The IUC project has entered into its second phase “International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC)”. In Asia and Australasia, the

In cooperation with the Regional Secretariat South East Asia of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Energy and Climate (GCoM),

The IUC Asia project contributed to a bilingual publication (English/Chinese) by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) which compares

The latest edition of IUC Asia’s December newsletter covering the programme’s component 1 has just been released. This component encompasses

The City of Mannheim has released a video summarising cooperation on innovation with China. The video includes testimonials by Jia

The garden pavilions designed by the IUC pilot cities of Barcelona, Rome and Bologna Metropolitan / Nuovo Circondario Imolese are

The City of Granada has just produced a video summarizing the cooperation with China on the opportunities and challenges that

The IUC team has just finished the Malaysia Blueprint for Circular Cities, a proposal to complement the Malaysia Circular Plastics

With the support of the IUC Asia programme, Rome’s Sapienza University CITERA just delivered four results of the cooperation with

The IUC Asia programme has just released its EU-China Regional Innovation Joint Study. The aim of this study is to

Today the IUC Asia programme held its final webinar on climate action planning at the local level in Vietnam. Since

The IUC team participated at the pre-launch workshop for the EIT Hub China. The initiative is part of the Knowledge

Today, the IUC team organised a meeting with experts of the European Union’s Foreign Policy Instruments in Asia to take

Today the EU Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Office, in collaboration with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Energy and Climate

Today the IUC held its 4th (and final) City-to-City Event, reflecting on the progress made by the programme as a

Over 25 experts from Barcelona and Liuzhou met today online to discuss the progress of cooperation between both cities including

About 25 local climate action officers from municipalities and counties in ChungNam province participated in an online training session on

Today, the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission (ENER) and the IUC Asia team participated in the 3rd International

The IUC Asia team participated in the 3rd GCoM coordination call. Dr. Sang In Kang presented the results of the

Today, the European Commission’s DG REGIO and China’s NDRC held the high-level EU-China Regional and Urban Cooperation Seminar 2020. More

Today the IUC-Asia held its final webinar on technical assistance of Climate Action Plans (CAPs) development in 4 pilot cities

The Metropolitan City of Bologna presented a digital twin of its garden pavilion currently under construction for the Horticutural Show

The City of Granada held its final of three webinars on the opportunities of blockchain innovations for cities. Today’s focus

The IUC Asia project held today a three-hour workshop on the transition from EU and Chinese cities towards low carbon

The Closing Ceremony for the annual EU Climate Diplomacy Week Indonesia (24 October – 6 November 2020) was held today,

Today, the City of Granada held its second of three webinars on Circular Economy and Blockchain Innovations with more than

Today, the IUC Asia project held its final webinar on Technical Assistance on Climate-Action-Plans Development in Indonesia with more than

Representatives of GINA Architects from Barcelona met today online with colleagues from CCDI, a Chinese global architecture and engineering consulting

Today the IUC Asia participated in the Virtual Discussion Session on Asia-Pacific Regional Guidelines on Voluntary Local Reviews organized by UNESCAP

This morning, the IUC Asia held a Memorandum of Understanding virtual signing ceremony between Yantai University (YTU) in China and

Today the IUC Asia participated in the Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Vertical Integration of Climate Action in Asia and

Today the IUC Asia held its first of three webinars on Smart Cities and Blockchain Innovations with more than 30

The message was delivered by Councillor Octavian Stamate from the EU Energy and Climate Action Section of the Delegation of

Supporting the Directorate-General Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO),  the IUC team co-organised today an online workshop on regional innovation. Around

The IUC team co-organised the webinar “International cooperation for innovation in urban development policy and practice: results and perspectives from

On 08 October 2020, Da Nang City organized an online workshop for city representatives on climate change mitigation under the

The IUC team participated in the experts meeting that aimed to identify and discuss sustainable approaches to support Asia-Pacific cities

Representatives from the EU pilot cities of Mannheim, Barcelona, Granada and Rome joined a coaching session towards the funding possibilities

Shanghai rolled out tough measures to reduce plastic use and waste in the city, these policies became effective on October

A coaching session was carried out to prepare the upcoming MoU signature ceremony between Rome and Yantai stakeholders. These include

The so-called “Gap Fund” was launched on 23 September 2020. The fund will address the critical lack of grant funding

More than 20 representatives from Liuzhou City and Barcelona discussed today the implementation of a preliminary action plan to develop

In cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the IUC team organised an onsite and online workshop for

The European Union participated today at the workshop “EURO-CHINA Smart Cities, Facing Covid-19” held in Chongqing, China. The EU was

The Department of Planning, Design, and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture (DPDTA) of Sapienza University just finished a two-week

Today the IUC Asia held its final stakeholder consultations webinar on Designing Circular Cities in Malaysia. On the call were

Experts from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority held the second online discussion with the Sichuan

Experts from Rome’s Sapienza University (CITERA – Interdepartmental Center for Territory, Building, Restoration, Environment, Planning, Design, and Technology of Architecture)

The IUC-Asia Team participated in several meetings with the Chongqing Development and Reform Commission (DRC) as well as with the

The City of Barcelona has submitted the Urban Cooperative Action Plan (UCAP) for the activities with Liuzhou (Guangxi Province). The

The IUC Asia project team participated today in this year’s second online stakeholders’ meeting for the Global Covenant of Mayors

Under IUC Asia framework, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) workshop was carried for Depok City on 28 July 2020.

A bilateral meeting took place between Se.Te.L. – Servizi Tecnici Logistici s.r.l. from Rome and Yantai based Jereh – Uniorange

The IUC team organised an online meeting between experts from Rome and Yangzhou to discuss some technical details of Rome’s

After the self-quarantine mandates and other travel limitations for three months, Depok City has allowed public gatherings of up to

The IUC team participated in today’s regional exchange on the green recovery organised by the GCoM Secretariat. The event was

More than 15 experts from the cities of Barcelona and Liuzhou held the first virtual meeting facilitated by the IUC

A stocktaking meeting was held today between experts from the European Commission (DG REGIO) and the author’s team drafting the

More than 15 representatives from Mannheim, Chongqing, and the IUC team met today online to discuss the progress of cooperation.

Today a meeting on smart city and energy transition was carried out between Yantai Jereh Uniorange and the IUC in

Over 60 experts from Penang in Malaysia and Europe participated in today’s online Stakeholder Consultation on Circular Cities. The event

Within the education and smart city clusters, an online exchange session was held today between 13 experts from the IUC,

A video message was delivered today by Mr. Octavian Stamate, Counsellor for Climate Action and Energy at the Delegation of

Over 100 experts from Malaysia and Europe have joined today’s stakeholder consultation webinar on circular economy in the city of

The IUC Project participated at the Nanjing TechWeek 2020. On this occasssion, the China Europe Industrial Design Theme Hall was

The IUC project held today an experts’ discussion on the EU-China Regional Innovation Study currently under elaboration. The meeting was

Today the IUC-Asia held its important mid-term meeting on monitoring technical assistance of Climate Action Plans (CAPs) development in 13

An online session took place today to verify possible collaboration of start-ups in the framework of the IUC thematic cluster

The IUC Team elaborated 34 documents summarising the main areas of cooperation among European and Chinese cities. The “UCAP at

After months of social distancing and self-isolation in Indonesia, this month has brought the beginning of the transition to a

Experts from Europe and Asia discussed today the draft version of the EU-China Regional Innovation Study, focusing on the case

The IUC Asia project hosted today the first online meeting between Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and Tsinghua University Chengdu EIRI

Twenty representatives from the University of Tuscia (Rome), the University of Yantai (Shandong Province), and the IUC Asia team met

The Smart City Lab of Rome and Lazio – co-funded by the European Union’s regional development fund – launched the

The IUC-Asia programme held an online session today with Chinese and European experts in preparation of a large workshop scheduled

The Paris Agreement recognises the role of non-Party stakeholders in addressing climate change, including cities. Part of the role of

The IUC-Asia programme held an online session today to present its progress on the ongoing EU-China Low Carbon City Study,

The IUC Team visited the new pilot city of Panjin. The visit was coordinated by Panjin’s Development and Reform Commission

To follow up the Climate Action Plan (CAP) development , Makassar and  IUC-Asia met online on Thursday  21 May 2020

Coordinated by the Metropolitan City of Bologna and by Guangzhou Development District (GDD), stakeholders from both sides discussed potential cooperation

The IUC Asia, in partnership with the CCROM – IPB, conducted a capacity building workshop with Malang’s official agencies as

Following the EU cities’ missions to Liuzhou in June and September 2019, as well as Liuzhou visits to EU pilot

The Government of Indonesia launched the Low Carbon Development Initiative (LCDI) during the 2018 International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Annual

Experts from the Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI) at Tsinghua University and of two departments from Rome’s University Sapienza

Strengthening of the capacity of city governments in developing City Climate Action Plan (CAP) in line with the GCoM Common

The IUC-Asia team today hosted experts from the CITERA Research Center of Sapienza University of Rome, Yantai University, Tuscia University

The IUC team organised a coordination meeting among the European Union’s Joint Research Center (JRC) and IUC’s technical partner CCROM

Experts from Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI) at Tsinghua University, University Sapienza CITERA (Interdepartmental Center for Territory, Building, Restoration,

Experts from Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (EIRI) at Tsinghua University, University Sapienza CITERA (Interdepartmental Center for Territory, Building, Restoration,

Experts from Europe and China held an online exchange on the regional innovation study being elaborated with the support of

The virtual meeting among Hang Tuah Jaya stakeholders, IUC Asia team and UTM took place on 08 May 2020. The

Experts from Stuttgart Region and Nanjing Fair met online on Tuesday 05 May 2020 to develop a cooperation concept for

Representatives from Greater Manchester Authority joined an online exchange session with the IUC team and with Dr. Ronald Hall –

Vietnam suffers from routine extreme weather events such as typhoons and tropical storms, sea level rise, land subsidence, and seawater

Cities now need to move toward implementing concrete measures contained in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Numerous funding mechanisms

Experts from Bologna and Stuttgart participated in separate coaching sessions with the IUC-Asia experts aimed at further developing the U-CAPs

The IUC team organised an online meeting between European and Chinese climate action experts to discuss the EU-China Low Carbon

The IUC Methodology Taskforce (MTF) Coordinator Sandra Marín coached IUC Asia experts on the development of the Urban Cooperation Action

The private sector plays a critical role in translating the commitments of the Paris Agreement into tangible action in the

Experts from Barcelona, Granada, and Rome participated in separate coaching sessions with the IUC-Asia experts aimed at further developing the

On 14 – 15 April 2020, the IUC Asia programme held several consultation meetings with Palembang city to support the

The IUC project participated in a stakeholders’ call of the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) organised by ICLEI Korea, which

Brussels, 9 April 2020: The IUC-Asia organised a live video discussion today between its programme pilot cities from Europe and

The Chinese IUC pilot city of Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province) and representatives from Stuttgart Region, Bologna, Rome and Greater Manchester discussed

Due to the corona crisis and the high interest from EU and Asian cities to identify the added value of

IUC Asia Helpdesk/GCoM Southeast Asia Secretariat organised its first webinar entitled “Development of Cities’ Mitigation Action Plans” on 17 March

As a part of IUC pilot cities in Indonesia, Makassar city organized a workshop on GHG inventory on 4-5 March

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) posted a Request for Information (RFI) for the provision

Penampang – an IUC Asia pilot city – is the capital of the Penampang District in the West Coast Division

On 3 March 2020, the IUC Asia project – supported by CDP and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) – organised capacity

IUC Asia and UN Habitat organised a roadshow to the three Vietnamese cities of Can Tho, Da Nang and Tam

IUC Asia HelpDesk/GCoM Southeast Asia Secretariat Technical Coordinator, Dini Laraswati, organised a meeting with Depok City Environmental Agency on 5

The IUC project team held today an online meeting to take stock of ongoing city-to-city cooperation.  The meeting was attended

The Brussels-based IUC project support team elaborated a case study reflecting on the cooperation between Metropole Nice Cote D’Azur and

The Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (HTJMC) invited the GCoM SEA Secretariat to attend a briefing and discussion session on

The IUC project team met with local authorities from the IUC pilot cities of Guangzhou and Yangzhou to discuss the

On behalf of the IUC project, the Institute of Urban and Environmental Studies (IUE) of the Chinese Academy of Social

Three experts from the IUC Asia team and the pilot city of Rome participated at the EU-China Smart Sustainable Cities

Within the Global Covenant of Mayors for Energy and Climate (GCoM) Day at COP25 in Madrid, a panel discussion on

Within the support to the Global Covenant of Mayor (GCoM), the International Urban Cooperation (IUC) Asia programme cooperates with the

NOTE: FOR DETAILS ON THE BILATERAL COOPERATION VISITS AS WELL AS ON THE CLUSTER MEETINGS, PLEASE SEE HERE More than

Two important events related to the effort of cities to combat climate change took place in Brussels, Belgium at the

European Commission’s DG REGIO experts Ramón Lopez and Rudolf Niesler met this week with delegates from NDRC in Barcelona and

Chinese delegates participated at the 3rd IUC Global Event that took place in Brussels on Thursday 21th November. Here, the

The IUC Asia programme has been showcased at the 2nd Paris Peace Forum from 12-13 November 2019. The Paris Peace

As part of the IUC competitive fund, two experts from Mannheim joined the Education+ 2019 Summit, which took place last

The Paris Peace Forum was launched last year on 11 November 2018, the 100th anniversary of the end of the

Nearly 40 experts from Korean and other Asian cities participated in the second climate action workshop organised by the IUC

IUC-Asia partners from Europe and China met on 25 October 2019 in Haikou, Hainan Island, China for a one-day workshop

Thirty-four participants from 14 Malaysian cities attended the training on climate financing on 14-15 October 2019 in Seberang Perai and

The IUC project and the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC) co-organized the sub-forum “Chinese Low-carbon

The IUC ASIA Programme participated at the Seventh Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7), held in Penang, Malaysia, from 15-17 October 2019.

IUC-Asia project partners are showing a strong presence at the China International Circular Economy Exhibition & China Circular Development Forum

IUC-Asia participated at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Green Low-Carbon Development 2019, held in Changsha, Hunan Province, PR China, from 16-18

From 15 to 16 October 2019, representatives of the City of Nice met with four delegates from Liuzhou and Haikou

Within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum, DG REGIO’s Principal Advisor Dr Rudolf Niessler met in Penang with a

Practitioners from China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Europe gathered during the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF) to discuss about the development

The second mission of EU cities to China took place from 21 to 28 September 2019 – with delegates from

Six cities in Indonesia comprised of Tangerang, Makassar, Denpasar, Malang, Palembang, and Depok signed commitment letters to obtain supports from

The third mission of EU cities to China will take place from 20-26 October 2019 and will focus on circular

The IUC project is working with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) by contributing with two chapters to the

In May 2019, Mission Innovation and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy announced their commitment to strengthen

The IUC Asia Programme was invited to participate at the Asia-Pacific Roundtable on Energy Transition & Coal Phase-out in Buyeo,

What is Urban-Rural Linkage? “UN Habitat defines urban-rural linkages as the as non-linear, diverse urban-rural interactions and linkages across space

In 17 September 2019, Yantai Laoshan District will hold an Unveiling Ceremony of the Yantai China-Europe (Italy) Industry Park. Date:

Makassar, the capital of Sulawesi Province in Indonesia, started cooperation on energy and climate change within the Global Covenant of

In cooperation with the ICEC (International Climate & Environment Centre) and the Gwangju Metropolitan City, the IUC project held a

Representatives from the EU IUC cities of Rome, Bologna, Emilia-Romana and Stuttgart Region have participated at the 2nd “Nanjing Tech

The EU cities of Barcelona, Granada, Rome and Stuttgart Region (including Ludwigsburg) undertook a mission to the Chinese cities of

Mannheim, 3 June 2019. In cooperation with the City of Mannheim and the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic

Upon the invitation of Kunming City Government, Nice’s Deputy Mayor Christian Tordo visited today the IUC pairing city of Kunming

The IUC Asia programme supported MEP Lambert Van Nistelrooij’s visit to Beijing, China on 26th April.   During the trip, MEP

MODULE 2 – MITIGATION: Emission Reduction and Low Carbon Society |   As part of Global Covenant of Mayors’ capacity

Within the EU’s support to the implementation of the GCoM in Asia, module 2 of the IUC training programme for

Bucharest, 15. April 2019. A high-level delegation from China led by NDRC Vice Chairman Luo Wen met with Gabriela Voicila,

14th High Level Forum (HLF) on Regional and Urban Policy Cooperation The IUC Asia project launched 2019 cooperation between European

As part of the outreach activities, the IUC team participated in the NAP Expo 2019. Dr. Sang In KANG, IUC

In the framework of the European project IUC Asia International Urban Cooperation, and following the exploratory mission in China in

After the EU-China High-Level Dialogue on Regional Policy, over 40 Chinese and EU cities exchanged experiences, solutions and opportunities related

During 5-12 April, a Chinese delegation composed of around 30 delegates from 10 Chinese pilot cities of IUC Asia embarked

The IUC team participated in Busan at the KECO annual training workshop on Local GHG Inventory with 69 districts, cities

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in South East Asia (GCoM SEA) held a regional networking event

The IUC Asia project in collaboration with the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) and the Secretariat of the Global Covenant

The Third International Innovation & Entrepreneurship Expo (IIEE) was held at China National Convention Centre from 14th to 16th December with

The IUC Asia team participated in two events within the COP24 held in Katowice, Poland. On the one hand side,

The Challenge is a joint pilot initiative of the EIB and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) to

The IUC team joined a Experts’ Group Meeting on the Future of Urban Governance and Capacities for Resilience  that took place

An EU city delegation conducted a working visit to Chinese pilot cities Yantai and Kunming during 27th to 30th November. Based on previous working visits and

Beijing, China, 26th November 2018, The “EU-China Cooperation Forum on Innovative and Smart Cities” under the EU’s “International Urban Cooperation

The IUC Asia project team participated at the Smart City Expo held in Barcelona from 13-15 November 2018. The IUC

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia (MoEF) – Directorate General of Climate Change – in cooperation with several

A significant result of city-to-city cooperation under the IUC Asia programme  On the morning of 25th October 2018, the direct

Daegu, 18. October 2018. The IUC Asia project was invited to explain the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) during a

Regional and urban development authorities from China, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia participated at the IUC Global Event

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

The event took place in Hanoi on 18-19 September 2018, few days after the launching of the Global Covenant of

The IUC – Asia programme training event brought together participants in the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

Surabaya, 13 September 2018. With the presence of the Ambassador of the European Union to Indonesia, H.E. Vincent Guérend, the IUC-Asia

European cities delegates visited Haikou. Here, participants absolved an intense 2 day programme, including meetings with the directors of over

Representatives from the eight European cities of Nice, Prague, Mannheim, Málaga, Reggio-Emilia, Rome, Barnsley and Granada participated at a one-week

A high-level delegation from Chongqing visited the City of Mannheim on 9 July 2018. The delegation, headed by the Director

Within the implementation of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) in Indonesia, a Survey & Consultation on the

The IUC team joined a coordination meeting hosted by Chengdu’s Mayor Luo Qiang and representatives of the Global Covenanat of

A preparatory meeting for EU pilot cities was held in Brussels on 7 June 2018, with the following aims: Introducing

The project team organised a training for the second group of Chinese pilot cities for 2018, i.e. Haikou (Hainan province),

The IUC ASIA organised the training event City Energy and Climate Action – How to set Targets and Develop a Plan with

The IUC project started the elaboration of a compative study between cities the EU and China towards their transition to

The IUC ASIA project co-organised DG REGIO’s networking event Cities contributing to the New Urban Agenda implementation through the international urban

The IUC ASIA organised the training vent City Energy and Climate Action – How to set Targets and Develop a Plan at

The IUC Asia team supported and implemented of several events during the World Urban Forum (WUF) held in Kuala Lumpur

The IUC programme arranged a meeting between the Chief Minister of Melaka State Hon. Datuk Idris Haron, the European Commission’s

To foster cooperation opportunity for building railway connection between Mannheim and Chongqing  On January 17, 2018, a business delegation from

To foster opportunities for collaboration on Smart Cities In the framework of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the

A high-level NDRC delegation from China visited Mannheim on Monday 13 November 2017. An MoU between Mannheim and Chongqing was

IUC Global Event in Brussels The IUC programme held its 1st city-to-city global event. For this purpose, the IUC Asia

An EU cities delegation made a trip to China in the end of October, comprised of representatives from EU pilot

On the occasion of the OECD Champion Mayors,  partners and stakeholders of the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) in South

In September 2017, seven high level experts on climate change of the Chinese Government held meetings at the European Commission

The IUC project coordinated with the EU Delegations in the above mentioned Asian countries working meetings with national and local

The IUC team supported the visit of Mr. Christian Specht, First Vice Mayor of Mannheim to Chongqing 14th – 17th

With the support of IUC project, a thirteen-people European Parliament delegation led by MEPs Lambert van Nistelrooij and Jan Olbrycht

On May 31st, the 12th High Level Dialogue on Regional and Urban Policy Cooperation took place in Brussels as a

Chinese delegation of NDRC and Pilot Cities visit EU in 30th May – 07th June 2017 Led by the NDRC,

After the seminar, and with the presence of EU Commissioner Ms. Corina Cretu and NDRC Vice Chairman Mr. HU Zucai,

On 15. March 2017, the IUC (Component 1: city-to-city cooperation on sustainable urban development) was officially launched at the premise

The IUC Asia team participated in the IUC training week held in Brussels in February 2017. At this occasion, experts