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  • AboutThe City Diplomacy Lab at Columbia Global Centers | Paris is an unprecedented alliance between scholars and practitioners of cities’ international action
    • Advisory Board
    • Columbia Global Centers | Paris
  • ResearchProviding much-needed theoretical framing, reliable data, and comparative analyses of the vast array of bilateral and multilateral city actions and campaigns
    • Scientific Committee
  • TrainingCombining theory with empirical evidence, the Lab is a unique actor in training municipal, national, and international officers in matters of city diplomacy
    • Capacity development programs
    • The City Diplomacy Student Podcast
  • EventsAdvancing the understanding and dissemination of city diplomacy as a tool for sustainable urban development through in-person, hybrid, and virtual initiatives
  • TeamThe Team is based at Columbia Global Centers | Paris and is composed of an international staff of city diplomacy scholars and practitioners
    • Associate Fellows
    • Contact the Lab

A revolutionary practice

A unique tool for pursuing local priorities and universal values, city diplomacy remains a niche practice to date. This calls for a joint effort among scholars and practitioners to mainstream its positive impact worldwide.

About

The City Diplomacy Lab is an unprecedented alliance between scholars and practitioners of cities’ international action. In its dual capacity of UNECE Center of Excellence and special project of Columbia Global Centers | Paris, it deploys a multi-disciplinary methodology to expand the theoretical and practical understanding of city diplomacy and advise its evolution.  The Lab’s primary…Continue reading “About”

17Aug 202327 Sep 2023

Urban peace dialogues at the 2023 UNECE Forum of Mayors

An official side event to the 2023 UNECE Forum of Mayors, this international initiative aims to discuss and energize cities’…

12Jul 202322 Aug 2023

A new partnership to empower South African cities through city diplomacy

The City Diplomacy Lab and the South African Cities Network (SACN) join forces to advance sustainable urban development in South…

11Jul 202311 Jul 2023

City cooperation and the 15-minute city

By Carlos Moreno Member of the City Diplomacy Lab’s Scientific Committee The conception of an urban alternative: the 15-minute city…

Education

Flourishing African Cities: a program for undergraduate students worldwide

1 Sep 20231 Sep 2023
The Fall 2023 Global Columbia Collaboratory Flourishing African Cities: Urban Development, Food Systems, and Clean Energy is a free, not-for-credit, virtual global program exploring African cities' path toward sustainability and resilience. The…
Events

The role of city diplomacy in crisis management

23 Jun 202313 Jul 2023
Everywhere in the world, cities are suffering the harshest consequences of this age's multiple crises. Due to armed violence and climate change, as well as growing inequalities and health crises,…
Webinars

Cities and Climate Solutions | Food

31 Mar 20231 Jul 2023
April 19, 2023 | Online event | 12:00 p.m. (New York) | 1:00 p.m. (Rio de Janeiro) | 6:00 p.m. (Paris) | In English In the face of the climate…
Tools

International relations students share their take on city networks’ impact

10 Mar 202311 Jul 2023
What is the added value and impact of international city networks? Sciences Po - PSIA graduate students answer such a question through weekly episodes of the City Diplomacy Student Podcast.…
Hybrid Events

Cities leading the transformation: SDGs in action and the new multilateralism

2 Mar 20232 Mar 2023
A round table of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region | 29 March 2023 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. CET | Hybrid format both in…
Webinars

Cities and Climate Solutions | Water

26 Feb 202326 Feb 2023
March 22, 2023 | Online event | 10:00 a.m. (Los Angeles) | 1:00 p.m. (New York) | 6:00 p.m. (Paris) | 8:00 p.m. (Amman) | In English In the face…
News

UNECE recognizes the City Diplomacy Lab as a Center of Excellence

19 Jan 202317 Aug 2023
19 January 2023 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Columbia Global Centers | Paris (CGC|Paris), one of the ten global centers of Columbia University in the City…
Events

Celebrating decentralized cooperation projects connecting Europe to the world

29 Dec 202229 Dec 2022
Everywhere in the world, city diplomacy owes its expansion primarily to the determination of a growing number of municipalities to emulate the impact of its most successful applications. This is…
Tools

Shaping the future of Italian cities’ international action

24 Nov 202224 Nov 2022
Since its dawn following World War II, city diplomacy has featured Italian municipalities among its main drivers of expansion and innovation. Twinning agreements, the municipal peace movement, the partnership approach…
Events

Scaling up diasporas’ unique contribution to decentralized cooperation

14 Nov 202220 Nov 2022
Diasporas are increasingly proving their empowering role in decentralized cooperation, i.e., development partnerships implemented by cities and local governments. With their knowledge of their territory of origin and ability to…

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  • Flourishing African Cities: a program for undergraduate students worldwide
  • Urban peace dialogues at the 2023 UNECE Forum of Mayors
  • A new partnership to empower South African cities through city diplomacy
  • City cooperation and the 15-minute city
  • The role of city diplomacy in crisis management

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