5th Partnership Conference between German and African Municipalities

The Service Agency Communities in One World cordially invites you to the 5th Conference of Partnerships between German and African Municipalities, which will take place in from 20 to 22 September 2022. The conference takes place every three years. This year, together with the Dresden-Brazzaville partnership we will be particularly pleased to welcome you to beautiful Dresden (Germany).

Together with you, dear delegates from German-African municipal partnerships, we will be addressing the topic of sustainable digitalisation in municipalities. In doing so, we will link the topic of municipal digitisation with municipal partnership work, and would like to discuss with you what steps are necessary for sustainable digitisation at the local level in Germany and in African countries. Let us discuss what contribution international municipal cooperation can make to this. At the same time, you can use the conference to share your lessons learned with other engaged municipalities. Get to know exciting partnership projects that are already working on digitalisation issues, or in which digital technologies are being used particularly successfully for sustainable development.

You can also look forward to a programme of cultural activities that will bring you closer to Dresden, as well as a varied evening programme on the eve of the conference, and at the end of days one and two.

The Germany-wide partnership conference is primarily aimed at delegates from German municipalities and their partner municipalities in Africa. Other committed actors, such as migrant and civil society groups who are involved in shaping the municipal partnership, are also cordially invited to save the date. We would particularly like to encourage municipalities with new or emerging partnerships to attend the conference.

Two persons per municipality can attend. The Service Agency Communities in One World will cover the costs of travel to Dresden for all participants. These can be reimbursed after the conference upon presentation of the original receipts in accordance with the Federal Travel Expenses Act. For visitors from Africa, we will cover the costs of flight bookings in advance. Your meals and accommodation in Dresden will also be taken care of: We have already made a large block booking of hotel rooms for you from 19 to 22 September 2022. Attending the conference is free of charge.

We hereby cordially invite you to attend the conference in Dresden together as a municipal partnership. One condition for the African partner municipality to attend is a pre- or post-conference working meeting held in the German partner municipality. For full details on this, please refer to the information sheet in the download area at the bottom of this page. Please read it carefully. If you have any questions in English or French, please do not hesitate to contact us.

It is also possible for German municipalities to attend without their African partner municipality. Take the opportunity to network with other actors engaged in partnerships, and gather ideas and inspiration for your partnership projects.

The conference team will be happy to answer any questions you may have at any time. We look forward to welcoming you to Dresden.