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IUC introduced the GCoM to Korean cities in Daegu

Daegu, 18. October 2018. The IUC Asia project was invited to explain the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) during a training for city practitioners hosted by Daegu City Council, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the Korean Environmental Corporation KECO. Ms Hejung Jung, acting IUC country coordinator, delivered a presentation about the GCoM and met with [...]

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Asian cities and NDRC Mission to the EU in October 2018

Regional and urban development authorities from China, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia participated at the IUC Global Event in Brussels on 10 October 2018. The delegation included the Director-General of China’s NDRC Regional Economy Department Mr GUO Lanfeng, the Mayor of Jambi (Indonesia) Datuk Fasha Syarif, the Chief Executive of Iskandar (Malaysia) Datuk [...]

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Haikou

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Weinan

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Liuzhou

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Kunming

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Haikou

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昆明市

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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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Training on Energy and Climate Action in Hanoi

The event took place in Hanoi on 18-19 September 2018, few days after the launching of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) in Surabaya. Practitioners from 14 Vietnamese cities participated at the two-day training event, including Binh City, Khan Hoa City, Ben Tre City, Hanoi City, Phan Thiet City, Than Hoa [...]

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Training on Energy and Climate Action in Surabaya

The IUC – Asia programme training event brought together participants in the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) from Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Many of these participant local governments have some previous experience of GHG emissions analysis and have developed of climate action plans for mitigation and adaptation. The event also aimed [...]

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Surabaya – GCoM Launch in South East Asia

Surabaya, 13 September 2018. With the presence of the Ambassador of the European Union to Indonesia, H.E. Vincent Guérend, the IUC-Asia project launched the Global Covenant of Mayors in South East Asia. “Today’s launch of the Global Covenant of Mayors in South East Asia here in Surabaya is an important milestone in its development” said EU [...]

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EU cities in Haikou

European cities delegates visited Haikou. Here, participants absolved an intense 2 day programme, including meetings with the directors of over ten city departments relevant for urban development as well as field visits to the Fullsing Town Innovation Park, the Free Trade Zone and the Jiangdong New District. Haikou is the capital city of Hainan province [...]

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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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Visit of an official delegation from Chongqing to Mannheim

A high-level delegation from Chongqing visited the City of Mannheim on 9 July 2018. The delegation, headed by the Director General of the Chongqing Development and Reform Commission (DRC) Mr XIONG Xue, discussed with Mannheim city authorities and stakeholders from the business community the implementation of two pilot projects. On the one side, a Memorandum of [...]

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GCoM Meeting in Indonesia

Within the implementation of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) in Indonesia, a Survey & Consultation on the Common Reporting Framework took place in Jakarta on 29 June 2018. Upon presentation about the IUC Project and the support to implementation of the GCoM in Indonesia, participants from 16 cities were requested to provide [...]

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IUC Team joins GCOM Meeting in Chengdu – China

The IUC team joined a coordination meeting hosted by Chengdu’s Mayor Luo Qiang and representatives of the Global Covenanat of Mayors for Energy and Climate (GCoM). The GCoM delegation was led by Amanda Eichel, Executive Director of the GCoM Secretariat, and included partners from ICLEI, C40 and Bloomberg China office. The meeting with Mayor Luo [...]

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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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Start-Up Workshop with Chinese Pilot Cities 2018 in Beijing

The project team organised a training for the second group of Chinese pilot cities for 2018, i.e. Haikou (Hainan province), Kunming (Yunnan province), Liuzhou (Guangxi province), Yantai (Shandong province) and Weinan (Shaanxi province). Around 35 representatives attended the meeting, including those from pilot cities of last year: Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Longyan, Changchun and Shantou. The IUC [...]

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Training in Gwangju, Republic of Korea

The IUC ASIA organised the training event City Energy and Climate Action – How to set Targets and Develop a Plan with the International Climate and Environment Center in Gwangju, Korea, on 16 March 2018. Documentation Agenda_City Energy and Climate Action Gwangju_VF 00 IUC Asia_10keyprinciples 01 GCoM Presentation 16MAR2018 02_Green Climate Fund 03_Korean Environment Institute 04_UCLG ASPAC 05 [...]

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IUC Starts Elaboration of EU-China Low Carbon Cities Study

The IUC project started the elaboration of a compative study between cities the EU and China towards their transition to a low carbon society. In September of 2017, a first working visit to EU by a high-level delegation of for climate change experts led by NDRC’s Climate Change Department was organized by IUC project. As [...]

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DG REGIO Seminar at UN Habitat WUF in Malaysia

The IUC ASIA project co-organised DG REGIO’s networking event Cities contributing to the New Urban Agenda implementation through the international urban cooperation programme held on 08 February 2018 at the World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur. The event presented the actions undertaken by the EU to deliver the Voluntary Commitment in framework of the Habitat III Conference of 2016, [...]

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Training Event: City Energy and Climate Action – How to set Targets and Develop a Plan

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IUC-ASIA at WUF

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Meeting with the Chief Minister of Melaka State – Malaysia

The IUC programme arranged a meeting between the Chief Minister of Melaka State Hon. Datuk Idris Haron, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (EC JRC) and the Secretariat of the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM). During the meeting, adhesion of Melaka State and Melaka City to the Global Covenant of Mayors was discussed. It was [...]

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Stakeholders Meeting of the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) in South East Asia

A stakeholders meeting of the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) in South East Asia took place back-to-back to the World Urban Forum (WUF) in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting was attended by: Natividad Lorenzo, European Union, Foreign Policy Instrument (FPI) Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission, Joint Reserach Centre JRC Shannon McDaniels, Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) Secretariat [...]

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Shantou

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Changchun Jingyue

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Zhengzhou

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Chongqing

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Málaga

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AAK

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Prague

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Burgas

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Mannheim

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Mannheim welcomes Yuxin’ou delegation from Chongqing

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Burgas

Burgas is the biggest city in South-East Bulgaria and it is bounded by the Black Sea surrounding the large Burgas Bay. At the turn of 21st c. Burgas was a regional and municipal center, as well as the fourth largest town in Bulgaria, with a population of 229 740 inhabitants.  The city of Burgas is an [...]

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Data & Privacy Policy

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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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Mannheim welcomes Chinese delegation

A high-level NDRC delegation from China visited Mannheim on Monday 13 November 2017. An MoU between Mannheim and Chongqing was signed. The signing is part of the agenda of an over-20-people Chinese delegation during its two-day visit in Mannheim. The delegation comprises of delegates from National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and five Chinese pilot [...]

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IUC Global Event in Brussels

IUC Global Event in Brussels The IUC programme held its 1st city-to-city global event. For this purpose, the IUC Asia project mobilised the participation of over 50 delegates from China, the Republic of Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia. The event was opened by Hilde Hardeman, Director of the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) [...]

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Best Practices

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Local Action Plan workshop in Beijing

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CGoM SEA Meeting in Seoul

On the occasion of the OECD Champion Mayors,  partners and stakeholders of the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) in South East Asia met on 18 October 2017 in Seoul. The event was facilitated by the IUC Asia programme and aimed at coordinating the activities of the GCoM in the region. The meeting was opened by [...]

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Chinese Climate Change experts visit EU headquarters and four European cities

In September 2017, seven high level experts on climate change of the Chinese Government held meetings at the European Commission in Brussels and then visited best practices in Ghent, Lisbon, Almada and Vienna. The Chinese delegation was led by the Director General of the Climate Change Department of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). [...]

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Meetings with Local Authorities in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam

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About IUC

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Mannheim First Vice Mayor visits Chongqing

The IUC team supported the visit of Mr. Christian Specht, First Vice Mayor of Mannheim to Chongqing 14th – 17th August. Mr. Specht met with Mr. OUYANG Lin, Deputy Director General of Chongqing DRC, who visited Mannheim in June 2017 during the IUC work meeting in Europe. Three goals of cooperation were discussed: Building a [...]

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European Parliament delegation visit Zhengzhou in July

With the support of IUC project, a thirteen-people European Parliament delegation led by MEPs Lambert van Nistelrooij and Jan Olbrycht visited Zhengzhou. An official meeting with Mr. CHENG Zhiming, Mayor of Zhengzhou was arranged on 18th July. Both sides exchange thoughts on mainly following aspects: –   Zhengzhou’s achievements in recent economic growth and especially under [...]

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XII High Level Dialogue on Regional and Urban Policy Cooperation

On May 31st, the 12th High Level Dialogue on Regional and Urban Policy Cooperation took place in Brussels as a key side event of EU-China Summit 2017. The seminar was opened by Normunds Popens, Deputy Director General of DG REGIO, and LIU Sushe, Director General, Regional Economy, NDRC. In his remarks, Mr. Popens drew attention [...]

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Chinese delegations of NDRC and Pilot Cities visit EU pairs in May – June 2017

Chinese delegation of NDRC and Pilot Cities visit EU in 30th May – 07th June 2017 Led by the NDRC, two Chinese delegations visited four EU pilot cities on two routes. A delegation with representatives from NDRC, Zhengzhou and Changchun visited Málaga (Spain) and Agii Anargiri-Kamatero AKK (Greece). Another delegation comprising representatives from Chongqing, Shantou [...]

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Signing Ceremony on 31st May: Joint Declaration of EU and Chinese IUC pilot cities

After the seminar, and with the presence of EU Commissioner Ms. Corina Cretu and NDRC Vice Chairman Mr. HU Zucai, nine cities – 5 from China and 4 from the EU, with Prague set to join the IUC programme as the fifth EU city – signed a Joint Declaration committing them to the IUC programme [...]

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IUC Project Launch Event in Beijing

On 15. March 2017, the IUC (Component 1: city-to-city cooperation on sustainable urban development) was officially launched at the premise of the European Union Delegation to China and Mongolia in Beijing. Dr. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, Ambassador of the European Union to China and Mongolia and Mr. LIU Sushe, Director General, Regional Economy Department at NDRC [...]

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IUC Brussels Training

The IUC Asia team participated in the IUC training week held in Brussels in February 2017. At this occasion, experts were able to learn in depth about the technical issues of the EU’s Covenant of Mayors. The Joint Research Centre of the EU delivered a two-day training on this. IUC experts were also trained on [...]

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