Medium Sized Cities News Today

/PRNewswire/ -- On November 24, the annual Happy Cities of China Forum was held in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Shuangliu District, Chengdu was awarded the...

Digital transformation is becoming a crucial support mechanism for countries as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and undergo economic rebuilding and sustained development. For small and medium-sized cities (SMCs), digital transformation can disrupt traditional business models, breakthrough geographical and spatial boundaries, and create new ways to live in the digital era. However, the digital transformation of SMCs presents challenges such as insufficient digital talent, funds, and resourc...

UNDP: Green Cities project helps Belarus implement Paris Agreement MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) - Belarusian cities are making a wide use of the methodological guide developed as part of Green Cities, a project of the GEF, UNDP and the Belarus Ministry of Environment, in the preparation of the Plan of Action on Sustainable Energy Development and Climate. Implementing such plans by cities is an important part of the Paris Agreement efforts, UNDP Project Coordinator for Communications Ruslan Khilke...

Bamako, Dec. 22, 2020 Mali and Germany on Monday in Bamako signed five finance agreements worth 56 billion CFA francs to support Mali in priority areas for economic and social development, PANA learned from official sources. The first pact for 3.1 billion F CFA is for the “Initiative for Strengthening Resilience through Irrigation and Appropriate Resource Management” (IRRIGAR III), under the National Programme for Community Irrigation (PNIP), particularly the strengthening food and nutriti...