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Die sechsköpfige deutsch-ruandische Delegation nimmt die rheinlandpfälzische Ministerpräsidentin in ihre Mitte. Foto: Staatskanzlei Rheinland-Pfalz

„Ideas are flowing“ - Missions from Rwanda to Rhineland-Palatinate

Bonn, 4th December. Representatives from the Rwandan districts of Karongi and Nyamagabe visited their partner municipalities Bad Kreuznach and Birkenfeld last week. Action plans worked out together will consolidate the future cooperation within the "Local Governance Exchange" project between Rhineland-Palatinate and Rwanda.

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Group photo of the participants. Next to them a poster and a wheel of fortune with the pictograms of the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: Engagement Global

A Territorial Approach to the SDGs - OECD Workshop in Bonn

Bonn, 28th November. In cooperation with the Service Agency, the City of Bonn is taking part in an OECD pilot project to localise the Sustainable Development Goals. From 21 to 23 November, representatives from the OECD, the Japanese City of Kitakyushu and the Federal City of Bonn met for a peer-to-peer workshop to exchange ideas and experiences.

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Several people sit at a table; a man in the middle signs a document; several people stand in the background; one of the women holds a microphone in her hand and speaks. Photo: City of Freiburg/Raach

First International Sister Cities Conference in the City of Freiburg

Bonn, 7th November. The city of Freiburg in cooperation with the SKEW invited its sister cities to discuss the joint implementation of the Agenda 2030 during the ‘International Sister Cities Conference’. Out of twelve sister cities of Freiburg, eleven attended the conference.

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Municipal Climate Partnerships

The basic aim of the project ‘Municipal Climate Partnerships’ is to strengthen the professional cooperation between German municipalities and municipalities in the Global South in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation. These issues will be systematically integrated into the existing work of municipal partnerships. The municipal partnerships will design concrete and joint programmes of action that include objectives, measures and allocated resources for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Connective Cities

Worldwide networking between urban actors from politics, administration, industry, science and civil society and supporting a systematic and application-oriented exchange of experience and development of innovative ideas for urban projects - these are objectives and services of Connective Cities. Connective Cities is a partnership between the German Association of Cities, Engagement Global and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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