Sustainable Cities Commission − planning the next decade

Sustainable Cities Commission − planning the next decade

by Jutta Mäkinen|jutta.makinen@turku.fi

The UBC Sustainable Cities Commission has entered the new decade with a clear objective - to reactivate our UBC network! The Commission has launched new ways for the network’s members to be active by offering member cities new ways of meeting and cooperating.

Call for interest to host a UBC SCC event From 2020 onwards the Commission is publishing a call for interest for all UBC member cities to host a UBC event with the Commission. It has gained extensive experience with organizing different kind of events throughout the years: now the commission wants to support the UBC member cities in organizing successful events together. The first call was open from 25 February to 13 March 2020.

UBC TALKS Webinar series giving a voice to cities Another way our member cities to be active is the new UBC TALKS webinar series also launched in the beginning of 2020. This webinar series offers a platform for UBC member cities to get their voices heard and to share their best practices with other cities in the network. Since the beginning of the year UBC member cities have shared their experiences around the following topics: organization of marine litter campaigns around the Baltic Sea region, experiences on Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning and best practices and tips on reporting cities environmental data to CDP. UBC TALKS takes place every last Tuesday of the month at 09:30 CET (10:30 EET).

missions, Sustainable Cities Commission’s Advisory Board, Sustainable Cities Commission Secretariat, UBC member cities and external actors, such as UBC strategic partners and other stakeholders.

The mapping and initial discussions on sustainability related topics, themes and challenges that relate to our region in the coming decade are ongoing and in the coming months the Commission will survey the UBC member cities for their input, as well. The next UBC Sustainable Development Action Programme will be presented at the UBC XVI General Conference in St. Petersburg in October 2021 and it will cover the period of 2021−2030.

The CO VID-19 pandemic has influenced the UBC Commissions’ events calendar. The Youthful Cities Commission and the Planning Cities Commission meetings, that were planned to be held in April and May 2020, have been postponed. The Safe Cities Commission holds the video-conferences (two so far) to discuss and share knowledge, updates and experience gained in the time of pandemic. The recording from the last meeting is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vku_ Ju-dYj4&feature=youtu.be