After two years of cooperation, through the European Commission's International Urban Cooperation Programme (IUC), the City council of Famalicão and the US city of Fort Collins have decided to extend and deepen the partnership that they have been developing since 2018, with signing a memorandum of understanding on the VNF Alliance Session - Cooperation between Famalicão and Fort Collins, scheduled for 22nd of October.
The cooperation between the two cities is the highlight of the second edition of International Week, which will take place from 19th to 24th of October, with the purpose of strengthening and giving visibility to the dynamics of internationalization of the famalicense municipality, as well as strengthening institutional ties between representatives of the local government, business, academic and diplomatic officials.
The initiative starts with the webinars "Sobre o Palco - Performing Arts Internationalisation", on the 19th, and "Interculturalism in Famalicão: Integration’s main achievements and opportunities ", on the 21st.
Among other works, the two cities agreed in maintaining a dialogue on the themes of cooperation under the IUC Programme - in the areas of low-carbon mobility, social participation and partnerships and circular economy -, to share knowledge on planning, policies, good practices, progress and results in the various areas of joint work and to identify opportunities for external funding for cooperation in areas of mutual interest that could include joint participation in conferences, technical visits, among other activities.
"The international programme that united us until now has ended and it was right to maintain the relationship of proximity and collaboration between Famalicão and Fort Collins, following the logic of what we have done in recent years with other cities", explained today the councillor of the Internationalisation Department, Augusto Lima.
"These are two cities that have a lot in common and this cooperation allows us to move from the phase of sharing good practices to the implementation of concrete projects”, he added.
International Week 2020 ends on 24th October with the webinar "Citizens from Famalicão around the World: values and value creating networks".
All initiatives will be transmitted on the Facebook page of the City council of Famalicão, at www.facebook.com/municipiodevnfamalicao, and on Facebook page of the Famalicenses across the World project, at www.facebook.com/FamalicensesNoMundo.