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20 June 2018

ICLEI network united in Montréal to release new vision for the urban era

At the ICLEI World Congress in Montréal (Canada), the ICLEI Council announced a new strategic vision for tackling the development challenges of today’s urban era. The vision, outlined in the ICLEI Montréal Commitment, scales up ambition for sustainable development and charts a p...

Advocacy Membership

15 June 2018

ICLEI World Congress to see strong European representation

Every three years, ICLEI holds its World Congress to showcase how local and regional governments within its network are advancing sustainable urban development worldwide. With over 800 expected participants and more than 200 speakers, the World Congress provides a platform to move the sustainable ur...

Advocacy

6 June 2018

Mayor Ashok Sridharan of Bonn elected ICLEI President

Mayor of Bonn (Germany), Ashok Sridharan was officially elected as ICLEI President for the 2018 to 2021 term, as of 1 June 2018. As ICLEI President, Mayor Sridharan of Bonn will lead the ICLEI network of more than 1,500 local and regional governments transforming our urban world. Mayor Sridharan ...

Resilience Advocacy

25 May 2018

Putting the Basque Declaration into practice: implementation event to be held in Bilbao

Since hundreds of cities from over 40 countries first endorsed the Basque Declaration two years ago at the 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns in Bilbao (Spain), commitment to the Declaration has been gaining momentum. New signatories are joining the movement and cities are taki...

Procurement Governance Innovation Advocacy

23 May 2018

2018 Transformative Action Award winner to receive a prize of €10,000

The winner of the 2018 Transformative Action Award will receive a prize of €10,000. The funding, which will be announced later today at the "Great awards for great cities: does your city have what it takes?" session at EU Green Week, will help to initiate further transformative actions in the w...

Procurement Advocacy

26 April 2018

EcoProcura 2018 launches registration and extends call for contributions

Registration is now open for the EcoProcura 2018 conference on sustainable, circular, and innovation procurement, taking place from 3-5 October in Nijmegen (Netherlands). EcoProcura 2018, marking 20 years of the conference series, will bring together over 400 procurers, policy makers, businesses, re...

Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Procurement Advocacy

25 April 2018

EU Green week to see strong ICLEI representation

For the first time, the EU Green Week (May 21-25) will not take place exclusively in Brussels (Belgium), but instead the opening ceremony will take place on May 21 in Utrecht (The Netherlands), the closing ceremony will take place on May 25 in Madrid (Spain) and the mid-week events will take place, ...

Performance Measurement Advocacy Membership

24 April 2018

ICLEI and CDP launch unified reporting system

Local and regional governments have been calling for a simplified process for climate data reporting. In response, ICLEI and CDP have partnered to do just that. From now on, climate data will be reported through a new unified system. Local and regional governments now only have to report once, on C...

Sustainable Energy Systems Advocacy

6 March 2018

Energy Governance takes centre stage at 2nd European Parliament Breakfast Policy Debate

On Tuesday, 20 February, ICLEI, alongside representatives of four other city networks, joined MEPs Claude Turmes and Theresa Griffin to discuss a wide range of topics related to energy governance. Mr. Turmes opened the debate and spoke about the important role local governments play in setting nati...

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