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BARCELONA and Liuzhou Smart City Project: CCDI-GINA Cooperation

Over 25 experts from BARCELONA and Liuzhou met today online to discuss the progress of cooperation between both cities including the action plan and the possible collaboration between the urban development companies GINA Architects from BARCELONA and CCDI from China. The event was opened by authorities from BARCELONA City Council and Liuzhou Municipality and included [...]

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BARCELONA – Liuzhou Architects Meeting towards a Concept Design for Liudong New Area

Representatives of GINA Architects from BARCELONA met today online with colleagues from CCDI, a Chinese global architecture and engineering consulting firm, to discuss a concept note for developing specific plots in Liudong New District, Liuzhou. They discussed the concept design software, timing, deliverables and follow-up technical encounters. The meeting was facilitated by the IUC project [...]

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BARCELONA and Liuzhou Meeting on Urban Development

More than 20 representatives from Liuzhou City and BARCELONA discussed today the implementation of a preliminary action plan to develop comparable urban experiences related to the values of the Sustainable Development Goals and linked to 2030 Agenda, especially focusing on 3 main topics: smart mobility, water management, and Energy efficiency / renewable energy production. Experts [...]

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BARCELONA presents Urban Cooperation Action Plan (UCAP) with Liuzhou

The City of BARCELONA has submitted the Urban Cooperative Action Plan (UCAP) for the activities with Liuzhou (Guangxi Province). The plan reflects the upodated priorities and counterparts in Liuzhou, including the Binjiang Smart Valley of Liudong New District. BARCELONA proposes to enhance an exchange of know-how by developing comparable study cases and, for this purpose, [...]

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Liuzhou-BARCELONA Online Discussion on Innovation District

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BARCELONA, Granada, and Rome develop pilot projects with Chinese pairs

Experts from BARCELONA, Granada, and Rome participated in separate coaching sessions with the IUC-Asia experts aimed at further developing the U-CAPs and the pilot projects. The online meetings of approximately 90 min each allowed the EU cities’ experts to reflect on the bilateral exchanges held in China and Europe in the last 18 months, focusing [...]

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IUC at Smart City Expo BARCELONA

The IUC Asia project team participated at the Smart City Expo held in BARCELONA from 13-15 November 2018. The IUC Asia booth showcased the main results of city-to-city cooperation. The event was highly valuable to assess smart city solutions under implementation in the Asian region. The IUC team met with representatives from potential EU candidate [...]

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EU-China Smart City Cooperation Forum in BARCELONA

To foster opportunities for collaboration on Smart Cities In the framework of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the IUC ASIA programme implemented a workshop for representatives from the Chinese cities participating in the IUC programme, as well as companies, research institutions and business associations from Europe. The event – organised by Casa Asia [...]

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IUC Asia December 2020 Newsletter available

The latest edition of IUC Asia’s December newsletter covering the programme’s component 1 has just been released. This component encompasses the EU-China cooperation on sustainable and innovative cities. The newsletter begins with how, in spite of the challenges faced with meetings during the COVID pandemic, the work of the IUC Asia has continued unabated, holding [...]

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EU Cities Garden Pavilions under Construction in Yangzhou

The garden pavilions designed by the IUC pilot cities of BARCELONA, Rome and Bologna Metropolitan / Nuovo Circondario Imolese are currently under construction in Yangzhou, which is located in the Jiangsu Province of China. The construction is scheduled to be finished by April 2021, when the Yangzhou Horticulture Expo 2021 begins. The pavilions showcase sustainable [...]

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IUC’s 4th annual City-to-City Event

Today the IUC held its 4th (and final) City-to-City Event, reflecting on the progress made by the programme as a whole, which involved 166 participants from cities and regions across the globe. The conference provided an opportunity to celebrate successes, understand challenges faced and collectively discover solutions to overcome them. It gathered all experts involved [...]

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EU-China Regional and Urban Cooperation Online Seminar

Today, the European Commission’s DG REGIO and China’s NDRC held the high-level EU-China Regional and Urban Cooperation Seminar 2020. More than 80 experts from European and Chinese cities as well as high level representatives of the European Commission and the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) met in combination online and in person in [...]

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Bologna presents Visualization of Garden Pavilion in China for Yangzhou 2021 Expo

The Metropolitan City of Bologna presented a digital twin of its garden pavilion currently under construction for the Horticutural Show 2021 in Yangzhou, China. Beyond Bologna, the pavilion showcases urban development concepts from the Italian cities of Fontanelice, Castel del Rio, Borgo Tossignano, Casalfiumanese, Imola, Dozza, Castel San Pietro, Medicina, Castel Guelfo and Mordano. They [...]

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IUC Participates at EU Webinar on City-to-City Cooperation

The IUC team co-organised the webinar “International cooperation for innovation in urban development policy and practice: results and perspectives from EU – Asia Cooperation“. The event – which involved over 60 experts from Europe and Asia – was held within the European Week of Regions and Cities, the EU Commission’s flagship annual event on urban [...]

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EU Cities Coaching on Funding Cooperation Projects with China

Representatives from the EU pilot cities of Mannheim, BARCELONA, Granada and Rome joined a coaching session towards the funding possibilities for international projects with China. The coaching was given by Mr. Marco Mazziotti, Chief Officer EU Affairs at the Foreign Affairs Department of Milan’s Mayor Office. The session focused on the EU Green Deal Call [...]

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EU participates at Euro-China Smart Cities Seminar in Chongqing

The European Union participated today at the workshop “EURO-CHINA Smart Cities, Facing Covid-19” held in Chongqing, China. The EU was represented by Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis, Head of the EU Delegation to China, as well as by Dr. Rudolf Niessler, Principal Advisor at DG REGIO of the European Commission. At the event, the European pilot cities [...]

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Chengdu Energy Event – Video Message by the EU Delegation to China

A video message was delivered today by Mr. Octavian Stamate, Counsellor for Climate Action and Energy at the Delegation of the European Union to China. The message was delivered at the opening of the EXCEL Accelerator Open Day and focused on the EU-China cooperation on the energy sector. Mr. Stamate referred to the possibilities of [...]

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EU Cities and Liuzhou Online Exchange on Implications of COVID-19 for Urban Policy Makers & IUC Pilot Projects

Brussels, 9 April 2020: The IUC-Asia organised a live video discussion today between its programme pilot cities from Europe and China, as part of the new online series of thematic discussion rounds. On the call from the EU were experts from BARCELONA, Granada, Rome, Bologna, Stuttgart, Nice, Mannheim and Greater Manchester. Joining the call from [...]

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EU Cities and Liuzhou Online Exchange on Implications for Urban Policy Makers due to COVID-19

  Brussels, 9 April 2020: The IUC-Asia organised a live video discussion today between its programme pilot cities from Europe and China, as part of the new online series of thematic discussion rounds. On the call from the EU were experts from BARCELONA, Granada, Rome, Bologna, Stuttgart, Nice, Mannheim and Greater Manchester. Joining the call [...]

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EU and Asian Cities Online Exchange on Local Responses to the Corona Crisis

Due to the corona crisis and the high interest from EU and Asian cities to identify the added value of international cooperation for disaster preparedness at local level, the IUC project launched an online exchange session. The team explained the link of the EU Urban Agenda to the current crisis and the EU support to [...]

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DG REGIO and EU cities meet Chinese counterparts in Europe

European Commission’s DG REGIO experts Ramón Lopez and Rudolf Niesler met this week with delegates from NDRC in BARCELONA and Brussels, during an NDRC / Chinese cities’ visit to Europe. The Chinese delegation – that also visited counterparts in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg – was headed by NDRC’s regional economy department (DDG Cao Yuanmeng). The delegation [...]

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DG REGIO meets with EU and Chinese cities representatives in Brussels

Chinese delegates participated at the 3rd IUC Global Event that took place in Brussels on Thursday 21th November. Here, the results of the pilot project development between Rome and Liuzhou were assessed by representatives from both sides. Also, Chinese cities participated in the break-out sessions dealing with smart city and coastal adaptation to climate change. [...]

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IUC-Asia engaging with key urban development experts at the Seventh Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7), Penang, Malaysia

The IUC ASIA Programme participated at the Seventh Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7), held in Penang, Malaysia, from 15-17 October 2019. The programme organised a series of activities including: IUC Training on Municipal Finance for Malaysian Pilot Cities (C2) A series of Presentations by EU Cities Labs at the EU IUC Booth Two IUC Cluster Meetings [...]

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Second EU Cities Mission to China

The second mission of EU cities to China took place from 21 to 28 September 2019 – with delegates from the following European cities: BARCELONA (Spain), Bologna (Italy), Granada (Spain), Manchester (UK), Mannheim (Germany) and Rome (Italy). The programme begun with a visit to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, at the heart of the Pearl River Delta. [...]

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China: EU Smart Cities Mission to China

The EU cities of BARCELONA, Granada, Rome and Stuttgart Region (including Ludwigsburg) undertook a mission to the Chinese cities of Chengdu and Liuzhou. The mission – which took place from 09 – 15 June 2019 – was the first city-to-city mission of the IUC cities in 2019 and a follow-up to the encounter that took [...]

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EU – China Cities Cooperation 2019 Launched

14th High Level Forum (HLF) on Regional and Urban Policy Cooperation The IUC Asia project launched 2019 cooperation between European and Chinese cities on Tuesday 09 April 2019 in Brussels. Over 70 experts from European and Chinese cities as well as high level representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Chinese National [...]

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Bangkok – Regional Networking Event at the Asian Mayors Forum

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in South East Asia (GCoM SEA) held a regional networking event titled “Inclusive Climate Action for Sustainable Cities” within the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD). The event focused on promoting inclusive climate action which could drive better environmental outcomes and social and economic co-benefits. H.E. [...]

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