Glasgow-Edinburgh Collaboration Director, Laura Gordon, is hosting a two-day Bussels event on city collaboration, with Glasgow and Edinburgh’s venture to the fore. Read more…
Dwnload a briefing paper from the event: Collaborating to Compete: Scotland Europa (November 07)
New research shows the value of cities working together for success.
Many cities around the world are now collaborating to compete. The Glasgow-Edinburgh collaboration initiative has commissioned research into who is doing what, where, and with which ends in mind. You can download the Executive Summary below.
Cities from across the UK met recently to discuss these findings and discuss issues of collaboration at an event sponsored by Glasgow and Edinburgh. You can download a summary of the event below, or read press coverage in the Scottish Property Network and the Sunday Herald.
The task of fostering collaboration between Scotland’s largest cities lies with Laura Gordon. Read an interview with Laura…
The importance of national government’s support for cities, including allowing them greater freedoms, has also been highlighted in a recent article by Professor Ivan Turok of the University of Glasgow. He outlined a number of reasons why our cities are resurgent and some of the steps needed to keep them that way. Read more…
Downloads:
City collaboration international comparison report [summary] [full report]
‘City Collaboration as a Catalyst for Global Competitiveness’: report of the cities’ networking event of 11-12 September 2007
City Collaboration as a Catalyst for Global Competitiveness
February will see young tourism professionals challenged to convince a “Dragons’ Den”-style panel of the value of their proposals for Glasgow-Edinburgh tourism collaboration. Read more…
Around one-third (700,000) of Scotland's employee-jobs are located in Glasgow and Edinburgh Annual Business Inquiry, 2003