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Africa is going to be one of the regions most in need of innovative solutions for tackling water and Climate Change-related challenges. The successful interaction among relevant stakeholders from both Africa and Europe in water management is of principal importance when trying to generate, increase and exchange knowledge and innovation that address the demands for … Continued
ICLEI Africa seeks to appoint a service provider to develop spatial links between ecosystem services and biophysical attributes for the City of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in line with the INTERACT-BIO project. TERMS OF REFERENCE We require the services of an expert to spatially link ecosystem services with biophysical attributes and habitats for the City … Continued
SALGA, the South African Local Government Association, hosted the first Local Government Energy Summit, from 7 to 9 March 2018, in Gauteng, South Africa. Over 700 delegates from municipalities, including mayors, municipal managers, and technical officials, as well as a range of organisations, attended the three day summit, with the theme “Defining the Energy Future … Continued
ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center, together with project partners SwedBio and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, have designed a cutting edge project – Urban Natural Assets for Africa – to support the local implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to conserve and protect nature in cities in sub-Sahara Africa. The UNA Rivers component of this project is … Continued
Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane and ICLEI Africa Regional & Global Executive Committee Member, Solly Msimanga, met with ICLEI Africa Regional Director, Kobie Brand, on 8 March to discuss the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF). This regular pan-African event is hosted by the City of Tshwane, South Africa, and will take place this … Continued
ICLEI – LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY – AFRICA SECRETARIAT – Seeks to appoint a service provider to undertake an institutional scoping and development of a framework for the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets and indicators Terms of Reference 1. BACKGROUND Following the post-2015 development agenda, municipalities are confronted with the challenge of … Continued
Disaster risk reduction is essential in African cities, not only to deal with real-time disasters, but also to proactively enact policies, plans and actions that reduce the impact of future disasters. In the second half of 2017, ICLEI Africa, in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), worked with 50 cities … Continued
The Western Cape High Court’s judgment in the Disa River case can be described as a watershed ruling for the preservation of Cape Town’s rivers, floodplains, and wetlands. The court has ordered the developer of the Hout Bay Beach Club to remove the soil, general rubble, and fill that was placed within the floodplain of … Continued
ICLEI Africa is proud to welcome its newest member, Cape Winelands District Municipality. Cape Winelands is a prominent South African district located in the Cape Floristic Region, the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world, as well as one of the most fragile.The district is home of more than 850 000 residents … Continued
KwaDukuza Mayor Ricardo Mthembu today joins the ninth session of the World Urban Forum that is hosted in Malaysia for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and to mobilise resources for the implementation of our Low Carbon Emission and City Development Strategy, billed to address Climate Change and promote low carbon emissions here at … Continued
