City-to-City pairings

City-to-city pairings

Through the IUC programme, cities and regions across Europe have entered into partnerships on sustainable development with counterparts from around the globe. For a full list of city pairings so far, see the table below:

CITY PAIRINGS SEARCH RESULTS - 1

Country
EU City
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Paired city
Country

Karlsruhe

Nagpur

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Population

318 000

Area

173.5 km2

Mayor

Frank Mentrup


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Population

2 500 000

Area

227.4 km2

Mayor

Sandip Divakarrao Joshi


Topics

Smart cities and regional/urban innovation and competitivenessUrban mobility

Sustainable Development Goals

Description

Nagpur and the German city of Karlsruhe have identified sustainable mobility as their topic of cooperation, with a particular focus on bike-sharing. 

Implementation

Nagpur has shared their city-wide mobility plan with Karlsruhe. The pairing is currently discussing the potential to further integrate non-motorised transport methods, such as cycling, into Nagpur's transport plan.

News

Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Ltd (NSSCDCL) has organised a half day workshop on “Public Bike Sharing” along with the City of Karlsruhe with support from EU – International Urban Cooperation program

 On February 6th 2020, NSSCDCL has organised a half day workshop on public bike sharing at the conference hall of NSSCDCL. The half day workshop was organised to convene all the relevant stakeholders like NSSCDCL, Nagpur Municipal Corporati ...

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Nagpur and Karlsruhe agree to cooperate on sustainable urban mobility challenges

Within the framework of the European Union - International Urban Cooperation (IUC) programme, a delegation of five Karlsruhe City representatives led by the Head of the Economic Development Department, Mr. Ralf Eichhorn and the Head of Urban Planning Office, Ms. Anke Karmann Woessner, visited the City of Nagpur between 27th – 30th of November, 2018. In July 2018, a delegation from Nagpur lead by ...

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Nagpur hosts IUC workshop on bicycle sharing

The City of Nagpur (India) is working with its IUC partner Karlsruhe (Germany) to ensure that mobility remains people-oriented. Karlsruhe is applying its experience as a front-runner in public bike-sharing to support Nagpur to implement a similar programme. This includes assisting Nagpur in overcoming the common local association of bicycles with poorer demographics, and showing residents that cycling is practical when combined wi ...

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