Singra Municipality: A winning candidate of the first TUMI Global Urban Mobility Challenge 2018
Singra Municipality of Bangladesh has been selected as a winning candidate of the first TUMI Global Urban Mobility Challenge 2018. The Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) enables leaders in developing countries and emerging economies to create sustainable urban mobility. It offers technical and financial support for innovative ideas. In TUMI the German Federal Ministry of […]
Udaipur city promotes e-rickshaws on CapaCITIES project anniversary
A two-day e-rickshaw promotional program is organised by ICLEI South Asia, and being implemented jointly by Municipal Corporation of Udaipur (MCU) on the 13th and 14th of April, 2018. The event is organised on the occasion of the anniversary of CapaCITIES e-rickshaw project. Last year, in a bid to transform the IPT fleet and demonstrate […]
EcoLogistics project begins in three Indian cities to streamline urban freight movement
With the aim to streamline urban freight movement and to reduce emission from urban freight sector, ICLEI South Asia is starting the EcoLogistics project in three Indian Cities. The potential Indian cities for the project are – Kochi in Kerala, Panaji in Goa and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. The project will focus on enhancing capacities, […]
Workshop on NBSAP- LBSAP
With support from the Kochi Municipal Corporation and the Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development, a workshop on National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan and Local Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan development guidelines was organised under the INTERACT-Bio Project. The workshop aimed to introduce the concepts of national, state and local biodiversity strategy action plans to the […]
ICLEI South Asia participates in Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership Joint Forum
Mr. Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Deputy Director at ICLEI South Asia, represented the organisation at UNEP’s Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership Joint Forum 2018 which was held in Bangkok, Thailand from the 19th to 23rd of March, 2018 as part of the Clean Air Week. The Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership aims to promote better air […]
Understanding Nature's Benefits in Kochi
As part of the Interact: Bio project, Dr. Julain Rode, technical expert from the project partner- UFZ (Helmontz Centre for Biodiversity) carried out a visit to the project model city- Kochi in the month of March. This visit comprised of discussions with the Mayor and other city administrators and subject matter specialists. Dr. Rode also […]
BLOG: Kochi Airport, a role model for us to adopt organic farming?
The Kochi airport is not just the busiest airport of Kerala, it is a lighthouse in many aspects and is a unique one because of several reasons. This airport has multi-stakeholders. The government of Kerala is the largest shareholder (33.36 %) followed by Indian government companies like Airports Authority of India or AAI (8.74%). But […]
Swiss Ambassador attends 1st City Level Dialogue in Coimbatore
His Excellency Dr. Andreas Baum, Ambassador of Switzerland to India and Bhutan, attended the 1st City Level Dialogue in Coimbatore as part of the CapaCITIES project on the 16th of March, 2018. The event was organised by National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and ICLEI South Asia to discuss the climate resilient city action plan […]
Swiss Ambassador inaugurates AQMS, establishes biomethanation plant in Coimbatore
His Excellency Dr. Andreas Baum, Ambassador of Switzerland to India and Bhutan visited Coimbatore, as part of the CapaCITIES project, on the 15th of March, 2018. The CapaCITIES project is supporting various quick win projects in Coimbatore such as the establishment of four air quality monitoring stations at 4 places in the city. One of […]
BLOG: A Road to Resilience, Implementing ICLEI-ACCCRN Process in Bangladesh
By Md. Jubaer Rashid The ICLEI ACCCRN Process (IAP) has been developed by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability’s South Asia and Oceania offices through involvement with the Rockefeller Foundation supported Asian Cities Climate Change Resilient Network (ACCCRN) program. The IAP enables urban local governments to assess their climate risks and build climate resilience. With the […]