As Co-Chairs of the White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities, we are proud of what SC2 has achieved to date and are excited for the work that lies ahead.
The main conference is due to open in Londonderry on Monday, where delegates will be addressed by Phil Wood, a key adviser to the Council of Europe's Intercultural Cities programme.
The council said Leeds was one of only three cities offering free parking on Sundays.
Council and business leaders in each of the cities will be asked to put forward proposals to "unlock" potential for growth in their areas with the "strongest propositions" being taken forward.
The Newcastle pilot - run by Newcastle University and the city council - is part of a project involving six other European cities in France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Greece, Italy and Spain.
For the future of cities, the Tuesday vote at the Chicago city council was very, very important.
Hugh Sharp, an economic-policy adviser to Sheffield council, argues that provincial cities should instead try to replicate some of the things that make London tick by, for example, improving international transport links, or creating partnerships between local government and the private sector.
Council leaders from several major UK cities are gathering in Liverpool to discuss the impact of local government spending cuts.
And just yesterday, the biggest cities of four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were in competition to host the Summer Olympics.
One year ago, the President established the White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) that established an innovative new model of federal-local collaboration dedicated to assisting communities get back on their feet and create jobs by helping them better leverage federal resources and form key partnerships to implement economic visions.
It is one of the first European cities to acquire EC State Aid for a superfast broadband initiative and the council claims "up to 1, 000 jobs" could be created by the project.
To operate in China, the Council itself must provide documents from America's State Department, the Chinese Embassy in America, the cities of Washington and Shanghai, the local tax authorities and the local branch of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
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