Tag: SDGs

Watch IURC’s LA Webinar #18 “Urban Co-Creation and Social Justice (Medellín – Lecco): Coinvite – Storytelling for Urban Learning.”

The International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Latin America programme recently concluded an insightful webinar titled "Urban Co-Creation and Social Justice (Medellín – Lecco): Coinvite – Storytelling for Urban Learning." The event brought together experts, academics, and practitioners from urban planning, social urbanism, and social justice fields to explore the power of storytelling in urban development, community engagement, and social...

Watch IURC’s LA Webinar #16 “Smart Specialization Strategies and Sustainability”

The IURC Latin America programme held its webinar n.16 "Smart Specialization Strategies and Sustainability", on June 27th, 2023. The event focused on the sustainability dimension of these strategies and their application in industrial and local contexts, including their relevance to industrial policies and innovation hubs. The discussions aimed to inspire the mobilization of research and innovation to address the Sustainable...

Webinar 16 “Smart Specialisation Strategies and Sustainability: a framework for reflection”

We are very pleased to invite you to join us for the webinar "Smart Specialisation Strategies and Sustainability: ​ a framework for reflection”. The event is organized by the International Urban and Regional Cooperation Latin America (IURC-LAC) Programme on Tuesday, June 27th at 09:00 CDT/ 17:00 CEST. The webinar will have a duration of 75 minutes and offer simultaneous interpretation in...

A Retrospect of 2022 and Looking Ahead to 2023

It’s that time of year again! 2022 has been a year of achievements. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to IURC China pilot cities and regions, stakeholders and supporters from Europe and China! IURC China 2022 has a great start through networking events. We’ve had fruitful study visits (on-site and online) and informative meetings with all IURC China...

PMRDA, Karlsruhe and IURC Programme Commit to Cooperation on Sustainable Urbanisation

The EU-funded International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Programme, the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), Maharashtra, India, and the City of Karlsruhe, Germany, have signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) at PMRDA Office on 31st May 2022 to build relationships and promote concrete cooperation on sustainable urban development and innovation from 2021-2023. During the signing, the Honorable Commissioner of...

Toyota, Japan & Grenoble-Alpes Metropole, France

Smart city solutions for people, industry and the environment For their city-to-city cooperation in the IUC programme, Toyota and Grenoble-Alpes Metropole were interested in developing smart city solutions for a sustainable city through innovation and creation of new businesses. They shared experience in renewable energy such as networking of hydrogen labs and startups, hydrogen fleet deployment, town development using hydrogen...