CapaCITIES Initiatives Help Cities Scale Up as Project Concludes
The first phase of the CapaCITIES project, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is drawing to an end, after three years of extensive work, assisting the cities of Coimbatore, Rajkot, Siliguri, and Udaipur to plan and implement several interesting mitigation and adaptation measures.
SUNYA Pilot presented at the Converging SBM (Urban) and NULM for Clean Cities Workshop
The Converging SBM (Urban) and NULM for Clean Cities Workshop, held on 7th February at Jaipur, was conducted by the Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies, Mumbai (RCUES) – All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG) and supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), GOI.
Transport Experts Plan to Decongest Siliguri Roads
As part of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation supported CapaCITIES project, a study to decongest major arterial roads in Siliguri has been initiated. A team of transport experts from The Urban Lab visited the city in this regard. They carried out extensive discussions with officials of Siliguri Municipal Corporation to understand the present situation of transport in the city.
Swiss Film Screened at Siliguri International Film Festival 2018
As part of the ‘Swiss Films on Wheels’ project, children’s films – Heidi and My Life as a Zucchini – were screened at the Siliguri International Film Festival and Model Caretaker Centre and School on the 18th and 19th of November respectively. The ‘Swiss Films on Wheels’ is a friendship bus that carries, throughout India, a message of friendship, trust, respect and endurance. The event was organized under the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation funded CapaCITIES project.
The CapaCITIES Project Cities Participate in Local Renewables Conference 2018
Study Tour to Switzerland
In order to enhance the capacities of the city authorities and enable the transfer of knowledge and best practices on integrating climate measures in urban planning to our four partner cities, a study tour to Switzerland was organized in the month of October 2018.