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Working together for ecological agriculture – Pfaffenhofen and Turrialba

Bonn, 11 February 2025. The city of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm and its partner municipality of Turrialba in Costa Rica have joined forces to promote ecological agriculture. Even though this would not ordinarily fall within the remit of a municipality, it is an example of why municipalities should still engage with this topic and illustrates its links to flood protection, climate action and species protection.

12th World Urban Forum (WUF12) kicks-off in Cairo

Bonn, 4 November 2024. “It All Starts at Home: Local Actions for Sustainable Cities and Communities” - this is the theme of the 12th World Urban Forum opening today in Cairo, Egypt. With thousands of participants from all over the world, the forum will address the most pressing issues and challenges of an urbanized world. Germany will be represented at WUF12 with its own pavilion and an ambitious program. Follow the sessions and talks via livestream!

Cologne – Rio de Janeiro: “The partnership helps us reflect on our own actions”

Bonn, 2 September 2024. The Cologne – Rio de Janeiro partnership is hosting the partnership conference between German, Latin American and Caribbean municipalities on 4 and 5 September. Ahead of the partnership conference, we spoke to Ute Dreiocker and Bernardo Ornelas about the close collaboration, the milestones of the joint projects and about their expectations from getting together with other partnerships in Cologne.

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Conference Highlight

4th Partnership Conference between German, Latin American and Caribbean municipalities 2024

Partnerships for future-proof urban development – this will be the theme of the partnership conference that the Service Agency is organising in cooperation with the Cologne – Rio de Janeiro partnership in Cologne, from 4 to 5 September 2024.

German-Ukrainian Municipal Partnerships

On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development the Service Agency (SKEW) has been supporting the network of already more than 200 formal and informal municipal partnerships since 2015 as part of the project „Municipal Partnerships with Ukraine“. This support includes various networking, consulting and promotion activities.

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