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December 22, 2020

IUC Competitive Fund: ROME’s Sapienza University releases Book, Video, Platform and Digital Twin on Integrated Urban Design.

IUC Competitive Fund: Rome’s Sapienza University releases Book, Video, Platform and Digital Twin on Integrated Urban Design.
With the support of the IUC Asia programme, ROME’s Sapienza University CITERA just delivered four results of the cooperation with China on integrated urban design, focusing on energy efficiency and cultural heritage. All results are available on a special website drafted by CITERA’s to summarise activities on Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Geographic Information System [...]

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September 30, 2020

Smart City – Smart Agriculture – ROME coaching

Smart City – Smart Agriculture – Rome coaching
A coaching session was carried out to prepare the upcoming MoU signature ceremony between ROME and Yantai stakeholders. These include the Universities of Tuscia and Yantai (smart agriculture) and SETEL  (smart city, precision agriculture). The session was organised by Prof. Gianlucca  Fabbri and Oscar Prat.

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September 11, 2020

ROME – China: Summer School on Digital Tools for Urban Planning (GIS & BIM)

Rome – China: Summer School on Digital Tools for Urban Planning (GIS & BIM)
The Department of Planning, Design, and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture (DPDTA) of Sapienza University just finished a two-week Summer School Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Modelling (BIM). The event – which was taught in English – was a pilot project of the IUC project and involved over 30 students from China, [...]

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August 12, 2020

ROME’s CITERA and Chinese Urban Technology Providers Exchange Urban Planning Tools

Rome’s CITERA and Chinese Urban Technology Providers Exchange Urban Planning Tools
Experts from ROME’s Sapienza University (CITERA – Interdepartmental Center for Territory, Building, Restoration, Environment, Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture) held an online meeting with Chinese urban technology partners to identify concrete business and research cooperation in Chinese cities. The event was also joined by representatives of RDI – Research and Development International (for further [...]

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July 28, 2020

Urban Business Cooperation – ROME and Yantai Meeting

Urban Business Cooperation – Rome and Yantai Meeting
A bilateral meeting took place between Se.Te.L. – Servizi Tecnici Logistici s.r.l. from ROME and Yantai based Jereh – Uniorange to follow up on the exchange that took place between Yantai and Lazio earlier this month representing the universities of Yantai, Tuscia and La Sapienza of ROME. The purpose of the meeting was to explore [...]

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July 23, 2020

ROME-Yangzhou Preparatory Meeting for the International Horticultural Exhibition 2021

Rome-Yangzhou Preparatory Meeting for the International Horticultural Exhibition 2021
The IUC team organised an online meeting between experts from ROME and Yangzhou to discuss some technical details of ROME’s garden pavilion design as well as of few possible events to be organised by ROME during the Yangzhou Horticulture Expo 2021. Dr. Patrick Maurelli and Dr. Flavio Rossa from CITERA at Sapienza University first explained [...]

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June 30, 2020

ROME – Yantai Online Meeting on Innovation, Urban Agriculture & Green Cities Models

Rome – Yantai Online Meeting on Innovation, Urban Agriculture & Green Cities Models
Within the education and smart city clusters, an online exchange session was held today between 13 experts from the IUC, Yantai and ROME, including Yantai University and the universities Sapienza and Tuscia of ROME. In order to complement the university cooperation, the partners involved the Smart City Lab of ROME/Lazio and the innovation center of [...]

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June 9, 2020

ROME-Yantai University Research & Academic Education Cooperation on Urban Agriculture

Rome-Yantai University Research & Academic Education Cooperation on Urban Agriculture
Twenty representatives from the University of Tuscia (ROME), the University of Yantai (Shandong Province), and the IUC Asia team met today to discuss cooperation in different areas of research and academic education related to urban agriculture. Yantai has proposed to jointly establish a Sino-Italian Faculty of Urban Agriculture including an Institute of Wine Sciences. Activities [...]

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June 5, 2020

ROME & Lazio launch Smart City Business Cooperation Platform

Rome & Lazio launch Smart City Business Cooperation Platform
The Smart City Lab of ROME and Lazio – co-funded by the European Union’s regional development fund – launched the EUROPE ASIA SMART PLATFORM to facilitate scientific and technological cooperation among researchers, small and medium enterprises, start-ups and investors from Lazio and China. The platform allows to identify potential candidate applications for technology exchange in [...]

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May 18, 2020

ROME and Chengdu Energy Research and Practical Cooperation – Follow-up Meeting

Rome and Chengdu Energy Research and Practical Cooperation – Follow-up Meeting
Experts from the Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI) at Tsinghua University and of two departments from ROME’s University Sapienza (CITERA – Interdepartmental Center for Territory, Building, Restoration, Environment and theDepartment of Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture) held an online meeting to identify concrete research topics, potential financial sources and possible testbeds in cities. [...]

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May 14, 2020

Online meeting held today between ROME, Italy and Yantai, China, regarding Cultural Heritage and Smart Agriculture

Online meeting held today between Rome, Italy and Yantai, China, regarding Cultural Heritage and Smart Agriculture
The IUC-Asia team today hosted experts from the CITERA Research Center of Sapienza University of ROME, Yantai University, Tuscia University and IoT Smart City Lab of ROME, who agreed on a research-based cooperation between Italy and China in terms of Cultural Heritage, Silver Economy, Digital Twin Design and innovation in Agriculture. Cooperating in terms of [...]

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May 11, 2020

ROME and Chengdu Cooperate on Renewable Energy Research

Rome and Chengdu Cooperate on Renewable Energy Research
Experts from Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI) at Tsinghua University, University Sapienza CITERA (Interdepartmental Center for Territory, Building, Restoration, Environment), Sapienza’s Department of Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture, the Renewable Energy Association FREE and the IoT Smart City Lab of ROME held an online webinar to develop concrete research and start-up incubation activities [...]

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May 11, 2020

ROME and Chengdu Cooperate on Renewable Energy Research

Rome and Chengdu Cooperate on Renewable Energy Research
Experts from Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI) at Tsinghua University, University Sapienza CITERA (Interdepartmental Center for Territory, Building, Restoration, Environment), Sapienza’s Department of Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture, the Renewable Energy Association FREE and the IoT Smart City Lab of ROME held an online webinar to develop concrete research and start-up incubation activities [...]

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April 17, 2020

Barcelona, Granada, and ROME develop pilot projects with Chinese pairs

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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January 30, 2020

ROME

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April 13, 2019

Smart City Roundtable in ROME

Smart City Roundtable in Rome
In the framework of the European project IUC Asia International Urban Cooperation, and following the exploratory mission in China in November 2018 and the High Level Forum on Policy Cooperation in Brussels on the 9th of April, a round table on the topics of Smart City and Innovation was organized on the 12th of April [...]

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October 24, 2018

ROME

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December 30, 2020

IUC Asia December 2020 Newsletter available

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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December 30, 2020

EU Cities Garden Pavilions under Construction in Yangzhou

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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December 3, 2020

IUC’s 4th annual City-to-City Event

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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December 2, 2020

Barcelona and Liuzhou Smart City Project: CCDI-GINA Cooperation

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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November 17, 2020

Videos

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November 13, 2020

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

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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November 12, 2020

Granada Hosts Webinar on Blockchain Innovations and Biotech, eHealth & Medical Solutions

Granada Hosts Webinar on Blockchain Innovations and Biotech, eHealth & Medical Solutions
The City of Granada held its final of three webinars on the opportunities of blockchain innovations for cities. Today’s focus was on Biotech, eHealth & Medical Solutions, and involved more than 25 experts from Europe and China. The webinar was part of Granada’s pilot project awarded with the IUC Competitive Fund. Today’s webinar was opened with [...]

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November 5, 2020

Granada Hosts Webinar on Circular Economy and Blockchain Innovations

Granada Hosts Webinar on Circular Economy and Blockchain Innovations
Today, the City of Granada held its second of three webinars on Circular Economy and Blockchain Innovations with more than 25 experts from Europe and China, as part of its pilot project within the IUC Competitive Fund, awarded to Granada. Today’s webinar was opened with words from Luis Gonzalez Ruiz, First Deputy Mayor of Granada responsible [...]

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October 29, 2020

Smart Cities and Blockchain Innovations — IUC Pilot Project Granada Competitive Fund — Webinar 1

Smart Cities and Blockchain Innovations — IUC Pilot Project Granada Competitive Fund — Webinar 1
Today the IUC Asia held its first of three webinars on Smart Cities and Blockchain Innovations with more than 30 experts from Europe and China, as part of its pilot project with the Granada Competitive Fund. These webinars will present the main challenges that blockchain technology represents for cities and will debate how to cooperate [...]

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October 13, 2020

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

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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October 2, 2020

EU Cities Coaching on Funding Cooperation Projects with China

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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September 14, 2020

EU participates at Euro-China Smart Cities Seminar in Chongqing

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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August 13, 2020

Greater Manchester – Chengdu Online Discussion on Smart Energy and Clean Tech

Greater Manchester – Chengdu Online Discussion on Smart Energy and Clean Tech
Experts from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority held the second online discussion with the Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI) of Tsinghua University on renewable energy cooperation. It was a follow-up session to the introductory exchange held in June 2020 to identify tailored start points for cooperation on hydrogen technology [...]

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July 7, 2020

Yantai Municipality Party Secretary and Mayor are briefed about the IUC Programme

Yantai Municipality Party Secretary and Mayor are briefed about the IUC Programme
Today a meeting on smart city and energy transition was carried out between Yantai Jereh Uniorange and the IUC in the presence and on the occasion of the visit or Yantai Party Secretary Mr. Zhang Shuping and Yantai Mayor Mr. Chen Fei. Both high ranking officials were carrying an official inspection visit of Yantai Economic [...]

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June 30, 2020

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

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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June 29, 2020

Malaysia: Webinar on Circular Economy Cooperation between Petaling Jaya and EU cities

Malaysia: Webinar on Circular Economy Cooperation between Petaling Jaya and EU cities
Over 100 experts from Malaysia and Europe have joined today’s stakeholder consultation webinar on circular economy in the city of Petaling Jaya. The event was opened by the Deputy Mayor, Ms. Azlinda Azman and included presentations by experts from Malaysia (Petaling Jaya City Council, Iskandar Regional Authority) and Europe (Sapienza University of ROME, Amsterdam Smart [...]

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June 17, 2020

China: Healthy Cities and Life Sciences Cluster Members Discuss Potential Collaboration

China: Healthy Cities and Life Sciences Cluster Members Discuss Potential Collaboration
An online session took place today to verify possible collaboration of start-ups in the framework of the IUC thematic cluster on Healthy Cities and Life Sciences. The activity was a follow-up to the participation of the Smart City IoT Lab of ROME and Lazio to the Nanjing Techweek 2019. On that occasion, start-ups and universities [...]

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May 27, 2020

EU-China Low Carbon Cities Study online session held today between Chinese and European experts

EU-China Low Carbon Cities Study online session held today between Chinese and European experts
The IUC-Asia programme held an online session today to present its progress on the ongoing EU-China Low Carbon City Study, along with case studies of several cities. On the call were senior experts from both China and Europe. The study is being jointly drafted by the IUC-Asia project and experts of China’s National Center for [...]

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April 23, 2020

Coaching Session to IUC Team by Urban Methodology Experts

Coaching Session to IUC Team by Urban Methodology Experts
The IUC Methodology Taskforce (MTF) Coordinator Sandra Marín coached IUC Asia experts on the development of the Urban Cooperation Action Plans (UCAPs). The session focused on the revision of the “UCAPs at a Glance” files elaborated by the IUC team for each of the Chinese pilot cities as well as for the five thematic clusters: [...]

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April 9, 2020

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

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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April 9, 2020

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

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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March 31, 2020

EU Cities / Yangzhou Online Discussion on Horticulture Expo 2021

EU Cities / Yangzhou Online Discussion on Horticulture Expo 2021
The Chinese IUC pilot city of Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province) and representatives from Stuttgart Region, Bologna, ROME and Greater Manchester discussed today the participation at the Horticulture Expo 2021, to be held in Yangzhou from April to October 2021 (see below PPT). At the online meeting, which included 12 participants, Ms. ZHU Yin from Yangzhou Foreign [...]

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March 27, 2020

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

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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January 30, 2020

European Cities

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December 17, 2019

Brussels – IUC Asia participates at URBAN EU-China Workshop

Brussels – IUC Asia participates at URBAN EU-China Workshop
Three experts from the IUC Asia team and the pilot city of ROME participated at the EU-China Smart Sustainable Cities workshop organised in Brussels by the EU Project Urban-EU China. The event – hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) – took place on 17 December 2019 and gathered around 40 actors [...]

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November 22, 2019

DG REGIO and EU cities meet Chinese counterparts in Europe

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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November 21, 2019

DG REGIO meets with EU and Chinese cities representatives in Brussels

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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October 22, 2019

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

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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October 15, 2019

Cluster Meeting on Circular Economy at the APUF (Penang)

Cluster Meeting on Circular Economy at the APUF (Penang)
Practitioners from China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Europe gathered during the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF) to discuss about the development of circular economy solutions in their cities. Rudolf Niessler, Principal Advisor, DG for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission, introduced the objectives of the session, mainly to focus on ideas and experiences from several IUC [...]

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September 30, 2019

Second EU Cities Mission to China

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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August 16, 2019

Unveiling Event of Yantai China-Europe (Italy) Industry Park

Unveiling Event of Yantai China-Europe (Italy) Industry Park
In 17 September 2019, Yantai Laoshan District will hold an Unveiling Ceremony of the Yantai China-Europe (Italy) Industry Park. Date: 17 September Location: Laishan District, Yantai city Background: Yantai City, located in Shandong province, has a land area of 13,745.95 square kilometers, By the end of 2015, the population of Yantai was 7,014,100. Yantai City [...]

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June 25, 2019

China: EU Cities at TechWeek in Nanjing

China: EU Cities at TechWeek in Nanjing
Representatives from the EU IUC cities of ROME, Bologna, Emilia-Romana and Stuttgart Region have participated at the 2nd “Nanjing Tech Week / European Chamber High-Level Innovation Conference“. The event – that was opened by Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis from the EU Delegation to China – gathered more than 300 representatives from business, research, and local governments. [...]

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June 18, 2019

China: EU Smart Cities Mission to China

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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April 16, 2019

EU – China Cities Cooperation 2019 Launched

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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April 9, 2019

Cluster Meeting on Circular Economy and Energy Transition

Cluster Meeting on Circular Economy and Energy Transition
After the EU-China High-Level Dialogue on Regional Policy, over 40 Chinese and EU cities exchanged experiences, solutions and opportunities related to their projects on circular economy and energy transition. The opening session was moderated by Alexandra Lehmann from the EU Delegation to China. Eva Malanikova from DG REGIO explained the EU Urban agenda Partnership, which [...]

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April 5, 2019

IUC Cluster Meeting on Smart City in Hannover and Mannheim

IUC Cluster Meeting on Smart City in Hannover and Mannheim
During 5-12 April, a Chinese delegation composed of around 30 delegates from 10 Chinese pilot cities of IUC Asia embarked on the first mission to the EU in 2019. The delegation attended official activities in Hannover and Mannheim of Germany and ROME of Italy, aiming to seek opportunities for exchange and cooperation with European counterparts [...]

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December 6, 2018

Resources

Resources
Corona Crisis – Reference Material from Urban Management Perspective EU Commission: The Coronavirus Response EU Urban Agenda_orientation_paper_security_in_public_spaces_public DG EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS Live updates COVID-19 (Eurocities) Social Distancing Scoreboard COVID-19: Local Action Tracker 2020 COVID-19 MITIGATION ROADMAP (US) UNESCAP Webinar: Managing COVID-19 Pandemic – Experiences & Best Practices of China, Japan and [...]

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December 1, 2018

EU Cities Delegations’ Working Mission to China

EU Cities Delegations’ Working Mission to China

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November 26, 2018

European and Chinese city and business representatives look for cooperation on Smart City and Innovation

European and Chinese city and business representatives look for cooperation on Smart City and Innovation
Beijing, China, 26th November 2018, The “EU-China Cooperation Forum on Innovative and Smart Cities” under the EU’s “International Urban Cooperation – Regional Action Asia (IUC Asia)” Programme was held in Beijing. Chris Wood, Deputy Head of EUD delivered the closing speech, by stressing the significance of global impact of the city-to-city cooperation under the IUC [...]

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September 21, 2018

Chinese Cities Mission to EU Cities

Chinese Cities Mission to EU Cities
City-to-city exchange between European and Chinese pilot cities under the IUC ASIA programme from 12 to 20 September 2018 A Chinese city delegation conducted a working mission to three EU pilot cities Granada (Spain), ROME (Italy) and Nice (France) during 12-20 September 2018. This is the first time for the Chinese pilot cities of 2018 to undertake the fact-finding mission to their [...]

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July 23, 2018

EU Cities Mission to China

EU Cities Mission to China
Representatives from the eight European cities of Nice, Prague, Mannheim, Málaga, Reggio-Emilia, ROME, Barnsley and Granada participated at a one-week mission to China from 15 – 21 July 2018. The mission included participation at the annual EU-China High-Level Seminar on Regional Policy that took place in Zhengzhou on Wednesday 18 July 2018. The meeting was chaired by Corina Cretu, [...]

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June 7, 2018

IUC-EU Cities Coaching Session in Brussels

IUC-EU Cities Coaching Session in Brussels
A preparatory meeting for EU pilot cities was held in Brussels on 7 June 2018, with the following aims: Introducing the support tools available for the EU cities during the implementation of the city pairings and explaining the approach (local action planning, pilot projects Preparing the mission to China in July 2018 by identifying the [...]

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