For four weeks in September, Birmingham City Council was hosting five Officers from different District Councils of Berlin, Germany. Their placements were funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union, which enables individuals at all stages of their lives to pursue stimulating learning opportunities […]

Birmingham has once again joined forces with the German city of Leipzig to develop new ways of driving growth and innovation for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As part of the Mayor of Leipzig’s visit to Birmingham, marking the 25th anniversary of partnership between the cities, […]

The BCC‘s European and International Office, in co-operation with the Goethe Institut London and the Library of Birmingham, organised a number of events in the LoB during the German week (17th to 24th November). Brummies of all ages had the opportunity to engage in educational and […]

The conference “Cities for accessibility, jobs and inclusion – breaking down barriers together”, which has been jointly organised by the city of Lisbon, the city of Berlin and EUROCITIES, will take place in Lisbon City Hall on 18-19 June 2015. The conference aims to: Explore the […]

The Cross Innovation Conference is coming to Birmingham on 16 and 17 October 2014, taking place at Birmingham City University. It will bring together leading thinkers from across Europe, exploring co-creation, policy, technology and design. Topics like creative collaboration, use of city space and financial […]

The community voting for the Climate-KIC Open Innovation Slam is now on and everybody is invited to vote until 21 September. You can have 5 votes to be distributed to 5 ideas. The ideas with the most votes will move on to the jury voting. […]

Any China watcher will tell you – China officials are no longer the globe trotters they used to be. The recent crack-down on ‘graft’ and corruption’ [strong words in English but not as belligerent in the native mandarin] mean that government officials now need an […]

It is the last week of the Institute for German Studies’s (IGS) current exhibition on the history of dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe. In partnership with the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin (Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, […]

The CBSO is recognised as one of Birmingham’s great institutions for its regular performances at Symphony Hall and its extensive learning and engagement programme. But its fame extends far beyond the West Midlands: the CBSO has a history of acting as an ambassador for the […]

Leipzig is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony and rated as the most liveable city in Germany. An educational, infrastructural, cultural and economic centre today, it has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire, and […]