The call for a Local Coordinator for the EcoLogistics Community in 2021 is now open!

Background information

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability established the EcoLogistics Initiative in 2016 as a community of leading cities that wish to move towards world-class excellence in achieving sustainable urban freight, supported by a group of Partners from research institutes, business, experts, user and governmental sectors.

Stemmed from cities’ ambition for a cleaner and more efficient freight sector, the EcoLogistics Community has been and shall be a platform to disseminate the transport development of its cities to a world audience through ICLEI’s membership base of over 1,750 local and regional governments.

The purpose of the EcoLogistics Community is to represent, and to drive to new levels, the world’s excellence in sustainable urban freight patterns in a select group of leading cities by:

• providing Community Cities with technical and knowledge support – based on the best case examples – in devising plans and projects;
• facilitating knowledge exchange among Community cities and to strengthen their skills to reach even higher levels of EcoLogistics;
• supporting cities to implement innovative solutions that can effectively accelerate action toward EcoLogistics;
• bringing in Partners from the expert, business, user association and governmental/ international organization sectors in order to support Community cities through their input and advice;
• facilitating sharing of experience and information among Community Cities.

The role of the local coordinator

ICLEI and Taoyuan City shall cooperate closely in important decisions such as the programs and communications to be disseminated through ICLEI’s global network and among Community partners. In light of this, a Local Coordinator of ICLEI EcoLogistics Community in Taiwan who will be in charge of all the local implementation and communications of the Community is sought for the year 2021.

For more information have a look at the EcoLogistics Community Information Sheet and at the Term of Reference.

Please submit your offer to tu-my.tran(at)iclei.org by 20 January 2021, 23:59 CET