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Resilience Membership

21 February 2018

Defining ‘resilient’ in Kristiansand

The Norwegian city of Kristiansand suffered from devastating flooding in autumn 2017. Lessons from the floods and participating in the European project Smart Mature Resilience (SMR) are putting the municipality of Kristiansand on the right track towards increased resilience to disasters and crises. ...
Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility Procurement Circular Economy Performance Measurement Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Finance Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

15 February 2018

Registration open for ICLEI World Congress 2018

Registration has now opened for the ICLEI World Congress 2018, which will be held from 19-22 June in Montréal (Canada). At the ICLEI World Congress 2018, ICLEI and Ville de Montréal will bring together hundreds of mayors, governors, city staff, international organisations, business le...
Membership

13 February 2018

Freiburg hosts first meeting of ICLEI European REXCom 2018-2021

Last week Freiburg (Germany) played host to the first meeting of the ICLEI European Regional Executive Committee (REXCom) 2018-2021. The REXCom represents ICLEI members from across Europe and serves for a three-year term. The current REXCom is comprised of: Åsa Karlsson Björkmarker, rep...
Advocacy Membership

6 February 2018

Bidding for the ninth ESCT conference to close mid-March

The bidding process for the ninth European Sustainable Cities and Towns conference is set to close on 15 March. The purpose of the conference is to share the most advanced approaches, tools and inspiring ideas for local transformation, to foster governance innovation, and to strengthen local value c...
Procurement Membership

2 February 2018

Rotterdam releases socially responsible procurement action plan

ICLEI Member Rotterdam has released a Socially Responsible Procurement Action Plan. The plan, approved in December 2017 by the Executive Board, describes the way in which the city puts into action the agreements from the Socially Responsible Procurement Manifesto, a scheme developed by PIANOo, on be...
Membership

26 January 2018

Vitoria Gasteiz named Basque Country’s 2017 sustainable municipality of the year

ICLEI Member Vitoria Gasteiz (Basque Country) received the “Sustainable Municipality of the Basque Country Award 2017” during a recent ceremony held at the Europa Conference Centre in the capital of Álava (Basque Country). Vitoria Gasteiz received the award in recognition of thei...
Sustainable Mobility Membership

24 January 2018

To improve air quality, Tirana tests electric buses

City authorities in ICLEI Member City Tirana (Albania) are testing electric buses as part of efforts to lower pollution levels in the city. Speaking about the initiative, Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj said: “Instead of filling Tirana with tram cables or technology belonging to the 1970s, we ha...
Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility Procurement Circular Economy Performance Measurement Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Finance Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

22 January 2018

ICLEI Regional Director Wolfgang Teubner reflects on the challenges and successes of 2017

Dear Members, Partners, Colleagues and Friends, I hope you all had a great start into 2018, and wish you health, happiness, and success for the year to come. The turn of the year is a time when we tend to look back at the year that has passed and forward to the year ahead of us, often with hope an...
Membership

19 January 2018

Nijmegen set to officially take over title of European Green Capital

ICLEI Member Nijmegen (The Netherlands) will officially become the European Green Capital 2018 at a handover ceremony scheduled to take place tomorrow, 20 January, in Nijmegen. Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, will pass the title of European Green Cap...
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