Cooperação entre ciudades

Cooperación Ciudad-Ciudad

A través del programa de la IUC-LAC, las ciudades y regiones de Europa y Latino América has estabelecido asociaciones para el desarrollo sostenible. Para conocer la lista completa de emparejamientos de ciudades, consulte la tabla a continuación:

CITY PAIRINGS SEARCH RESULTS - 1

Country
EU City
Link
Paired city
Country

Umeå

Kamakura

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Population

84 761

Area

32.2 km2

Mayor

Margaretha Alfredsson


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Population

174 314

Area

39.5 km2

Mayor

Takashi Matsuo


Topics

Circular economyEducation, jobs and skills in the local economyInclusive and sustainable economic growth
Smart cities and regional/urban innovation and competitivenessSustainable production/consumption

Sustainable Development Goals


Description

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.

Implementation

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.

News

Kamakura and Umeå find common ground for dialogue with citizens


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 ...

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