ICLEI Member Vitoria Gasteiz (Basque Country) received the "Sustainable Municipality of the Basque Country Award 2017" during a recent ceremony held at the Europa Conference Centre in the capital of àlava (Basque Country).

Vitoria Gasteiz received the award in recognition of their strategic approach to sustainability, their capacity to implement policies in a coordinated and cross-cutting way, and for their commitment to civic engagement and participation.

The Basque Government's Minister for the Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing, Ià±aki Arriola, presented the award to Itziar Gonzalo, the Deputy Mayor of Vitoria Gasteiz.

During the ceremony, Minister Ià±aki Arriola stressed the lead role that local authorities play "in the transformation that today's society requires." Arriola also stressed the need to apply the principles proposed in the Basque Declaration as "the full integration in public policies of the objectives outlined in the Basque Declaration will enable the technological, socio-economic and socio-cultural transformation that Europe is seeking".

For more information about the ceremony, click here.Image copyright: sourced from Flickr by " Udalsarea 21" more   25 January 2018 ICLEI Vice President among German mayors attending 2018 United States conference of mayorsThe United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) is currently under way in Washington DC (United States) and is scheduled to come to a close tomorrow, 26 January.

The conference is the largest national mayors association in the United States, which brings together mayors from across the country. The conference convenes two national events twice a year; one winter event scheduled in January and a summer event scheduled in June.

One of the many Mayors to participate in the event includes ICLEI Vice President and Mayor of Bonn (Germany), Ashok Sridharan. Mayor Sridharan will participate in a working session today titled "Climate Change: Today's Leadership Confronting Tomorrow's Challenges."

Alongside Mayor Sridharan, this year's conference sees a number of German Mayors in attendance, with the Mayor of Mà¼nster (Germany), Markus Lewe, the Mayor of Essen (Germany), Thomas Kufen, and the Mayor of Dà¼sseldorf (Germany), Thomas Geisel, representing their respective cities.

For more information about the conference, visit their website.Image copyright: sourced from Flickr more

» Publication Date: 26/01/2018

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