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Man in a wheel chair. Photo: Andi Weiland visitBerlin

Inclusive Cities: towards an urban and social development for all

Bonn, 12th April. The international exchange platform Connective Cities invites municipal practitioners to the Dialogue Event on Inclusive cities. The event will be held in Bonn, Germany from 7th to 9th May 2018.

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Connective Cities events at the World Urban Forum

Bonn, 22nd March. Connective Cities - the International Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Development - organized two events during the World Urban Forum (WUF9) in Kuala Lumpur.

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This group photo shows participants at the network meeting of 'Municipal Partnerships for Sustainability' in Sarajevo. Participants are standing in the conference room in front of partitions, holding up boards showing the 17 SDGs.

The 2030 Agenda comes to life in municipal partnerships

Bonn, 20th February. On 21/22 November 2017 in Sarajevo, twelve municipalities from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia reached a positive interim assessment of their partnerships with German municipalities for sustainability.

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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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