European UnionJapan International Urban Cooperation Programme CitytoCity Cooperation

European Union-Japan International Urban Cooperation Programme City-to-City Cooperation Ronald Hall & Ramon Lopez Sanchez Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy European Commission 23 April 2018 Cohesion policy

CITY-TO-CITY COOPERATION

FRAMEWORK (1): THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS The SDGs aim to provide an international framework to enable countries to better target and monitor progress across all three dimensions of sustainable urban development (social, environmental and economic) in a coordinated and holistic way. The goals are applicable to all countries, regardless of their level of development.

FRAMEWORK (2): THE URBAN AGENDA OF THE EU The EU's vision of the future global "New Urban Agenda" is based on the understanding that an integrated and place-based approach to urban development, together with a long-term vision, is necessary in order to promote cities to be: • • well-managed socially-inclusive safe resilient resource-efficient environmentallysustainable economicallyprosperous

The New Urban Agenda of the UN: themes • • Housing and basic service Mobility and public transport Integrated and participatory city management Air quality and waste management Public spaces Urban-rural linkages Integrated planning including inclusion, resource efficiency, climate change, disaster resilience Support for developing countries in sustainable and resilient construction 6

IUC PROGRAMME: GLOBAL PAIRINGS 70+ cities involved so far worldwide, coming from 20 different countries

IUC EU-JAPAN: CITY-TO-CITY COOPERATION THEMES Ancona-Ikoma: Clean energy, social inclusion and healthy cities Yokohama-Frankfurt: Smart City Essen-Koriyama: Clean technology and renewable energy Hirosaki-Donestia San Sebastian: Buildings and site generation Ioannina-Ichinomiya: Sustainable mobility and transport

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