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- 1. (1) International Connectedness and Networking City-to-City Cooperation and City Diplomacy International Relations Forum Tel Aviv-Yafo, 15 September 2014
- 2. Culture of Cooperation The nation state may have been the appropriate answer to the needs of the 19th and 20th century. The 21st century will be the century of globalisation and urbanisation. Cities will become key players in international politics (“the urban century”). Twinning will be even more pivotal to cope with the challenges ahead (“culture of cooperation”).
- 3. (3) Cologne worldwide is… •a city in which people of 180 different nationalities live •part of a network of 22 international sister- cities on four continents •part of European and international city- networks •involved in a large number of projects with international partners dealing with challenges of the 21st century.
- 4. (4) 24 Sister-Cities Liverpool GB Mai 1952 Esch-sur-Alzette L 03.07.1958 Lille F 03.07.1958 Lüttich B 03.07.1958 Rotterdam NL 03.07.1958 Turin I 03.07.1958 Kyoto J 29.05.1963 Tunis TN 12.06.1964 Turku FIN 17.06.1967 Berlin-Neukölln D 15.11.1967 Klausenburg RO 13.11.1976 Tel-Aviv-Yafo IL 06.08.1979 Barcelona E 30.03.1984 Peking VRC 14.09.1987 Thessaloniki GR 03.05.1988 Cork IRL 27.06.1988 Corinto/El Realejo NIC 02.11.1988 Indianapolis USA 28.11.1988 Wolgograd RUS 28.11.1988 Berlin-Treptow D 03.09.1990 Kattowitz PL 15.03.1991 Bethlehem PAA 12.03.1996 Istanbul TR 15.03.1997 Rio de Janeiro BRAS 19.09.2011
- 5. Tour de l’amitié I (2008) Cologne - Liège - Esch-sur-Alzette - Lille- Rotterdam
- 6. Tour de l’amitié II (2009) Cologne – Freiburg - Torino
- 7. Tour de l’amitié III (2013) Lille – Liverpool - Cork
- 8. (8) Jewish Traces in Cologne… •Oldest Jewish Community North of the Alps (decree by Emperor Constantine 321 AD) •Jewish Quarter next to the Town Hall Jewish Quarter in the medieval Cologne Archeological Zone / Jewish Museum www.museenkoeln.de/archaeologische-zone/
- 9. …founding seat of Zionist organizations Max Bodenheimer (1865 - 1940)
- 10. David Wolfssohn (1856 – 1914)
- 11. …11.000 Jews from Cologne region murdered during the NS-dictatorship www.stolpersteine.com
- 12. … seat of the Israel Mission 1953 – 1965
- 13. Cologne – Tel Aviv-Yafo 1960 - 2014 `Young Ambassadors´ as diplomatic pioneers
- 16. (16) Cologne – Bethlehem – Tel Aviv-Yafo •1960: first youth exchange between Cologne and Tel Aviv-Yafo •1979: Official sister city partnership •1996: Sister city partnership with Bethlehem •1997: First trilateral exchanges ... •... frozen in 2000 (Second Intifada) ... •... resumed in 2009 •2011: Cologne Mayors´ Euro-Middle East Conference •Currently: trilateral encounters in the field of sport and youth
- 17. Trilateral School Exchange, March 2010
- 18. (18) Conclusions: http://www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/internationales/ europaarbeit/foerderung-des-nahostfriedensprozesses-auf-kommunaler-ebene Cologne Mayors’ Conference "Euro - Middle East City-to-City-Cooperation", 29th November – 1st December 2011
- 20. White City of Tel-Aviv Cathedral Cologne Church of the Nativity and Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem UNESCO World Heritage
- 21. Tour de l‘amitié IV, V … 2016: Torino – Barcelona 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020 …?
- 22. How about Tel Aviv-Yafo – Bethlehem – Dead Sea – Negev – Tel Aviv-Yafo?
- 23. Euro- Middle East City-to-City Cooperation and Trilateral Exchanges !
- 24. (24) Thank you! Frieder Wolf City of Cologne Mayor´s Office Office for International Affairs City Hall (Spanischer Bau), D-50667 Köln Tel.: +49-221 / 221-21480 Fax: +49-221 / 221-21849 frieder.wolf@stadt-koeln.de www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/internationales