In continuation of the Connective Cities Dialogue Event "Strategies for a Digital City" held in Nuremberg in 2018, a lively exchange between the cities of Nuremberg and Nablus developed. In order to deepen the cooperation, two German municipal experts travelled to the Palestinian Territories to advise municipal actors on issues of municipal digitalisation.

The review of the submitted proposals resulted in the selection of two topics now planned for two dialogue events in 2020. A first dialogue event will take place in June 2020 in cooperation with Hamburg Wasser in Hamburg. The topic will be “ Asset Management to optimize water and wastewater infrastructure ”. In the last quarter of 2020 the City of Trier will be hosting a Connective Cities dialogue event on the conflicting interests and potentials of the integration of sustainability in urban development projects.

The kick-off event of the ongoing learning process on the topic of "climate-proof and climate-resilient urban development" in Latin America last November brought together 32 practitioners in Niterói, Brazil, to develop new project ideas with the help of interactive formats. Four of the project ideas were selected to be further developed with the support of Connective Cities.

The functioning of urban communities is largely dependent on basic urban services and their sectoral governance. We invite German and regional experts from Sub-Saharan Africa to discuss and develop joint solutions for improving efficiency in the provision of water, sanitation and sustainable urban mobility. 

As in other regions of the world, the issue of climate-resilient urban development is becoming an important pillar in local sustainability policies. Against this background, we cordially invite German and regional urban practitioners to take part in the Connective Cities dialogue event.

The dialogue event will strengthen our regional network and tackle one of our thematic priorities in the region: the role of decentralization in promoting local economic development. Good practices shall contribute to operationalising the Agenda 2030 goals and implementing climate- as well as gender-sensitive urban practices. German and international experts from the MENA-region are invited to join us!

German and international experts who are engaged in water management will have the opportunity to present and discuss different approaches to strategic and practical asset management, life cycle assessment as well as tools and documentation for the maintenance of water and wastewater infrastructure.