Asia Urbs

  Cities cooperating for quality of living and waste management in Asia

The local authorities in Asia and Europe can cooperate directly with one another, thanks to the Asia Urbs Programmes. Marseilles has chosen two initiatives to effectively contribute to:

• managing waste collection and water sanitation in Ho Chi Minh City (2001-2004).
• improving quality of living for 2 million senior citizens in Shanghai, whose being kept at home causes problems (2003-2005).
  
  
  

  Expertise put to work for cities

Ho Chi Minh Ville was able to build new infrastructures contributing directly to improving residents’ quality of living. Training, expertise and expertise-sharing have all improved environmental management in one district of the city, thanks to European funding in the amount of EUR 487 000.
Shanghai, technological and social showcase to China, experimented with various methods of care for senior citizens implemented by the Community Social Action Centre of the City of Marseille. Over EUR 783 000 were allocated to the project, which helped create a model for outpatient care, short-stay care, meal delivery, and remote alarm systems, with the assistance of Rotterdam, Stockholm and Marseilles.

  For more information : To site about the programme