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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
Green Hydrogen for Local Development
15/05/2025
Municipal Strategies and International Cooperation in Focus
Expert exchange on the Voluntary Subnational Review
08/04/2025
Online meeting – 7 May 2025 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm (CET)
Expert exchange on the interim use of public buildings
04/03/2025
Online meeting – 12 March 2025 from 9:00 to 10:30 am (CET)
Publication
Together for a cleaner city: improvements in waste management
10/03/2025
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Insights
Deep Dive: Heat in the city
04/03/2024 to 07/03/2024
As a second milestone of the Deep Dive process, a workshop was held in Nairobi from 4 to 7 March 2024. The workshop…
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…
