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:

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Country
EU City
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Paired city
Country

Porto

Pereira

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Population

237 591

Area

41.4 km2

Mayor

Rui Moreira


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Population

472 023

Area

702 km2

Mayor

Juan Pablo Gallo Maya


Topics

Digital transitionInclusive and sustainable economic growthSmart cities and regional/urban innovation and competitiveness
Urban mobility

Sustainable Development Goals


Description

Smart city development, energy and water are the primary topics that will be focused on through Pereira and Porto's pairing.

An action plan will be developed to push forward the development of smart transport and the application of digital technologies to gain citizen feedback.

Implementation

Sharing of the tools and methodologies used for stakeholder engagement, questionnaires, citizens’ approach… and ensuring a capacitation process for the use of these tools. Identification of stakeholders. Como Vamos Guidelines and toolkit.

Develop co-creation activities for the definition of the governance and implementation models of the Como Vamos approach.

Methodologies for stakeholder engagement. Improve the Open data project of collecting and analyzing datasets to ensure data flow amongst internal and external users. Data collection due to the ownership of sensors and cameras.

Improve the integration of collaborative and open technologies to support decision-making

Making available open data.