The international cities platform, Connective Cities and its initiators, the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Association of Cities (Deutscher Städtetag) and Engagement Global GmbH with its Service Agency Communities in One World (SKEW), invite urban practitioners from the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) and Germany to take part in the Connective Cities virtual dialogue event “Local Economic Development and Job Creation”.
The Connective Cities virtual dialogue event on will focus on the following subtopics:
This virtual dialogue event is the first component of the Connective Cities learning process on LED and job creation and it aims at promoting the exchange of expertise on good practices for planning and implementing LED and job creation programs in cities in MENA. It thus facilitates practice-oriented exchange and peer-to-peer consultations among municipal actors on effective solutions to address challenges related to LED and job creation in their local realities. Through its virtual format, the dialogue event enables sharing of a broad variety of information synchronously as well as asynchronously, while ensuring the ease of communication between the participants. Interaction will take place using a variety of tools and the discussions will be recorded for future reference.
The objectives of the dialogue event include:
A quick overview of our approach can be found in our conference video:
English version (Link to YouTube)
Arabic version (Link to YouTube)
Prospective participants are expected to provide a good practice example from a project they implemented or are currently implementing fitting the thematic focus of the event. We particularly encourage showcasing of good practices that incorporate gender- and/or climate-sensitive solutions.
The deadline for application is 11st September 2020.
For further details see: Call for participants [pdf 4 pages]
For applications and queries from interested experts from the MENA region, please contact: Dr. Muna Shalan, GIZ Regional Network Coordinator Connective Cities – MENA region (muna.shalan(at)giz.de).
Interested German experts should contact Ms. Alice Balbo, Connective Cities Project Manager at the German Association of Cities (alice.balbo(at)staedtetag.de).
Within the ambit of our activities to establish a regional network of practice for sustainable urban development in MENA, Connective Cities has been reaching out to municipal and city associations as well as to stakeholders from politics, administration, private sector, science and civil society. The regional network aims at facilitating the development and dissemination of good practices and urban solutions for sustainable urban development. Good practices shall contribute to operationalising the Agenda 2030 goals and implementing climate- as well as gender-sensitive urban practices. To this end, we would like to use this opportunity to reiterate our call for urban practitioners to join our global network of the International Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Development.