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Kick-off mission to Rwanda a success

Bonn, 6th August. Municipal delegates from Rhineland-Palatinate got to know their Rwandan counterparts. During visits to their partner districts they took the opportunity to discuss in detail projects to improve local governance and to implement the 2030 Agenda.

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Final workshop of the fifth phase of the municipal climate partnerships

Bonn, 28th May. For the fifth time, municipalities taking part in the project 'Municipal Climate Partnerships' presented their joint programmes of action for climate change mitigation and adaptation at an international workshop.

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Rhineland-Palatinate - Rwanda: Initial starting points in the local governance exchange project

Bonn, 15th May. Two representatives from local governance institutions in Rwanda got to know their partners in Rhineland-Palatinate during an information-sharing visit from 14 to 21 April.

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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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