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Our colleagues from Sport Birmingham have traveled to Lyon between 2-8 July for the Europod exchange trip with 19 young people from the Perry Barr and Ladywood constituencies in Birmingham, representing Continental Star FC and Bidgley Badminton Club. It’s the first time Birmingham participated in this tri-national exchange with […]

Our colleagues from Sport Birmingham have been invited to join a long-standing exchange programme put together by Frankfurt and Lyon. The collaboration is now in its seventh year and brings together a youth sports clubs from both cities. Last year’s sports camp brought together over 300 young people […]

The World Summit on Climate and Territories, organised by the major international networks of non-state actors, held at the Headquarters of the Rhône- Alpes Regional Council took place on 1-2 July. It was brought to life as a response to the upsurge in interest in […]

Scientific teams from the Neurodis Foundation in Lyon and the Aston Brain Centre in Birmingham came together in Lyon from 23 – 25 September 2014 to formalise a partnership agreement in the area of neuroscience. The Neurodis Foundation supports a network of 800 researchers and […]

From 6 to 8 October, the 17th International Trade Fair for Property and Investment, the Expo Real, will be taking place in Muenich. The biggest B2B trade show for property and investment market in Europe offers great opportunity for efficient networking, market orientation and analysis. For the first […]

Researchers from the Aston Brain Centre will visit Lyon from 23 to 25 September as part of the newly established Lyon Birmingham partnership in neuroscience. This meeting will involve developing and sharing the latest developments in neuroscience. 18 scientists from the Aston Brain Centre based at […]

Links between the Midlands-based British Culinary Federation and Lyon-based chef organisation, Les Toques Blanches Lyonnaises, were formally renewed at Birmingham Council House on 7 April. The relationship between the two chef organisations has been in place since the first signing of the Protocole d’Entente in […]

A Memorandum of Understanding will be renewed at University College Birmingham between the British Culinary Federation and the Toques Blanches to further strengthen links between culinary organisations in Lyon and Birmingham. 

The Lord Mayor of Birmingham will formally welcome costume design students from our partner city of Lyon who have been undertaking five week work experience placements funded through the Leonardo EU funding programme.

On 29 October 2013, Birmingham hosted a delegation from Lyon headed by the Mayor of Lyon, Gérard Collomb. Dating back to 1951, Lyon is Birmingham’s longest-standing partner city. During his time in Birmingham, Monsieur Collomb was shown some of the latest regeneration activity in the […]