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Our network
Connective Cities seeks to establish a network of urban practitioners to foster exchange and learning from practical experiences. The membership will comprise individuals and institutions from the local governments, local government associations, policy makers, private sector, non-state actors and the academia. Connective Cities will:
- Provide overall coordination of the network activities
- Provide the portal for the dissemination of practice-relevant experience
- Identify relevant actors from the region and integrate them in the network
- Plan and implement the learning processes as per the themes
Through the network, members will:
- Have access to regional and international know-how and to innovations as well as practical experiences on urban transformation processes
- Have a channel through which they can seek professional advice on local challenges
Our activities
Our focus
Connective Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Good urban governance, integrated urban development, local economic development and municipal services are the focal thematic areas for Connective Cities and the framework within which the network members will engage.
The learning processes organized by Connective Cities are informed by themes selected for the region based on need and further refined in consultation with stakeholders.
In the fourth phase (2022-2025) of the project, Sub Saharan Africa will focus on the following topics to start with:
- Flood management for risk informed urban development (in collaboration with the Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management -GIDRM)
- Circular economy in waste management
Other topics shall be determined in the course of time to respond to the needs of the cities/municipalities.
Additionally and to strengthen the network, events (virtual or physical) will be held on thematic areas to enhance learning.
We continue to foster learning and exchange through our platform in the region and across the regional boundaries through:
- Learning processes
- Insight sessions
- City-to-city exchange
- Knowledge products documented and disseminated through our media channels, website, community platform, facebook, youtube & LinkedIn
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Interested? Would you also like to contribute your expertise? For further information, please contact Moses Munuve, Connective Cities regional network coordinator for Sub-Saharan Africa: moses.munuve(at)giz.de .
News
The learning process on flood management for risk-informed urban development has begun
27/04/2023
A brief insight into the Kick-off event from 18-20 April 2023 in Windhoek
Urban Food Security – Collaboration for Sustainability
05/04/2023
Review of the Connective Cities Sub-Saharan Africa Virtual Insight Session on February 15, 2023
Towards energy autarky on a local level
16/03/2023
Roundtable on renewable energy and energy security in Kenya
Publication
Water-sensitive urban planning – How can heavy rain and storm water be better managed?
16/03/2023
Heavy rain and storm water events, such as those in Germany's Ahr Valley in 2021 or in Pakistan,…
Insights
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…
Sustainable, informed and participatory land management and land use planning in rapidly growing cities in Sub Saharan Africa
01/09/2021 to 02/11/2021
Connective Cities Sub Saharan Africa organized a three part series of workshops on the topic of ‘Sustainable, informed…
Good practices
Dream City Festival in Tunis
21/04/2023
The Dream City Festival is held in the Medina and downtown Tunis bringing together artists from Tunisia, the…
Mangrove Forest as a line of defense in Quelimane City, Mozambique
02/03/2023
The City of Quelimane is vulnerable to natural and anthropogenic disasters. As a response measure to events such as…