Hybrid Events Cities leading the transformation: SDGs in action and the new multilateralism 2 Mar 20232 Mar 2023 A round table of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region | 29 March 2023 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. CET | Hybrid format both in…
Webinars Cities and Climate Solutions | Water 26 Feb 202326 Feb 2023 March 22, 2023 | Online event | 10:00 a.m. (Los Angeles) | 1:00 p.m. (New York) | 6:00 p.m. (Paris) | 8:00 p.m. (Amman) | In English In the face…
News UNECE recognizes the City Diplomacy Lab as a Center of Excellence 19 Jan 202317 Aug 2023 19 January 2023 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Columbia Global Centers | Paris (CGC|Paris), one of the ten global centers of Columbia University in the City…
Events Celebrating decentralized cooperation projects connecting Europe to the world 29 Dec 202229 Dec 2022 Everywhere in the world, city diplomacy owes its expansion primarily to the determination of a growing number of municipalities to emulate the impact of its most successful applications. This is…
Tools Shaping the future of Italian cities’ international action 24 Nov 202224 Nov 2022 Since its dawn following World War II, city diplomacy has featured Italian municipalities among its main drivers of expansion and innovation. Twinning agreements, the municipal peace movement, the partnership approach…
Events Scaling up diasporas’ unique contribution to decentralized cooperation 14 Nov 202220 Nov 2022 Diasporas are increasingly proving their empowering role in decentralized cooperation, i.e., development partnerships implemented by cities and local governments. With their knowledge of their territory of origin and ability to…
Events Matching proximity and diplomacy at the Smart City Expo World Congress 13 Nov 202213 Nov 2022 The City Diplomacy Lab joins forces with ETI Chair - IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School and C40 Cities to support the global spread of local, participatory solutions to urban societies' primary…
Hybrid Events Bringing environmental city diplomacy to COP27 29 Oct 202213 Nov 2022 In consideration of their extensive efforts to deploy their unique tools to combat the causes and respond to the consequences of climate change, cities have emerged as indispensable actors in…
Interviews City Diplomacy Talks | Dr. Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá 26 Oct 202217 Aug 2023 What happens when a city government puts care at the center of its action? In this interview by Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi, Bogotá Mayor Claudia López explains how her city became a global model for equity and sustainable development.
Op-eds The city without the country? City diplomacy as a platform for a new, cohesive municipalism 30 Sep 202231 Mar 2023 By Michele F. Fontefrancesco, PhD Is city diplomacy just about large cities? How can small municipalities have a voice? Exploring the case study of Italy, the article reads city diplomacy…
