Quito, Ecuador, 7 February 2008. A delegation from UNITAR, CIFAL Barcelona, CIFAL Atlanta and Veolia met with the Mayor of Quito, Mr. Paco Moncayo, to formalize the integration of the city of Quito in the CONVIVAL Network and prepare the Quito International Conference, the launching event of this network. A MoU has been signed between the members organizing the Quito International Conference (CIQ)* to define the roles of each party.
*A special web page on the CIQ will soon be online. (...)  Read more...

“Urban Planning and Regeneration: Key to Tackling Climate Change” is to be hosted jointly by CIFAL Findhorn, Dundee City Council, CIFAL Curitiba and Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN). Read more...

Welcome to SUTECA!
In follow up to the workshops on sustainable urban transport in CIFAL Plock (2006, 2007) and CIFAL Tallinn (2007), UNITAR and GTZ SUTP are happy to introduce this newsgroup and webpage as a platform for professionals and decision-makers in the ECA-region in order to facilitate and enhance the dialogue on sustainable urban transport. The web page www.sutp.org/suteca offers ample space for contributions, news and information from the region and updates on on-going (...)  Read more...

UNITAR and University of Zurich co-organized an experts working group on "e-Democracy" on 17-18 December 2007 Read more...

CIFAL Findhorn, The Moray Council and the Scottish Agricultural College teamed up with leading Scottish companies, National Government officers, overseas organisations, environmentalists and academics to explore the local and global challenges of delivering environmentally sound and sustainable transport solutions. Nov 26- 27 Read more...