40 young sports enthusiasts from Birmingham took part in the Europod exchange programme this year. Visiting Frankfurt between 1st and 7th July, they participated in training sessions and friendly competitions, but also had the chance to try out other sports as well as cultural and linguistic […]

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 […]

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 […]

Forming part of the Longbridge light festival, the Tran-si-tion International Conference will take place at the Bournville College Conference Centre on 24th October. The conference will aim to provide a key platform to highlight best practice within regeneration schemes, urban design, strategic planning, placemaking and […]

Dr Suzanne Higgs, Reader in the Psychobiology of Appetite at the University of Birmingham, has been invited to give a presentation on “A psychological perspective on appetite” at the renowned culinary school, Institut Paul Bocuse, in Birmingham’s partner city of Lyon. Dr Higgs leads a […]

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.