Mayors for Peace Lead City Hannover, Germany

Mayors for Peace 11th Executive Conference 2019 in HannoverThomas Hermann, Deputy Mayor of Hannover1

Table of Contents

1. Hannover’s role as lead city for German members (2014 – 2019)
2. German website
3. Projects to promote activities among member cities: Flag Day
4. Contributions from Germany
5. Art and peace exhibition “50 Cities – 50 Traces”
6. Ginkgo Project
7. German Mayors for Peace Conference
8. Appeal to the National Government
9. Youth involvement
10. Raising Public Awareness11. Flyer of events (2017 – 2019)2

Hannover’s role in Germany 2015 - 2019

Hannover is lead city
▪ Lead City of Germany since 2015
▪ Vice-president and Executive City since 1983
▪ Hiroshima and Hannover are sister cities since 1982

Recruiting new members▪ more than 660 members in 16 federal states▪ almost 300 new members joined in the past 5 years▪ sent the sister cities request to all German members
and encouraged the mayors to join Mayors for Peace3

German Mayors for Peace website

www.mayorsforpeace.de▪ integrated in www.hannover.de▪ launched in October 2016
▪ clear structure▪ up-to-date with rotating header▪ lots of photos▪ picture gallery of the flag day inmember cities

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6 main topics:
Who are the Mayors for Peace?
Activities
Flag DayCooperation with NGOs
Hiroshima Secretariat
Material and background information
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Projects to promote activities among member cities

The Flag Day, July 8••

over 300 member cities participate
we organize activities in cooperation with➢ NGOs
➢ local peace initiatives➢ churches /different religions➢ students

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Contributions from Germany▪ We call for voluntary contribution of membership fees every January▪ We ask for 100 € for a flag, which is treated as membership fee▪ We collect the membership fees in Hannover until March 31st▪ The collective bank transfer goes to Hiroshima Secretariat in April

2015 – 2019 (5 years)
total contributions:
74,102 € average per year: 14,820 € average per city:
22 €6International art and peace exhibition (2018 – 2020)▪ toured in 20 member cities (thanks to Hiroshima, Ypres,Manchester, Bristol, Pittsburgh, Poznan, Berlin, Stuttgart,Hannover)▪ proposed to be held at UN in 2020
27/4 – 8/5 during the Review Conference on the Treaty of NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the UN Headquarters

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Ginkgo tree project
Ginkgo plants raised
from A-bombed trees
are sent to interested
member cities▪ National Garden Show 2021 in Erfurt▪ Multi-year project 2018 – 2021 in cooperation
with the city of Erfurt and a local school▪ Peace-related education for pupils raisingawareness and understanding the danger ofnuclear weapons▪ A delegation ofmember cities willvisit Erfurt 2021 andreceive a Ginkgo
plant for their city8German Mayors for Peace Conference▪ Regular meeting of German members in different cities(call for application and participation)▪ Debate with a representative of Federal Foreign Office▪ Projects to promote activities among member cities▪ Best practice examples of regional activites

9Appeal to the National Government

ICAN Cities Appeal
Hannover signed the appeal in May 2019,
called on member cities to join,
25 German cities signed the appeal
Letter to the Foreign Ministerto join the Treaty on the Prohibition ofNuclear Weapons as soon as possible
Petition drive
We handed over more than 900 signed
petition forms to the Federal representativeat the German Mayors for Peace Conference
10Youth involvement in peace promotion
Young citizens participate in youth programs
offered by the Hiroshima Secretariat▪ Internship program▪ Youth Program „Hiroshima and Peace“▪ International Youth Conference for Peace in theFuture (IYCPF)••

Invite them to speak at theGerman Conference
Share the experiences with
regional peace group11

Raising Public Awareness▪

“Ringing bells across Europe” for the International Day of Peaceon September 21st at 6 pm
Hannover organized a week full of events around bells and their
meaning for peace in cooperation with various religious groups•

Activity in Büchel „Disarm instead of upgrade!“, ademonstration of opponents of nuclear weapons•Cherry blossom Festival every Aprilin cooperation with NGOs

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Flyer of events (2017 – 2019)13

City of HannoverLord Mayor‘s OfficeInternational Unit
Trammplatz 230159 Hannover
Telefon + 49 511 168 – 41446
Fax +49 511 168 - 44025

mayors for peace@hannover-stadt.dewww.mayorsforpeace.deThank you for your attention!