Urban October 23 – Event Programme

WEEK 1 | 25.09.-01.10.2023

THU 28.09.2023 / 15:00-16:00 (CEST)

Funding Nature-based Solutions in Cities

Land Based Finance to get the job done

ORGANISER: Daring Cities 2023 Virtual Forum (GIZ)

WEEK 2 | 02.10.-08.10.2023

THU 05.10.2023 / 11:30-12:10 (CEST)

Opening Ceremony

Inspirational Talk "Unequal Scenes and a Just Transition towards liveable cities for all"

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

WEEK 3 | 09.10.-15.10.2023

MON 09.10.2023

An Introduction to Gender and Mobility in Emerging Economies

Online course

ORGANISER: Women Mobilize Women by Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) (GIZ)

MON 09.10.2023 16:00-17:30 CEST

How urban actors solve the plastic problem with innovative ideas

ORGANISER: Circular Caribbean project (GIZ), WWF Mesoamérica

WED 11.10.2023 / 10:00-11:00 (CEST)

GIZ Joining Forces to Enhance Cities’ Access to Climate Finance

ORGANISER: City Climate Finance Gap Fund (GIZ)

WED 11.10.2023 / 11:00-11:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

A flight through a powerful Digital Twin in Virtual Reality

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

WED 11.10.2023 / 11:00-11:45 (CEST)

Perceptions and Systems of Urban Waste

Changing behaviors towards circularity beyond awareness campaigns

ORGANISER: Global Project „Environmental protection worldwide” (GIZ)

WED 11.10.2023 / 13:00-13:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

Digital Twins for regions

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

WED 11.10.2023 / 14:00-16:00 (CEST)

Virtual Marketplace - meet GIZ urban cooperation partners!

Organiser: GIZ Thematic Forum Urbanisation

THU 12.10.2023 / 10:00-11:30 (CEST)

"Building Impact" in Moldova

Improving lives through construction

ORGANISER: Section “Construction in International Cooperation” (GIZ)

THU 12.10.2023 / 10:00-12:00 CEST

Citizen participation for a local circular economy

ORGANISER: Regional project “City-to-City Cooperation Maghreb – Germany” (KWT II) (GIZ)

THU 12.10.2023 / 13:30-15:00 (CEST)

ISCN Online Advisory Programme

Cities and Data Platforms on multiple geographic levels

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

THU 12.10.2023 / 19:00-21:30 (CEST)

Transformative Urban Coalitions Film Screening

ORGANISER: UNU-EHS, LUCA/GIZ, IKI/BMWK

SAT 14.10.2023 / 15:00-17:00 (CEST)

City Tour

Urban planning in "Bonn Nordstadt" and its transformation to the "Old Town"

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

WEEK 4 | 16.10.-22.10.2023

TUE 17.10.2023 / 11:00-11:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

Virtual power plants and heating management in urban quarters

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

TUE 17.10.2023 / 13:00-13:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

Citizen Science and Smart Cities

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

WED 18.10.2023 / 11:00-12:00 (CEST)

Don’t Panic, It’s Organic

Transforming Waste Management in Accra

ORGANISER: C40 Cities Finance Facility (GIZ)

WED 18.10.2023 / 13:00-13:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

Urban Disaster Risk Resilience

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

WED 18.10.2023 16:30-18:30 (CEST)

Citizen-Powered Resilience

Youth Participation in Climate Change Adaptation

ORGANISER: CitiesAdapt + BIOCITIES (GIZ)

THU 19.10.2023 / 15:00-16:00 (CEST)

GIZ Urban Climate Resilience Toolbox

Pre-Launch Session

ORGANISER: CitiesAdapt and FMB (GIZ)

FRI 20.10.2023 / 11:00-12:30 (CEST)

Energy & Environment

Best practices in Moroccan cities

ORGANISER: Regional project City-to-City Cooperation Maghreb – Germany (KWT II) (GIZ)

FRI 20.10.2023 / 16:00-16:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

Smart Cities and Inclusion

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

SAT 21.10.2023 / 11:00-13:00 (CEST)

City Tour Frankfurt

Gentrification in the Gallus neighbourhood

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

WEEK 5 | 23.10.-29.10.2023

MON 23.10.2023 / 11:00-11:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

Sharing Data on Mobility – Germany’s Mobility Data Space

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

TUE 24.10.2023 / 10:30-12:30 (CEST)

From strategy to execution

How to build a sustainable urban development?

ORGANISER: Regional project “City-to-City Cooperation Maghreb-Germany” (GIZ)

TUE 24.10.2023 / 13:00-14:15 (CEST)

Think Integrated!

Integrated approaches from urban experts

ORGANISER: Experts Fund for Municipal Partnerships Worldwide (GIZ/SKEW)

TUE 24.10.2023 / 16:00-17:30 (CEST)

Digitally Supported Adaptation: Urban Heat

ORGANISER: CitiesAdapt (GIZ)

WED 25.10.2023 15:00-16:00 CEST

Peer learning on integrated urban development

ORGANISER: Sustainable Urban Development Project, Brazil (GIZ)

WED 25.10.2023 / 10:00-11:15 (CEST)

City Labs

Exploring the Potential of Urban Living Labs in Development Cooperation

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ), Livable and Inclusive Cities for All (LICA) (GIZ), WI

WED 25.10.2023 / 14:00-15:15 (CEST)

PractiCITY x Thematic Forum Urbanisation

Opening Session

ORGANISER: GloBe Cities Section of GIZ

WED 25.10.2023 - THU 26.10.2023

Urban Thinkers Campus: Heat Stress Resilience

Translating Strategy into Urban Climate Actions

ORGANISER: GIZ Egypt (CBUID project), Urban Development Fund, Cairo University, Habitat for Humanity

THU 26.10.2023 / 10:00-11:00 (CEST)

Introducing SOURCE (1st session)

The digital project management tool for sustainable infrastructure

ORGANISER: GIZ-SOURCE Task Force

THU 26.10.2023 / 12:00-13:00 (CEST)

Embedding Equity and Inclusivity in Sustainable Infrastructure

ORGANISER: C40 Cities Finance Facility (GIZ)

THU 26.10.2023 / 14:00-15:00 (CEST)

WOPs: Peer Partnerships between municiple service providers as catalysts for resilient urban development

Best practice from the water and solid waste sector

ORGANISER: UN-Habitat`s Global Water Operators` Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) & GIZ Project Utility Platform

THU 26.10.2023 / 15:00-16:00 (CEST)

Introducing SOURCE (2nd session)

The digital project management tool for sustainable infrastructure

ORGANISER: GIZ-SOURCE Task Force

SAT 28.10.2023 / 15:00-17:00 (CEST)

City Tour: “Bonn Südstadt”

The city’s most beautiful residential area

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

WEEK 6 | 30.10.-05.11.2023

MON 30.10.2023 / 11:00-11:30 (CEST)

ISCN Global Mixer

Rethinking 'Smart': Insights for Community-Driven Innovation in Thailand?

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN) (GIZ)

MON 30.10.2023 / 13:00-14:15 (CEST)

Partnerships for Urban Development

GIZ´s Experiences in Germany, EU and the Global South

ORGANISER: Jour Fixe “Kommunale EZ/IZ” (GIZ G430, 3920, 3930, 4C30)

MON 30.10.2023 / 15:00-16:00 (CEST)

How can urban development agencies support sustainable urban development?

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ), Sustainable Urban Development Brazil (GIZ)