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Networking Workshop for creation of the BGD Focal Point for Cyprus

On Saturday, March 29, 2014, a BGD Networking and Brainstorming Workshop will be held at The Cyprus Institute, 20 Konstantinou Kauai Street, CY-2121 Aglantzia, Nicosia to create a BGD Focal Point for Cyprus: a descendant of the EMME (East Mediterranean and Middle East), BGD Regional hub.

The workshop will be held the day after the AdaptToClimate Conference (27th-28th March 2014), which will also be held in Nicosia and at which Prof. Čedo Maksimović (PI of the Blue Green Dream Project) will deliver a key-note talk.

This BGD workshop will run from 09:30-14:00.  For further information please contact the BGD Project manager: Dr Karl M. Smith – kmsmith@imperial.ac.uk

BGD involvement in World Bank consultations in China

On March 25th, 2014, Prof. Čedo Maksimović, leader of the Blue Green Dream Project, took part in the World Bank consultations on Sustainable Urbanization in Beijing, China.

The meeting followed the recent release of a joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, entitled Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization.  Further information about the report is available here.