First Instalment of the Climate Action Plan Workshop for CapaCITIES Project – Rajkot
As part of the CapaCITIES project supported by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, ICLEI South Asia will develop a Climate Change Action Plan for the city of Rajkot, with interventions to build urban resilience in the city and address both climate mitigation and climate adaptation. The first Climate Action Plan Workshop for CapaCITIES Project […]
Meet Dr. Jaiman Upadhyay, Mayor of Rajkot, India
Dr. Jaiman Upadhyay was elected as Mayor of Rajkot City in 2015 and is medical doctor by profession. He has also served Rajkot Municipal Corporation as Standing Committee Chairman in year 2012 and 2013. Under Dr. Upadhyay’s leadership, Rajkot City has been widely regarded as the best-run city in the State of Gujarat and has […]
ICLEI Africa Technical Team Visit Delhi and Kochi
As part of the activities under the ongoing INTERACT- Bio project, a two experts from the ICLEI Africa Secretariat- Dr. Ingrid Coetzee and Dr. Ernita Van Wyk made a week-long visit to India in the first week of July. Detailed discussions on the project work plan, activities and deliverables were carried out with the ICLEI […]
Meet Nagendran Nagarajan, a Sustainability Champion at ICLEI South Asia
In conversation with Nagendran Nagarajan, Project Officer at ICLEI South Asia based in Coimbatore, who shares his journey with the organization as a GIS Expert. Edited excerpts: ICLEI has carried out many projects with the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation over the years. What are the projects that you have been involved in and how has the […]
Multi-level Governance and the NDCs in Asia: Accelerating subnational implementation and raising national ambitions
Asia LEDS Partnership in collaboration with the LEDS GP Sub-national Integration (SNI) Working Group (WG)and with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducted a workshop on ‘Multi-level Governance and the NDCs in Asia: Accelerating subnational implementation and raising national ambitions’ in Bangkok, Thailand on 23rd June 2017. Teams of sub-national and national officials […]
Expert Visit on Solid Waste Management to Coimbatore
Under the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation supported project CapaCITIES, ICLEI South Asia facilitated the visits of two solid waste management experts. Mr. Raphael Fasko, from Rytec AG and Mr. Stephan Textor from Textor Engineering Ltd visited the city between June 12 and 16, 2017. As part of the visit, ICLEI South Asia organized […]
Supporting Karnal Municipal Corporation under the PROMISE project
ICLEI South Asia, under the project “Promotion of Inclusive, Sustainable Growth and Diversity to Strengthen Local Governments” supported by the European Union recently conducted a rapid assessment of the existing status of the Mobility sector in the city. The assessment was based on the analysis done by the ICLEI South Asia team supported with the […]
City Visits Initiated and Support Garnered under INTERACT-Bio
Initiating project activities in the selected cities, visits to the cities of Kochi and Mangaluru were undertaken. A visit was also carried out to Trivandrum for a discussion with the Kerala State Biodiversity Board. In Kochi, project discussions were carried out with Mrs. Soumini Jain, Mayor, Kochi Municipal Corporation; Mrs. Shiny Mathews, Chairperson, Standing Committee- […]
Asia Clean Energy Forum 2017
The 12th Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF), co-hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea Energy Agency (KEA) was held in Manila, Philippines, from the 5th to 8th June 2017. The forum witnessed interactions and discussions among more than 1,500 professionals from across the technology, finance, […]
Closure Reports for the project ‘Supporting Smart Urban Mobility and Built Environment in Indian Cities’
Implemented during period of October 2015 to January 2017, the Supporting Smart Urban Mobility and Built Environment in Indian Cities project aimed at providing handholding support to two Indian states (Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh) through technical advisory and capacity building. Its focus was to engage with state level officials in two states and with targeted […]