Category: News from IURC

Watch IURC’s LA Webinar #12 “From Grey to Green: Torino’s rebirth through Urban Regeneration and Social Innovation”

On February 22nd, IURC Latin America held its webinar #12 "From Grey to Green: Torino's rebirth through Urban Regeneration and Social Innovation". The event sought to provide an introduction to Torino's history and context, in anticipation to the "Cities Forum 2023" that will take place on March 16th- 17th. Formerly known as the "Motor City of Italy" and as an...

Debrecen (Hungary) carried out its study visit to Hermosillo (Mexico) on February 15-17

A delegation of three senior officials from the Hungarian city of Debrecen carried out a three-day study visit in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico, between February 15-17, 2023, in the framework of the International Programme for Urban and Regional Cooperation - IURC Latin America, financed by the European Commission. In the last year, both cities have shared lessons learned on...

Attica (Greece) welcomed a Delegation from Colima (Mexico) on February 16

The three-day study visit of the Colima (Mexico) delegation in Attica (Greece) begins, in order to share good practices in their respective areas of expertise such as tourism, logistics and ports. The Governor of the Region, Mr. George Patoulis, welcomed them, and they have also visited the Innovation Center of Attica Region (ICAR) and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and...

Hermosillo (Mexico) welcomed a delegation from Debrecen (Hungary) on February 15

A delegation from Debrecen is visiting Hermosillo to learn about nature-based solutions, participatory budgeting, renewable energy and circular economy. During the first they had a productive meeting with Mr. Astiazarán Gutiérrez, Mayor of Hermosillo, and visited several public spaces, including Madero Park and the new Carcamo Park, where they planted trees with personnel from IMPLAN Hermosillo and Ayuntamiento Hermosillo [caption...

Seoul and Dublin partnership advanced through reciprocal visit in Ireland

Seoul and Dublin conducted the second study visit in Dublin on 6-10 February this year through the IURC programme (International Urban and Regional Cooperation) sponsored by European Union. Since it was a reciprocal visit, Seoul and Dublin delegates were able to refine the ideas for the future activity plans that were initially drafted during the last visit in Seoul. The...

Climate opportunity for cities

As part of continuing efforts to deepen technical support provided to cities, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) is launching a new initiative to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and best practices among signatory cities from all regions of the alliance. Apply here if you want to learn from and share the experience with other GCoM...

North East (Romania) carried out its study visit in Atlantico (Colombia)

Continuing with the study visit of the Atlantico (Colombia) delegation in North East (Romania), the three member of the Chamber of Commerce of Barraquilla participated in the Smart Health Forum in order to identify projects related to advanced medicine and also visited “MAVIS”, the center for Management of Elderly and Healthy Aging.    

Bangkok and Milan report progress on food policy activities

On 2 February, Bangkok and Milan had their 3rd technical meeting, where both cities provided updates on the activities they had implemented. On the Bangkok side, which has now formed a working group to deal with its food policy and ecosystem, four main topics were presented: urban agriculture, the school lunch programme, food bank and food waste. In addition, the...

Granada meets with technology park in Chiang Mai to advance B2B cooperation

On 1 February, Francisco Luis Benitez, Senior Advisor to Granada City, Spain, and Innovation & Prospective Director of Fidesol, resumed conversation with the team at the Science and Technology Park (STeP) of Chiang Mai University, led by Asst. Prof. Dr. Kasemsak Uthaichana, Deputy Director of STeP, to discuss potential cooperation between startups and incubators in Chiang Mai and Granada. Before...

“Todos al parque”: Barranquilla’s urban transformation initiative wins WRI Ross Center for Cities Award

IURC Latin America wishes congratulations to Barranquilla for winning the WRI Ross Cities Award. The city is currently part of a thematic cluster network formed by Cali (Colombia), Malaga (Spain), and Anci Lazio (Italy), collaborating on issues of urban agriculture and social  inclusion. Barranquilla also hosted a regional event of the IURC-LA programme on Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Regeneration, which...