New York, 23 September 2024 At the close of her first day at the Climate Week held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Summit of the Future, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown & Co-Chair of C40 Cities, took part in a high-level panel on building sustainable cities, hosted by the Embassy of Denmark […]
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New York, 23 September 2024 As part of her engagements at the UNGA Summit of the Future in New York, Mayor of Freetown & C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr this morning participated in a high-level panel meeting with the Africa- Europe Women’s Leaders Network on the importance of multilateral action and financing in achieving global
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22 September 2024 Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, has arrived in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly Summit of the Future. Throughout the week, on the sidelines of the 79th UNGA, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr will participate in a series of bilateral and multilateral engagements. She will meet with the
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19/9/2024 At the Global Development Hub of Imperial College in London, Mayor of Freetown & C40 Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, shared her insights on the future of urban sustainability and policy, as well as the progress toward achieving SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. She addressed the challenges and opportunities cities in low income countries face,
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11/9/2024 This week FCC is conducting a six-day training program for 1,750 tree planting beneficiaries on tree planting field operations, tracking and monitoring of trees, grievance redress mechanisms, operational health and safety and gender-based violence, in alignment with Environmental and Social Framework guidelines. These tree planting beneficiaries are being incorporated into FCC’s ongoing #FreetownTheTreeTown campaign
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6/9/2024 In her capacity as C40 Cities Co-Chair and Mayor of Freetown, it was an absolute pleasure and honor to serve as keynote speaker for the C40 Cities Southeast Asia Regional Academy. Hosted by Mayor Joy Belmonte and Quezon City, the largest city (population 3.4m) in the Philippines capital, the event on Inclusive Climate Action
4th September 2024: The leadership of Freetown City Council (FCC) has read through the report of the Tribunal on the Auditor-General, Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and the Deputy Auditor-General Mr. Tamba Momoh. The Council noted sections 248-257 under the caption: Failure to Conduct Proper Audit Exercise at the Freetown City Council for the Financial Year 2020
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31 July 2024 On July 31, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, joined the Mano River Women Peace Network (MARWOPNET-SL), the Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, and other stakeholders to commemorate this year’s International African Women’s Day and to officially launch African Women for Peace Day in Sierra Leone. Under the theme ‘Inspiring Inclusion’, African Women’s Day
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At the invitation of the school’s leadership, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on Saturday, August 3, 2024, joined the Proprietress, Headteacher, parents, pupils, and community leaders of Sarah Memorial Preparatory School in Mayaya Section, Konakridee, Lungi, in the Port Loko District as a guest speaker for the graduation of 29 nursery 2 pupils. The event is a
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7/8/2024 On Wednesday, August 8, 2024, Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr met with the World Bank’s Third Inclusive and Sustainable Growth Financing DPO Technical Mission to Sierra Leone and discussed key priority areas for support, aligning with FCC’s Transform Freetown-Transforming Lives 2024-2028 Development Plan. The plan aims to facilitate the creation of 120,000 good green
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