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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is helping a speech at the 2nd Sisters Cities Conference in Bremen. Photo: Bremer Senatspressestelle

17 Goals for a Better World

Bonn, 13th March. More than 200 international participants attended the 2nd Sisters Cities Conference in Bremen to discuss the localization of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas emphasized in his speech the importance of cities in the implementation process of the 2030 Agenda and encouraged local actors to move ahead with optimism.

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Free subscription of D+C

Bonn, 5th March 2019. D+C is an independent forum for development debate. It is designed for use by educational institutions, non-governmental organisations, public agencies et cetera. D+C is published by Engagement Global and funded by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development with a mission not to serve as a governmental mouthpiece, but to promote debate. If you like, join us and sign up!

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In the group photo we see the roughly 80 participants at the results conference of the pilot phase of the 'Municipal Partnerships for Sustainability' project in Belgrade. Photo: Srdjan Plavsic

'We've become friends'

Bonn, 22nd January 2019. After more than two years of constructive cooperation, more than 70 actors from South Eastern European and German municipalities met in Belgrade. The twelve town twinnings of the project 'Municipal Partnerships for Sustainability' between German cities and municipalities and their partners looked together at their successfully implemented measures and forged plans for the future.

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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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