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Leipzig-Kyiv: a dynamic partnership in troubled times

Bonn, 11 November 2023. The city of Leipzig is hosting the sixth German-Ukrainian Municipal Partnership Conference in November 2023 with the aim of strengthening the network of German-Ukrainian municipal partnerships and sending a signal of solidarity. It can look back on a long-standing partnership with the capital of Ukraine: 62 years, with a change of political systems and an unbroken civic commitment that has always characterised the cooperation and willingness to help on both sides of the partnership.

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Unity and Diversity: German and Asian Municipalities Conference in Hildesheim

Bonn, 30 October 2023. How can urban and rural areas adapt to the challenges imposed by climate change and achieve climate resilience? More than 80 participants from German and Asian municipalities were motivated to address this question at the partnership conference in Hildesheim. Though they could hardly have been more diverse, there was a strong consensus that the time spent together was a great experience and motivation for future engagement.

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Hildesheim – Padang: „What matters is the strong commitment!“

Bonn, 14 September 2023. From September 26 to 28, 2023, the sister cities of Hildesheim and Padang (Indonesia) will host the German-Asian Municipal Partnership Conference. In the run-up to the event, we spoke to Oliver Rösner and Erwin M., who, as representatives of their municipalities, maintain trustful contact with each other. In our interview, they told us what makes their long-standing municipal partnership particularly successful.

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PROJECT

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 184 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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Project

Utility Platform for Strengthening Partnerships of Municipal Utilities Worldwide

The pilot project promotes sustainable exchange by peer-to-peer learning between German municipal utilities and water and waste management operators in the Global South. It also focuses strongly on solidarity partnerships with Ukraine.

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