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Visit to City of South Perth

On 16 January 2020, CLAIR Sydney staff members visited Mr Geoff Glass, CEO of the City of South Perth, Western Australia. Mr Glass is one of five delegation member…

LG Professionals Australia National Congress & Business Expo 2019

The LG Professionals Australia National Congress & Business Expo 2019 was held from 31 Jul to 2 Aug in Darwin. The conference featured lectures and sessions …

Deputy Mayor from Miyakonojo City visited CLAIR Sydney

On 18 July, the Deputy Mayor of Miyakonojo City, Mr KODAMA Hironori and Miyakonojo City Government delegates came to Australia to visit the Moreton Bay Region in …

LGNZ 2019 Conference and Excellence Awards

The Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) 2019 Conference and Excellence Awards was held from 7 to 9 July in Wellington, New Zealand. Mayors, councillors and othe…

Meeting with the Mayor of the City of Cockburn

On the 28 Feb, CLAIR Sydney staff members had a meeting with Mr Logan Howlett, the Mayor of the Western Australian City of Cockburn, in Perth. Mayor Howlett partic…

Visitation to Wellington City Council

Staff members of CLAIR Sydney visited Wellington City Council to discuss sister cities relations with Sakai city, Japan. They met with Tom Yuan, International …

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  • The sister city relationship between Nagoya City and City of Sydney will celebrate its 45th anniversary in 2025.
     
    The Nagoya City official who came to Australia to participate in the Australian Multiculturalism Study Tour hosted by CLAIR Sydney, paid a visit to Sydney City Town Hall on Friday 24 November, and we assisted his visit. In addition to sharing information on the status of exchanges between the two cities’ sister zoos (Taronga Zoo and Higashiyama Zoo) and international exchanges in Nagoya City, a preliminary meeting was held for Deputy Mayor Matsuo’s visit to Sydney for December 2023.
     
    With the landmark year only two years away, CLAIR Sydney will continue to support the exchanges between the two cities.
     
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  • 2022/2023 CLAIR Forum

    On 3 March, CLAIR Sydney held the CLAIR Forum 2023 in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Public Policy and Governance (UTS: IPPG).

    This year’s theme was ‘Multisectoral Approach for Regional Revitalisation’. At the event, two members from CLAIR Sydney and Carol Mills from UTS: IPPG and Andrew Francis from Parkes Council made a comprehensive presentation each on local government policies and strategies that have revitalised local communities and economies in Japan and Australia during the current ongoing pandemic.

    Date: Friday 3 March 2023

    Venue: The Japan Foundation, Sydney – Seminar Room

    Speakers and topics:

    – Ms Shimizu (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)

    Sustainable Urban Development Project in the Tokyo Bay Area

    – ​​ Prof Mills (Director, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney)

    Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations for Sustainable Urban Development with Reference to Sydney Parklands

    – Mr Inoue (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)

    Approaches taken by Mihara City to Tackle Population Decline

    – ​Mr Francis (Director Infrastructure and Strategic Futures, Parkes Council)

    Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations with Reference to the Parkes Special Activation Precinct

  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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