Semarang shared their efforts/initiatives apart from two flood management experts.
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Ban Nam Kieng Din is a trailblazer in food waste management in Bangkok. Since its establishment in 2000, the restaurant has been making continued efforts to better manage its waste and energy and has received countless visits from government officials, researchers and other restaurants and businesses interested in circular food waste management from all over the world.
This flow chart is a result from Milan’s study visit to Thailand from 8 to 11 August 2022.
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Takeaways of the IURC China Technologies 4.0, Industry 5.0 & Innovation Webinar
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Takeaways of the IURC China Circular Economy Webinar
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Takeaways of the IURC China Nature-based Solutions Webinar
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Discover the takeaways of the IURC Networking Event: “International Urban and Regional Cooperation to rethink sustainable urban and innovative models for a greener and better future” held at the World Urban Forum in Katowice in June 2022.
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Discover the takeaways of the IURC Side Event at the Eurocities Annual Conference 2022.
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Vila Nova de Famalicão and Seberang Perai
Advancing Policies for Circular Neighbourhoods
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IURC-China Programme promotes the inter-city and regional cooperation, learning and innovation between the EU and China, as well as supports cities and regions in implementing the United Nations´ Sustainable Development Goals, the New Urban Agenda, the Paris Agreement, and the local development agenda, bringing together 44 cities and regions to collaborate in an inclusive and win-win approach towards sustainable urban development and regional innovation.
This booklet provides information of their general socio-economic profiles, good practices and preferred areas of cooperation.
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Review and Prospect of Smart Cities in China (2021-11)
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Sustainable Urban Renewal in China (2021-11)
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Green Infrastructure Manual – Hermosillo, Mexico (2022)
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Visual Takeaways of the Ecological Transition and Green Deal parallel session at the IURC Annual Event 2021 (24 November).
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Visual Takeaways of the Ecological Transition and Green Deal parallel session at the IURC Annual Event 2021 (23 November).
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Publication by EU Commission, DG Environment
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