The AMB shares its international strategy
| Subject: International Relations
Metropolitan councillor Gerardo Pisarello represented the AMB on the Metropolis Board of Directors, and presented the project to create the World Metropolitan Observatory.
The Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB per its Catalan acronym), participated from 8 to 11 March in several international meetings and held working meetings with metropolitan areas from around the world, seeking synergies and avenues for collaboration.
Metropolis Board of Directors
As co-president of Metropolis, the worldwide association that brings together large cities and metropolitan areas, the AMB participated on its Board of Directors via Gerardo Pisarello, in representation of president Ada Colau.
During the Board meeting, a new president was selected for the association, Denis Coderre, mayor and president of the Montreal Metropolitan Area. The 2015 annual accounts and activity report were also presented, as well as the 2016 budget and the master action lines for upcoming years. Attendees included the mayors of Montreal and Johannesburg, and representatives from Guangzhou, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Brussels, Dakar and Santiago.
The AMB also presented its proposal to create a world observatory for metropolitan governance, with headquarters in Barcelona.
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Seminar ‘Latin America and the EU: Dialogue and Cooperation in the Local Arena'
The AMB International and Cooperation Area participated at this seminar, organised by Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and the AL-LAs project (Euro-Latin American Alliance for Cooperation between Cities), ‘Local Governments: International Actors', explaining the AMB's new international strategy. Different local governments shared their experiences with the AMB (including Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Mexico City, Madrid, Belo Horizonte, Montevideo, Lima, Quito and Medellin), as well as the European Union delegation and associations such as Metropolis, UCLG, UCCI and Mercociudades.
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Monographic seminar Habitat III ‘Financing Urban Development: the Challenge of the Millennium'
The AMB also attended this meeting, in preparation for Habitat III, the United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development, which will be held in Quito, and during which AMB representatives made good use of the occasion to hold bilateral meetings.
A political statement was approved at this meeting, which has had the support of some of the networks of which AMB is a member, including Metropolis, UCLG and FMDV.
More information and text of the statement
Metropolis Board of Directors
As co-president of Metropolis, the worldwide association that brings together large cities and metropolitan areas, the AMB participated on its Board of Directors via Gerardo Pisarello, in representation of president Ada Colau.
During the Board meeting, a new president was selected for the association, Denis Coderre, mayor and president of the Montreal Metropolitan Area. The 2015 annual accounts and activity report were also presented, as well as the 2016 budget and the master action lines for upcoming years. Attendees included the mayors of Montreal and Johannesburg, and representatives from Guangzhou, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Brussels, Dakar and Santiago.
The AMB also presented its proposal to create a world observatory for metropolitan governance, with headquarters in Barcelona.
Please view details of the conference
Seminar ‘Latin America and the EU: Dialogue and Cooperation in the Local Arena'
The AMB International and Cooperation Area participated at this seminar, organised by Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and the AL-LAs project (Euro-Latin American Alliance for Cooperation between Cities), ‘Local Governments: International Actors', explaining the AMB's new international strategy. Different local governments shared their experiences with the AMB (including Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Mexico City, Madrid, Belo Horizonte, Montevideo, Lima, Quito and Medellin), as well as the European Union delegation and associations such as Metropolis, UCLG, UCCI and Mercociudades.
Further information
Monographic seminar Habitat III ‘Financing Urban Development: the Challenge of the Millennium'
The AMB also attended this meeting, in preparation for Habitat III, the United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development, which will be held in Quito, and during which AMB representatives made good use of the occasion to hold bilateral meetings.
A political statement was approved at this meeting, which has had the support of some of the networks of which AMB is a member, including Metropolis, UCLG and FMDV.
More information and text of the statement