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.
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Past events
Cities and Climate Solutions | Food
In partnership with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro
Webinar, April 19, 2023
Cities and Climate Solutions | Water
In partnership with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and Columbia Global Centers | Amman
Webinar, March 22, 2023
Le rôle de la diaspora pour dynamiser les coopérations de ville à ville
In partnership with AIMF
Tunis City Hall, November 17, 2022
Driving Climate Empowerment Leveraging Proximities and City Diplomacy
In partnership with ETI Chair at IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School and C40 Cities
Smart City Expo World Congress, November 15, 2022
Climate empowerment and city diplomacy. Exploring the potential of a thriving alliance
In partnership with AIMF and ICLEI
COP27 – Multilevel Action Pavilion, November 8, 2022
Cities and universities. An alliance for sustainable development
In partnership with AIMF and IFDD
COP27 – Francophonie Pavilion, November 8, 2022
Urban metabolism and gender equity
In partnership with UCLG and Cités Unies France
11th World Urban Forum, June 27, 2022
Cities: from theaters of war to actors for peace
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
Forum of Mayors, United Nations in Geneva, April 5, 2022
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.
Webinar, December 14, 2021
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.
5 webinars, March – July 2021