Through the IUC programme, cities across Japan have entered into partnerships on sustainable development with counterparts from the European Union:
They are addressing urban challenges through social innovations (citizen and stakeholder involvement). Their main issue is the reduction of plastic waste in restaurants and supermarkets.
Learning from Umea's system to label restaurants making efforts to reduce one-time use plastic, Kamakura will review their Eco shop & Eco-shopping street certification system with a purpose to reduce the amount of plastic waste produced by restaurants and supermarkets.
On October 21, 2018, three city planners from Kamakura City arrived at Umeå airport in the north of Sweden. Kamakura and Umeå have been selected to form a city-to-city partnership within the International Urban Cooperation (IUC) programme promoted by the EU. Ms. Kaori Aoki, Mr. Koji Iizumi and Ms. Naomi Kato came to Umeå for a three-day visit to learn about sustainability work and meet counterparts who ...