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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-building 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 formed by an international and experienced staff of city diplomacy researchers and professionals
    • 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”

19Jan 202310 Mar 2023

UNECE recognizes the City Diplomacy Lab as a Center of Excellence

19 January 2023 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Columbia Global Centers | Paris (CGC|Paris), one of…

26Oct 202210 Mar 2023

City Diplomacy Talks | Dr. Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá

What happens when a city government puts care at the center of its action? In this interview by Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi, Bogotá Mayor Claudia López…

30Sep 202210 Mar 2023

The city without the country? City diplomacy as a platform for a new, cohesive municipalism

By Michele F. Fontefrancesco, PhD Is city diplomacy just about large cities? How can small municipalities have a voice? Exploring…

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International relations students share their take on city networks’ impact

10 Mar 202310 Mar 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…
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…
Events

Matching proximity and diplomacy at the Smart City Expo World Congress

13 Nov 202213 Nov 2022
The City Diplomacy Lab joins forces with ETI Chair - IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School and C40 Cities to support the global spread of local, participatory solutions to urban societies' primary…
Hybrid Events

Bringing environmental city diplomacy to COP27

29 Oct 202213 Nov 2022
In consideration of their extensive efforts to deploy their unique tools to combat the causes and respond to the consequences of climate change, cities have emerged as indispensable actors in…
Tools

Exploring the best podcasts on urban affairs

19 Jul 202210 Mar 2023
A brief review of the best podcasts focusing on global urban affairs and city diplomacy. By Emanuele Sala "Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form." Director Jean-Luc Godard…
Hybrid Events

Urban metabolism and gender equity at WUF11

24 Jun 202229 Oct 2022
City Diplomacy Lab joins forces with UCLG and Cités Unies France to bring the global discussion on gender equity and city diplomacy to the 11th World Urban Forum. Through the…

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  • International relations students share their take on city networks’ impact
  • Cities leading the transformation: SDGs in action and the new multilateralism
  • Cities and Climate Solutions | Water
  • UNECE recognizes the City Diplomacy Lab as a Center of Excellence
  • Celebrating decentralized cooperation projects connecting Europe to the world

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