78 Cities pledge financial support to international campaign
May 7, 2008
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The past month we welcomed the news for financial support for the campaign from the Mayor of Amay and Saint-Leger (Belgium), Oxford (UK), the Cities of Leichhardt and Melbourne (Australia) and the City of Middelkerke (Belgium).
An increasing number of cities are responding to the letter of the Executive Conference concerning financial support for the 2020 Vision campaign. Today the campaign can count on financial support from 76 cities, including annual contributions of 250,000 euro from the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 2008 we aim to match these annual contributions of the 2 founding cities with the other 2,000 strong membership. This must be possible.
We are happy to register the positive response of the Cities of Leihhardt, NSW and Melbourne (Australia), 65 cities and municipalities from Belgium, Duncan, BC (Canada), Koprivnica (Croatia), Malakoff (France), Bloemendaal and Maasgouw (Netherlands), Riudecanyes (Spain), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland) and Oxford (UK). Following the successful Belgian pilot-project most cities continue to use the 0,025 €/inhabitant per year, sometimes committing the city annually all the way up to 2020..
The leadership by the City of Geneva using this formula with over 185.000 inhabitants is path-breaking and sets an example for larger cities. The 0,025 € -formula seems to be an honest formula for almost all Cities to demonstrate solidarity towards the Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who carried the financial responsibilities for the past 25 years.
The past month we welcomed the news for financial support for the campaign from the Mayor of Amay and Saint-Leger (Belgium), Oxford (UK), the Cities of Leichhardt and Melbourne (Australia) and the City of Middelkerke (Belgium).
An increasing number of cities are responding to the letter of the Executive Conference concerning financial support for the 2020 Vision campaign. Today the campaign can count on financial support from 76 cities, including annual contributions of 250,000 euro from the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 2008 we aim to match these annual contributions of the 2 founding cities with the other 2,000 strong membership. This must be possible.
We are happy to register the positive response of the Cities of Leihhardt, NSW and Melbourne (Australia), 65 cities and municipalities from Belgium, Duncan, BC (Canada), Koprivnica (Croatia), Malakoff (France), Bloemendaal and Maasgouw (Netherlands), Riudecanyes (Spain), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland) and Oxford (UK). Following the successful Belgian pilot-project most cities continue to use the 0,025 €/inhabitant per year, sometimes committing the city annually all the way up to 2020..
The leadership by the City of Geneva using this formula with over 185.000 inhabitants is path-breaking and sets an example for larger cities. The 0,025 € -formula seems to be an honest formula for almost all Cities to demonstrate solidarity towards the Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who carried the financial responsibilities for the past 25 years.
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Another important development is that the Mayor of Malakoff has also contacted many French members of Mayors for Peace to encourage them to adopt a similar resolution. In some other countries cross-party letters are being prepared to appeal to solidarity, referring to the Belgian pilot project which has aready registered financial support from 65 Belgian Cities and sees membership continually growing with now 317 member cities (52%) on a total of 598 Belgian cities.
