Successful delivery of MARE-Asia project The “Green Cities Round Table”, the event that marked the conclusion of the Capacity Development Technical Assistance on Green City Action Planning (CDTA-GCAP) as well as delivery of “MARE-Asia: Indonesia Project” that supported CDTA-GCAP was held in Surabaya – the Surabaya, the Cleanest & Greenest City In Indonesia. The two [...]
In the framework of MARE Asia, Prof. Chris Zevenbergen and Dr. Riyanti Djalanta gave public lectures at Universitas Muhammadiyah Kendari. Over 150 students attended, as well as Faculty and PhD candidates, on their free Saturday. Prof. Zevenbergen presented a wealth of international examples from the Netherlands, South Korea, Japan and Australia. He related these to the MARE [...]
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KENDARI - Prof. Chris Sevenbergen representing of UNESCO-IHE institute for water education in Delft, Netherlands, said, "Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), will be a good of green cities in Asia". Prof. Zevenbergen stated this at a Workshop on "Learning and Action Alliance", a program of technical assistance, hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), UNESCO-IHE and Government organizations took [...]
Kendari (Indonesia) is growing rapidly from 300.000 to a foreseen 700.000 inhabitants in 20 years. It has a golden opportunity to do this sustainably and inclusively to create a green and liveable city¨, according to Mayor Asrun and prof. Chris Zevenbergen. Under the Asian Development Bank Green Cities programme, UNESCO-IHE is supporting Kendari through the ‘MARE [...]
On 24th June 2014 the Learning and Action Alliance for Greening Kendari City was launched. The event was opend by the secratery of the city of Kendari and was attended by about 40 delegates from various government, NGO, private and community sectors. A press conference was held during the lunch break. Source Kabar Sultara (http://kabar-sultra.com/kabar-kota/kota-kendari-wujudkan-wilayah-zona-hijau.html) [...]
