Velo-city Global
ECF, recognising that cycling must respond to global challenges such as climate change, peak oil, international knowledge exchange, global trade and working with global partners such as the World Health Organisation and UN agencies, created the Global edition of Velo-city as an opportunity to consider these and other world issues on a bi-annual basis.
Velo-city Global provides a huge opportunity to provide a cycling conference that focuses on non-European issues, e.g. how to learn from the great cycling cities like Copenhagen, but also consider the more diverse challenges on other continents.
The first Velo-city Global took place in Copenhagen in 2010 and the city of Vancouver hosted the second Velo-city Global in June 2012. The city of Adelaide has been selected as the third city to host a Velo-city Global in 2014.
Differences between Velo-city and Velo-city Global
Velo-city:
- International aspect, with main focus on Europe
- Contributions and participants from all over the world but mainly from Europe
Velo-city Global:
- Program and structure development under a global aspect
- Contributions from all over the world
- Targeting participants from all continents
- Focus on non-European issues
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