🗓️ Save the date: 29-30 Oct 2024! The Council of Europe conference is set to relaunch the #LandscapeConvention. It will encourage State parties to cooperate in safeguarding all #landscapes, even those deemed degraded or undervalued. Local communities are vital in this endeavor. 🌍

Which will you try first? 🍴 ow.ly/jymh50TFOz9

We've made it to Week 4 of the Learning for a Sustainable Future course! 🌍💚🌱 This week, we'll explore 'wicked problems' as well as issues of responsibility and power when moving towards sustainable action. Sign up now: ow.ly/sea150TpVRG #SchoolsConnect #Climate

Lord Mayor of Leeds to open major Commonwealth trade and investment conference tomorrow gloo.to/F5nf Lord Mayor of Leeds 2025-26 Jonathan Pryor West Yorkshire Combined Authority West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce #Leeds

Ambassador Paul Huijts was in Leeds to welcome Professor Julia Bennell to our Honorary Consul network for the the North East England consular district 👏 ! Julia Bennell

Honorary consuls are our eyes and ears in the regions, helping us provide emergency consular support, and identify business opportunities for Dutch companies and further enhance Dutch-UK trade, academic collaboration and cultural exchanges.

Congratulations to Julia Bennell, Leeds’ first Honorary Consul for the Netherlands 🇳🇱. We are so thrilled to see this further reinforcement of our city’s Dutch links, and welcome Dutch Ambassador Paul Huijts to Leeds. Read more on our blog globalleeds.com/post/leeds-goe…

This has been a fantastic week for #Dutch culture in Leeds, with light artists AlexP resident @LightNightLeeds and showcasing their work in our communities. Read more on our blog: globalleeds.com/post/leeds-goe…

Armistice Day is poignant every year. 2024 is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of our twin city Ville de Lille in WWII, we celebrate our ties of friendship and thank Lille for the wreath sent by the city and laid by French Honorary Consul Stéphanie Dawson #ArmisticeDay2024

Sign up: Leeds-Africa Hub Networking Lunch, Nexus Leeds, next month! 🌍Connect with Leeds researchers and their African collaborators tackling global challenges 👩🏽‍💻Explore the use of Data Science & AI in challenge-led research 🎟️buytickets.at/universityofle… 🌐leeds-africa-hub.github.io

Leeds has such a strong story to tell about tourism and culture, so it was great to host an official fact-finding visit from Namyangju City Council in Korea last week and share learning. Read more on our Global Leeds blog #LeedsCityCouncil #Namyangju globalleeds.com/post/sharing-i…

Opportunity for Leeds artists in Lille 🎨 Would you like a funded opportunity to develop plastic and visual art projects in our twin city of Lille, France? Interested? Find out more at: orlo.uk/xsJuv

A fantastic opportunity for Leeds artists in our partner city Ville de Lille

The third in-person session in our Council of Europe #InterculturalCities programme brought together 17 people from across Seacroft to talk about how individuals can be advocates for accuracy and greater understanding within their neighbourhoods. Read more here: globalleeds.com/post/helping-c…

We were honoured to host the 2024 edition of the UK-France Local Government Forum last week and to support its declaration of building on our experiences, sharing values, mobilising young people, promoting trade, working for a green future, and strengthening exchanges.