The City Diplomacy Lab organizes a wide range of initiatives aimed at advancing the understanding and dissemination of city diplomacy as a tool for sustainable urban development.
The City Diplomacy Lab periodically organizes in-person, hybrid, and virtual initiatives to foster international reflection on the impact and potential of local governments’ regional and global action in addressing the major transnational challenges of the present.
The Lab’s approach enables dialogue and discussion among city diplomacy practitioners (cities, city networks, national governments, and international organizations) while involving civil society actors, the world of culture and education, and the private sector.
In-person, hybrid, and virtual events alike enjoy the valuable and unique support of the Columbia Global Centers, enabling the Lab to engage actors and audiences from every region of the world.
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Upcoming events
Cities and Climate Solutions | Air
In partnership with the Columbia Climate School, Columbia Global Centers | Paris and Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai, and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum
🗓 November 22, 2023
📍 Webinar
Past events
Reimagining African Cities: Design, Participation, Diplomacy
In partnership with Columbia University Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement and Columbia Global Centers Nairobi.
🗓 October 2, 2023
📍 Webinar
Urban peace dialogues. When mayors become architects of peace
2023 UNECE Forum of Mayors’ official side event
In partnership with Mayors for Peace – European and French Chapters and the European Committee of the Regions’ Nicosia Initiative.
🗓 October 3, 2023
📍 United Nations Office in Geneva
Euro-Africa Montpellier Water Days
In partnership with Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole and the International Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Water Systems Dynamics
🗓 October 9-10, 2023
📍 Corum, Montpellier
La diplomatie des territories et l’action internationale des collectivités face aux crises
In partnership with Cités Unies France, UCLG, and PLATFORMA
🗓 July 3rd, 2023
📍 French House of Representatives
Cities and Climate Solutions | Food
In partnership with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro
🗓 April 19, 2023
📍 Webinar
Cities and Climate Solutions | Water
In partnership with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and Columbia Global Centers | Amman
🗓 March 22, 2023
📍 Webinar
Le rôle de la diaspora pour dynamiser les coopérations de ville à ville
In partnership with AIMF
🗓 November 17, 2022
📍 Tunis City Hall
Driving Climate Empowerment Leveraging Proximities and City Diplomacy
In partnership with ETI Chair at IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School and C40 Cities
🗓 November 15, 2022
📍 Smart City Expo World Congress
Climate empowerment and city diplomacy. Exploring the potential of a thriving alliance
In partnership with AIMF and ICLEI
🗓 November 8, 2022
📍 COP27 – Multilevel Action Pavilion
Cities and universities. An alliance for sustainable development
In partnership with AIMF and IFDD
🗓 November 8, 2022
📍 COP27 – Francophonie Pavilion
Urban metabolism and gender equity
In partnership with UCLG and Cités Unies France
🗓 June 27, 2022
📍 11th World Urban Forum, Katowice
Cities: from theaters of war to actors for peace
2022 UNECE Forum of Mayors’ official side event
In partnership with the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the International Organizations in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva, the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF), and the City of Bari
🗓 April 5, 2022
📍 United Nations Office in Geneva
Can local agriculture save the world?
In partnership with Alliance Program, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, and the European Institute. Co-sponsors include Columbia Maison Française and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
🗓 December 14, 2021
📍 Webinar
The series is co-organized with Sciences Po – PSIA, Columbia Undergraduate Programs in Paris, and Columbia Global Centers | Paris. Co-sponsored by the Alliance Program and Urban Flag.
🗓 March – July 2021
📍 5 webinars