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Our network
Connective Cities supports municipal actors and urban practitioners in developing locally adapted solutions for sustainable urban development by:
- Promoting exchange of experience between municipal actors and urban practitioners
- Supporting cooperation between German and international cities
- Initiating joint projects
- Disseminating proven solutions and concepts
- Offering a platform to share and document good practices
Within the network, Connective Cities supports the documentation and dissemination of good practices, especially those that include climate and gender-sensitive solutions.
Our focus
More than 100 municipalities have joined the network in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As part of the network activities, cities replicate, improve, and disseminate good practices within the following thematic focus areas:
- Local economic development
- Municipal energy efficiency projects
- Social entrepreneurship for circular economies
- Biodiversity protection and urban agriculture
- Digitalization of municipal services
- Crisis management and emergency response
- Action for Cool Cities: pathways for carbon emission reduction and improvement of outdoor thermal comfort
- Destination management organization in Tourism
- Role of municipalities in Localizing SDGs
Exchange takes place within thematic clusters and in several formats, including:
- City-to-city virtual exchange or within thematic working groups
- Physical networking events and workshops
- Field visits and study tours on good practices
Get involved?!
Interested? Would you also like to contribute your expertise? For further information, please contact Muna Shalan, Connective Cities' regional coordinator for MENA: muna.shalan(at)giz.de
Our activities
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Charter and steering committee
Network members have developed a charter in a participatory manner and have elected committee members to steer the activities of the working groups. A new election will be held in March 2024.
The network in the MENA region is effective and inclusive:
- As a result, urban practitioners from the region consult with each other and learn from each other about the successes and challenges in implementing locally adapted urban solutions.
- The network's interaction and communication provide a platform for cities to present their urban solutions and inspire their peers.
- It also helps cities and urban practitioners to work with technical experts and facilitates direct collaboration between network members.
Publication
Municipalities and Digital Transformation in Arab Cities
2025 - An Institutional Development Perspective
Developing a municipal Geoinformation System
2025 - The Partnership between Beit Jala (Palestinian Territories) and Jena (Germany)
Local Development Strategy Guidebook
2024 - A comprehensive methodology for municipalities to develop strategic sustainable planning with a mid- and long-term vision
Insights
Action for Cool Cities- Pathways for carbon reduction in buildings and improvement of outdoor thermal comfort
07/03/2023 to 09/03/2023
As a second milestone of the learning process ‘Action for Cool Cities - Pathways for carbon reduction in buildings and…
Action for Cool Cities - Pathways for carbon reduction in buildings and improvement of outdoor thermal comfort.
30/11/2022 to 01/12/2022
As the first step of the learning process ‘Action for Cool Cities- Pathways for carbon reduction in buildings and…
Good practices
The Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of Amman: Accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
07/03/2025
With four million inhabitants, the Jordanian capital is home to around 40 per cent of the country's total population. In…
Hebron City Hall – reinvented time and again
22/01/2025
Built in 1965, the current City Hall of Hebron in the Palestinian Territories has been remodelled and repurposed time…