The practical examples "Species-rich meadows in the city and surrounding areas of Hanover" and "Menjez - a model community in the rural area of northern Lebanon" were the starting point for an expert discussion on how to better protect urban biodiversity and how to implement successful local measures in the field of biodiversity management.

Nine Municipalities from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia presented their project ideas and had a chance to further develop them in the fields of: improving energy efficiency in municipal buildings, energy efficiency via reduction of fuel consumption in waste management and energy efficient street lighting.

Many municipalities are just starting out in promoting social entrepreneurship, however, there is a lot of enthusiasm for this topic! 45 participants from 10 countries joined Connective Cities and the City of Kiel for a virtual dialogue event to explore social entrepreneurship from different municipal perspectives and to be inspired by examples from around the world.

The Sino-German Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Eco-City uses experiences, concepts and technologies from Germany: Active matchmaking with the German Energy Agency (DENA) in the fields of energy saving in buildings, eco-friendly transport, highly efficient energy and water systems, circular economy, information technology and innovation.

Several projects contributed to a greener community in Keda, Georgia, by enabling innovations in infrastructure and transportation and raising citizen awareness of energy efficiency and renewable energy. This has contributed to a significant improvement in rural livelihoods including employment opportunities and environmental protection.

Mzikhona Mgedle, a resident of Langa Township in Cape Town, South Africa, founded the Langa Bicycle Hub in 2020 with a vision to positively impact the Langa community: To provide access to a sustainable and affordable means of transportation for people and everyday goods, while promoting community building. Success!

Join us for this co-hosted event with the Global Initiative Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM). Participants will work together towards handing in their expressions of interest for the City Climate Finance Gap Fund by peer-to-peer exchanges, learning from good practice examples and benefiting from individual experts’ advice.

The Insight Session will address the question "The city after Corona? When urban planners, climate scientists and health experts work together, the result can only be green". The session is part of the so-called Urban October of UN-Habitat and its partner organisations

The project workshop is a follow-up event to the dialogue event held virtually in May 2021. Participants developed several project ideas. Six of these procject ideas will now be further elaborated. Connective Cities will provide support through peer-to-peer consultations, proposal writing training, and financial advice for tapping potential funding sources.

In the virtual event, members of the working group "Sustainable Waste Management in the MENA Region" exchange views on the status quo of waste management in their municipalities. German expert Theo Schneider from Ressource Abfall GmbH also contributes to the discussion with a presentation and is available for peer-to-peer consultations.

This workshop is a continuation of the dialogue event that took place virtually from 17 to 21 May 2021. The aim is to further develop several project ideas with the support of regional and international experts. The core topics are: 

• Modern, alternative sources for conventional heating systems
• Energy-efficient buildings and street lighting
• Redevelopment, solar panels and insulation

More detailed information coming soon on our website. 

As part of our COVID-19 event series, we are inviting municipal practitioners to a two-day event on municipal waste management. The focus of the dialogue event will be on the promotion of a circular economy and on the adaptation of operating practices to the lessons learned from the pandemic.