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PLATFORMA at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 | Ensuring that smart cities are not only technologically advanced - Platforma

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 2d

🖱️ Click, Connect, Change: Ensuring that smart cities are not only technologically advanced

Join us at #SCEWC25, 4 November (17:55–18:40)

We will explore how Digital Citizenship Education can be a powerful tool to foster inclusive & democratic digital spaces

👉 platforma-dev.eu/platforma-at...

“Click, Connect, Change,” this is the title of PLATFORMA’s session on digital citizenship to bridge youth and gender gaps. Join us on Tuesday 4 November (17:55–18:40) at the upcoming Smart City Expo W...

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Council of European Municipalities and Regions @ccre-cemr.bsky.social · 7d

🌍 5 years to go until Agenda 2030!

At VVSG's SDG Conference, local governments showed how global goals start locally.

CEMR presented the first Decentralised Development Cooperation Report, highlighting LRGs as strategic partners.

Full report: ccre-cemr.org/mindcraft

Cours En Ligne Modéré: CD et ODD, 2025

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 6d

📢 N'oubliez pas de vous inscrire à notre cours en ligne avec @uclg.bsky.social sur la coopération décentralisée & les #ODD

‼️Dernier jour dimanche !

➡️ learningwith.uclg.org/p/cours-en-ligne-modere-cd-odd-fra-2025

💡Vous pouvez aussi y participer en anglais et espagnol

#coopdec #coopdev #collterr

learningwith.uclg.org

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Council of European Municipalities and Regions @ccre-cemr.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 Kickstart your career with an #internship with us! 🌍

Join our Policy, Projects, Communications or @platforma4dev.bsky.social teams & shape Europe’s future.

Apply now: [email protected]

ccre-cemr.org/jobs-trainee...

#Internships #EUcareers #Jobs #HR #Hiring #Recruiting #Intern

Moldovan mayors acquainted with the experience of Lithuanian municipalities - Platforma

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 7d

❓ Looking for a 1st experience in the #EU bubble? 🇪🇺

We are looking for our next #intern

You can also join @ccre-cemr.bsky.social Policy, Projects, or Communications teams & shape Europe’s future with us!

Apply now: [email protected]

➕ ccre-cemr.org/jobs-trainee...

#Internships #Jobs

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 8d

🎙️ Our colleague Ivana Skazlic was speaking today at #VVSG International #SDG Conference “Global Goals, Local Action”

📙 She presented @ccre-cemr.bsky.social @giz.de latest #Mindcraft report on partnerships between European #LocalGov and their global counterparts

👉 ccre-cemr.org/wp-content/u...

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PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 9d

"The local level is the leverage for change needed to achieve the #2030Agenda"

Jean-Luc Crucke, Belgian Federal Minister responsible for Sustainable Development, is opening VVSG International #SDG Conference “Global Goals, Local Action” in #Mechelen 🇧🇪

platforma-dev.eu/event/vvsg-i...

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Council of European Municipalities and Regions @ccre-cemr.bsky.social · 9d

🌍 Learn how to localise the #SDGs through decentralised cooperation!

Free 2-month online course by @uclg.bsky.social & @platforma4dev.bsky.social with tools, practices & mentoring for Local and Regional Governments. Certificate included. Register now

👉 learningwith.uclg.org

#LocalizingSDGs

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PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 10d

💡How to start the week well? Discover the latest news of our pan-European coalition on decentralised cooperation!

#LocalSolidarityDays
#SCEWC25
#LocalizingSDGs
#CoopDec
#EURegionsWeek
#CityDiplomacy
...

👉 mailchi.mp/5bc7bb25e812...

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 14d

#EUenlaregment | A delegation of Moldovan mayors visited Akmenė and Vilnius in Lithuania 🇱🇹

They learned more about the structure of Lithuanian #LocalGov and good examples of municipal activities in infrastructures, sustainable mobility and public services

👉 platforma-dev.eu/moldovan-may...

On September 16–19, a delegation from the Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) visited Lithuania, where they learned more about the structure of Lithuanian local government and good examp...

Online course on SDGs: register before 5 October - Platforma

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 15d

🔊 Don’t miss the @uclg.bsky.social & @platforma4dev.bsky.social online course about #DecentralisedCooperation & #SDGs!

In EN, FR & ES

Apply before 5 October and be part of a community of learners. Discover case studies and exchange with other stakeholders.

🔗 platforma-dev.eu/online-cours...

Register for free to the 3rd edition of the moderated online course “Localizing the SDGs through Decentralized Cooperation: tools for projects, policies and partnerships” by UCLG & PLATFORMA before 5 ...

PACE Local: A new project in Moldova by SALAR International - Platforma

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PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 15d

Launched in Chișinău, the Moldovan-Swedish project PACE Local by #SalarInternational & Sida will support #LocalGov across Moldova 🇲🇩 in strengthening their role in #EU 🇪🇺 integration, boosting citizen engagement and making the most of new opportunities.

#EaPlocal

👉 platforma-dev.eu/pace-local-a...

Launched in Chișinău on 5 September, the Moldovan-Swedish project "PACE Local: Local Public Administration, Citizen Engagement" will strengthen local governments capacities for active involvement in t...

AIMF-Cameroon cooperations in the spotlight - Platforma

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 16d

🔸Urban development and concrete responses to improve the lives of residents
🔸The protection of forests and mangroves
🔸The need for access to climate finance for cities

Those are some of the topics covered by #AIMF numerous cooperations in Cameroon 🇨🇲

Learn more: platforma-dev.eu/aimf-cameroo...

Cameroon is one of the countries with which the International Association of French-speaking Mayors (AIMF) has the most successful partnerships and in which it invests the most. The visit by AIMF's Ge...

We team up with the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe to shape a sustainable future - Platforma

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 20d

Global Education is the central tool to promote the international action of #localgov across the world

For their 🔟th edition, our #LocalSolidarityDays join forces with the #GlobalEducationWeek by North South Centre of Council of Europe to shape a sustainable future

platforma-dev.eu/we-team-up-w...

For their 10th edition, our European Days of Local Solidarity (EDLS) join forces with the Global Education Week, an international awareness raising initiativefunded by the European Union and the Counc...

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 20d

🎙️ Don't miss this new episode of "Call Simone" on Türkiye
by @ccre-cemr.bsky.social!

Council of European Municipalities and Regions @ccre-cemr.bsky.social · 20d

📞 “I hope many will pick up the phone”
Who do you call if you want to speak to Europe? Call Simone, explores local democracy & power.

Nevsin Mengu & Berk Esen on Turkish mayors and #LocalDemocracy

🎧https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AGaMmzBoOjKRqfWPJotEC?si=EuLHIiikTjqHXjAIJMVKsA
#Turkey #imamoğlu

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Council of European Municipalities and Regions @ccre-cemr.bsky.social · 20d

🇩🇪 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟮: 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬
Decentralised cooperation

🔹 Focus on 🇺🇦 partnerships & solidarity
🔹 Long-lasting municipal & federal state collaborations
🔹 Expertise via BMZ, SKEW & GIZ funding programmes

📘 2/7 #MINDCRAFT series
Next: 🇪🇸 SPAIN

ccre-cemr.org/mindcraft
@BMZ_Bund @giz_gmbh

Online course on SDGs: register before 5 October - Platforma

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 20d

🤝Join now the @uclg.bsky.social & @platforma4dev.bsky.social #LearningCommunity through our free moderated online course on Decentralised Cooperation & #SDGs!

Applications are open until 5 October in EN, ES & FR. Don't lose time, register now! 👇

platforma-dev.eu/online-cours...

#LocalizingSDGs

Register for free to the 3rd edition of the moderated online course “Localizing the SDGs through Decentralized Cooperation: tools for projects, policies and partnerships” by UCLG & PLATFORMA before 5 ...

NOVES VACANTS DE FEINA | Fons Mallorqui de Solidaritat i Cooperació

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United Cities @uclg.bsky.social · Sep 3

💡Curious to know more about how to design and implement a strategy for #DecentralizedCooperation and #SDGs?

🌍 Applications for the Moderated Online Course about the #DC & #SDGs are open until October 5th!
Apply in your preferred language below!

🇬🇧 t.ly/i7COH
🇪🇸 t.ly/347TW
🇫🇷 t.ly/WtKet

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PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 27d

Today is the #UNday for #southsouthcooperation.

⁉️Never heard about it?

Check our study on a new generation of decentralised cooperation by Agustí Fernández de Losada Passols and discover why strong #SouthSouth partnerships and #TriangularCooperation are crucial

👉 platforma-dev.eu/wp-content/u...

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 27d

Our Spanish partner Fons Mallorquí is looking for 2️⃣ new team members:

🔸a Communications manager
🔸a Sociocultural animator

The selection process will close on 22 September.

Check on their website now!

fonsmallorqui.org/ca/comunicac...

fonsmallorqui.org

PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 28d

"Une Europe sans initiative local très ambitieuse n'avancera pas"

Céline Papin, vice-présidente de Bordeaux Métropole et adjointe au maire de Bordeaux chargée des coopérations territoriales, européennes et internationales

Ecoutez son interview sur @euradio.bsky.social

euradio.fr/emission/Kej...

Métiers d'Europe (épisode 3) : Céline Papin, élue locale aux questions européennes

Dans la série Métiers d'Europe, euradio part à la rencontre des acteurs...

euradio.fr

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Council of European Municipalities and Regions @ccre-cemr.bsky.social · 28d

📷 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu talked about #Resilience and #Security, but we did not hear about local realities and #CohesionPolicy

📷 Cities and regions carry the weight of security, energy or housing. Europe must recognise, empower and fund local governments
www.linkedin.com/posts/counci...

#SOTEU

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PLATFORMA @platforma4dev.bsky.social · 28d

🇪🇺 While @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu delivered her #SOTEU speech this morning in Strasbourg, #LocalGov and international cooperation were clearly not in her text, neither in #MEPs' reactions 🤨

Check out our 5⃣ key messages for the next #MFF: platforma-dev.eu/our-local-le...