1. 1 European Union-Japan International Urban Cooperation Programme
City-to-City Cooperation
Ronald Hall & Ramon Lopez Sanchez
Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy
European Commission
23 April 2018
Tokyo, 19 April 2016 1 1

2. Since 2011, DG REGIO and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) support a network under the name of URBELAC (Urban European and Latin American and Caribbean cities). It aims to promote sustainable development in cities and to help to meet the challenges of promoting social development, higher urban productivity and greater environmental protection through the creation of networks, the exchange of experiences, benchmarking and the preparation of action plans in Latin American cities. In three successive editions, URBELAC has allowed 14 EU cities and 18 Latin-American cities to exchange experience and good practices (by means of round tables, working groups, field visits and continuous exchange) covering a wide range of topics such as management models for specific urban areas, the complex and compact city as a sustainable model within an integrated view of the city, or, management of tourism with implications for the city development model.

3. CITY-to-CiTy cooperation

4. Framework (1): the Sustainable development goals
The SDGs aim to provide an international framework to enable countries to better target and monitor progress across all three dimensions of sustainable urban development (social, environmental and economic) in a coordinated and holistic way.
The goals are applicable to all countries, regardless of their level of development.

5. FRAMEWORK (2): the URBAN AGENDA oF THE EU
The EU's vision of the future global "New Urban Agenda" is based on the understanding that an integrated and place-based approach to urban development, together with a long-term vision, is necessary in order to promote cities to be:
well-managed
socially-inclusive
safe
resilient
resource-efficient
environmentally-sustainable
economically-prosperous

6. The New Urban Agenda of the UN: themes
Housing and basic service
Mobility and public transport
Integrated and participatory city management
Air quality and waste management
Public spaces
Urban-rural linkages
Integrated planning including inclusion, resource efficiency, climate change, disaster resilience
Support for developing countries in sustainable and resilient construction

7. IUC programme: Global pairings
70+ cities involved so far worldwide, coming from 20 different countries

8. IUC EU-Japan: city-to-city cooperation themes
Ancona-Ikoma: Clean energy, social inclusion and healthy cities
Yokohama-Frankfurt: Smart City
Essen-Koriyama: Clean technology and renewable energy
Hirosaki-Donestia San Sebastian: Buildings and site generation
Ioannina-Ichinomiya: Sustainable mobility and transport

9. Connect to IUC

10. Iuc regional offices IUC Coordination Unit IUC-China: Beijing
IUC-India: New Dehli
IUC-Japan: Nagoya
IUC-LAC: Brasilia
IUC-NA: Mexico City
IUC-Secretariat: Brussels

11. iuc website www.iuc.eu General information News
English (International & NA)
Mandarin Chinese
Hindi
Japanese
Spanish (LAC & NA)
Portuguese (LAC)
News
Access to resources (e.g. FAQs)
Link to knowledge-sharing platforms (coming soon)

12. Sharing information Products in preparation: Case studies Newsletters
Publications
Webinars…
18 Case studies
10 Newsletters
6 Publications
9 Webinars

13. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
We look forward to exchanging with you!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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