The Urban Transitions Mission launches City2City, a new global twinning initiative connecting cities in dynamic peer-learning to co-create practical solutions for net-zero, resilient, people-centered urban futures.
Why City2City?
With a 106 cities strong cohort, we want to facilitate small groups to solve common challenges and accelerate innovative solutions together.
Cities engaging in the twinnings will support each other to boost sustainable urban development towards net-zero strategy through a practical exchange on how to design, implement and manage sustainable urban practices in an integrated and ambitious way.
Who is eligible?
UTM City2City is open to all cities. Both current UTM cities and prospective UTM cities can apply.
Prospective UTM cities simply need to also submit an application to join the cohort before the UTM City2City programme deadline on August 7.
As a successful candidate you will be paired with up to 2 other cities sharing the same topic of interest, allowing all parties to build up cooperation and share concrete experiences.
Focus on concrete action across the globe
City representatives engaged in each City2City pairing will meet at least four times over the course of a year, through series of interactive sessions:
- Interactive webinars & online workshops: to share knowledge on challenges faced, best practices, and to access expertise from academia and to explore innovative solutions.
- Virtual Networking Sessions: to foster partnerships between cities, researchers, and businesses engaged in the pairing.
- In-Person Exchange: to come together during the Global Innovation Summit and other key international events hosted in or attended by UTM cities. When relevant, UTM will facilitate study visits to a leading city to observe successful urban transition initiatives, meetings with local officials, and interactive work sessions.
Cities with ambitious goals and a drive to replicate inspirations which withstood practical testing and/or implementation are highly encouraged to apply for this twinning programme!
More information: https://urbantransitionsmission.org/join-utm-city2city-programme-to-accelerate-innovative-net-zero-solutions/
For questions: utm@globalcovenantofmayors.org