On 6 July President of MedCities, Mohamed Idaomar, and Secretary General Xavier Tiana met with the Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the global network of local governments.
The meeting addressed the need to coordinate a strategy for action at the Mediterranean level in which various networks and actors can participate, and where MedCities plays a central role. The possibility of MedCities and UCLG working on joint projects was also discussed.
The occasion of the meeting was the First World Forum on Intermediary Cities, held in in Chefchaouen, Morocco, 5-7 July. An initiative of UCLG, the Forum on Intermediary Cities is designed to help drive the implementation of global sustainable development agendas at the local level. It is a consultation and policy-development process that culminates in an event every two years.
At the Forum, President Idaomar formally invited Ms. Saiz to participate in the MedCities General Assembly, which will take place in Barcelona, 4-5 October.
More information about the UCLG Intermediary Cities initiative can be found here.
MedCities was at the Med4Waste session on urban organic waste. Following the International Compost Awareness Week 2023, the webinar aimed at highlight and exchange Mediterranean good practices on urban organic waste management for a more resilient Mediterranean agriculture. This webinar revealed how compost can be recovered and better waste management in municipalities.
A group of members of MedCities, the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB), the Gabès City Council, the water department of the Gabès’ Regional Commission for the Development of Agriculture (CRDA), and a specialist in waters conservation and soils of the higher institute of water sciences and techniques of Gabès (ISSTEG) participated in the Tools, Methods and Knowledge Exchange Scientific Seminar in Lyon.
The Secretary General of MedCities, Mr. Josep Canals has made a series of visits to some city members and could exchange with some local authorities representatives from Dubrovnik, Sarajevo ,Naples and Rome. Also, a MoU was signed with the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, as new MedCitites' observer member.
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