Hosting an Indian delegation for a Learning Expedition

The Urban School welcomed twenty high officials of Indian cities from September 12 to 16 for a Learning Expedition. Co-organized with our partner NIUA (National Institute of Urban Affairs), the week focused on smart cities and sustainable urbanization in France.

> The Learning Expedition was designed as part of the collaboration agreement between the Urban School and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), the India’s leading national think tank on urban planning and development. The participants were high officials from the 12 cities within the CITIIS program. This joint program of the Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry of India, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Union and NIUA is focused on building innovative, inclusive and sustainable urban infrastructure across 12 cities in India with an investment of around €140 million.

During a week, participants met several speakers and organisations: state agencies such as the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Métropole de Lyon as well as the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, the Research and Development Institut Efficacity, associations such as AirParif and CODATU, the urban planning agency Institut Paris Région, the company Fraicheur de Paris and the MEDEF syndicate (mettre la trad anglaise). They also made field visits (Ecoquartier Clichy Batignolles, Quartier Lyon Confluence, New City of Marne-la-Vallée) and attended various thematic conferences with professors and academics from Sciences Po.