This brochure covers all three components of the IUC programme, laying out each strand’s objectives, work, and benefits for key stakeholders.

This brochure covers all three components of the IUC programme, laying out each strand’s objectives, work, and benefits for key stakeholders.

This brochure covers all three components of the IUC programme, laying out each strand’s objectives, work, and benefits for key stakeholders.

This brochure covers all three components of the IUC programme, laying out each strand’s objectives, work, and benefits for key stakeholders.

Pavlos Melas and San Justo are concentrating their partnership on two thematic areas: sustainable use of land and waste management. Through doing so, they are gaining an appreciation of different approaches to economic, legislative and financing issues.

In May 2017, Mannheim was selected to participate in the EU-funded International Urban Cooperation programme. The German city was paired with Chongqing, one of the largest cities in the world and a highly influential and active partner. Within a very short timeframe, the first results can already be presented.

Frankfurt and Yokohama are focusing on a range of topics as part of their collaboration, each item broadly fitting under the umbrella of “smart cities”. Issues being addressed include energy management, low-carbon transportation, environmental education campaigns and urban-regional cooperation.

Rotterdam and Surat were officially paired as part of the IUC programme in 2017, but have been collaborating since 2015 within the 100 Resilient Cities network. Both cities have a resilience strategy in which resilient water management and climate resilience are a priority. The cities are focusing their IUC partnership on tackling issues related to water management, such as improving the quality of drinking water, mitigating water pollution from industrial and agricultural run-off, protecting against flooding, and effectively treating sewage.