Urbanism Cluster

Aim and Scope

COSIMENA’s first Urbanism Kick-Off event took place at the first international conference “Towards a Better Quality of Life” in November. The three-day event provided a platform to discuss the broad aspects of sustainable urban development and by setting up a first thematic framework for the cluster.

Our Activities

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Digital Public Lecture "In-between-Cities"

On Wednesday, May 25th, 2022, the DAAD Regional Office Cairo held on its premises a Public Lecture titled “In-between Cities” in the framework of its project “Clusters of Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa” (COSIMENA).

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Public Lecture Evening on Urban Planning and Development

After the summer break, the DAAD Regional Office Cairo started the second half of the year with the COSIMENA Public Lecture Evening on “Urban Planning and Development”, on 25 August 2019.

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Conquering Traffic through Simulation

On the evening of 28 March 2018, Prof. Dr. Kai Nagel, Professor of Transportation Planning at Technische Universität Berlin, gave a public lecture on the use of simulation technology to optimise transportation planning in metropolitan cities.

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Urbanism Cluster Kick-Off Event - First International Conference: Towards a Better Quality of Life

From 25–26 November 2017, the first international conference “Towards a Better Quality of Life” took place in El Gouna. The DAAD Office Cairo used this unique occasion to launch the COSIMENA Urbanism Cluster.