The International Cycling Community of Practice greatly values and relies on your support.
Channel: Velo Mondial
Date: 2023-09-07

International Cycling Community of Practice (ICCoP)
*Pascal van den Noort 1 , Mario Gualdi 2  
1Velo Mondial
Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 20, 1017 RR Amsterdam, The Netherlands (E-mailoperatiopns@velomondial.net)
2Isinnova
Via Sistina 42, 00187 Roma, Italy (isinnova.org)

ABSTRACT: 
The International Cycling Community of Practice (ICCoP) serves as a comprehensive digital platform, facilitating global collaboration among cities to address the complex challenges posed by climate change, urbanization, and car-centric development. 
Anchored in a series of research and innovation projects, this platform offers cities a meticulously designed, guided, and adaptable space for two pivotal purposes:
• Cultivating Dialogue and Cooperative Solutions: ICCoP acts as a catalyst for dialogue, fostering peer-to-peer collaboration at city level, nurturing capacity building, and igniting joint innovation.
• Access to a Supportive Network of cycling civil servants: It provides cities with access to an engaged network comprising researchers, consultants, associations, and industries deeply invested in contributing actionable knowledge, services, and products to help cities realize their ambitious goals.
Through its initiatives, ICCoP aspires to enhance the quality of life for citizens while simultaneously tackling the urgent issue of climate change.

KEY WORDS: international, cycling, community of practice, climate change, mentor, mentee,   platform, quality of life, urbanization,  peer-to-peer cooperation, building capacity, institutional memory on cycling planning, supportive network