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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
    • Scientific Committee
  • ResearchProviding much-needed theoretical framing, reliable data, and comparative analyses of the vast array of bilateral and multilateral city actions and campaigns.
  • 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
    • City Diplomacy Students’ 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
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    • Contact the Lab

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UNECE recognises the City Diplomacy Lab as a Centre of Excellence

19 Jan 202319 Jan 2023
19 January 2023 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Columbia Global Centers | Paris (CGC|Paris), one of the ten global centres 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…
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…
Interviews

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

26 Oct 202229 Oct 2022
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 explains how her city became a global model for equity and sustainable development.
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…
Hybrid Events

Katowice to host the 11th World Urban Forum

26 Jan 202228 Jan 2022
“What kind of cities are needed to support the future of humanity? How do we envisage and reimagine the future of cities? What do we want our cities to look…
Hybrid Events

2022 Forum of Mayors

3 Jan 202226 Jan 2022
The Forum of Mayors is a platform for ongoing exchange and mutual learning where Mayors will present their efforts to tackle challenges in their cities. Cities will learn from each…
Webinars

Reimagining Cities

27 Dec 202126 Jan 2022
Hit hard by what was revealed to be primarily an urban pandemic, cities across the world have been harnessing the potential of their proximity with residents, the private sector, and…

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  • UNECE recognises the City Diplomacy Lab as a Centre of Excellence
  • Celebrating decentralized cooperation projects connecting Europe to the world
  • Shaping the future of Italian cities’ international action
  • Scaling up diasporas’ unique contribution to decentralized cooperation
  • Matching proximity and diplomacy at the Smart City Expo World Congress

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