Ottawa Partnering with Other Cities

ED Futures has been giving considerable attention to why and how cities and regions can work together to promote their mutual economic interests. Guess what? It's beginnning to happen more frequently across the world. Here is an example of how Ottawa (Canada) is approaching these partnerships.

With the goal of promoting Ottawa as a global technology centre to key US markets, Ottawa Global Marketing and its partners have launched Maintain the Momentum, a program of seminars, investment missions, media relations, and city-to-city promotions intended to attract new companies and people, and increase cooperative research programs with other regions.

Several projects are already complete, and more initiatives are underway or in development relating to the following areas:

* Boston, Massachusetts
* Raleigh, North Carolina
* Silicon Valley, California
* Tucson, Arizona
* Washington, DC
* New York, NY
* Europe

Here to read more.