Germany

The German-African Councillors’ Round Table – A successful Premiere

In early August 2023, more than 30 councillors from Germany, South Africa, Ghana and Kenya came toge...
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Municipalities push for regional cooperation by signing the SDG declaration

The province of Gelderland and the municipality of Winterswijk in the Netherlands organised a SDG Da...
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Gersthofen (Germany)-Baringo County (Kenya) | Municipal climate partnership with a focus on water

For the third time, the PLATFORMAwards will put under the spotlights the best practices in city-to-c...
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Hannah-Lea Braun: New generations of local and regional leaders are at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals

CEMR and PLATFORMA were present at last month’s High Level Political Forum (HLPF), a key even...
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Ukraine Calling programme helps to find collaboration partners

The Ukraine Call programme offers seminars and workshops to provide orientational and applied knowle...
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German presidency conference: local and regional governments are showing the way on SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals, the impact of COVID-19 and how local and regional governments are...
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Don’t miss the launch of the Italian SDG Portal

Is Milan an inclusive city? Can you ride a bike using bicycle paths in Catania? Could Venice’s env...
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Conference: Together for the 2030 Agenda – Municipalities as trailblazers for global sustainable development

The digital conference “Together for the 2030 Agenda – Municipalities as trailblazers for gl...
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The PLATFORMA family welcomes three new partners!

On 25 June, PLATFORMA welcomed three new partners during an Extraordinary meeting of the Political C...
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Germany: The Club of the 2030 Agenda municipalities postpones its fifth annual meeting

Because of the COVID19-pandemic the fifth annual meeting of the Club of the 2030 Agenda municipaliti...
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Kampala and Karlsruhe exchange knowledge on smart city projects

The cities of Kampala in Uganda and Karlsruhe in Germany settled a city-to-city partnership, thanks ...
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Head of DEVE and AFET committees: many new faces and two former active members

Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the Committees on Development (DEVE) and on Foreign Af...
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French local elected representatives reaching out to Ukrainian peers

The French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE) organised a vi...
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Deutscher Städtetag and partners are finalists in the SDG Action Awards of the United Nations

On 2nd of May in Bonn (Germany), the German Association of Cities (Deutscher Städtetag), the Bertel...
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Bremen (Germany)-Durban (South Africa): Climate Partnership

PLATFORMA has decided to reward the best city to city and region to region international cooperation...
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German municipalities begin to localize the SDGs

On the 8th of February 2017, the UCLG World Secretariat was invited to share its global strategy for...
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