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Former Lord Mayor of Stuttgart begins new role

08 February 2013

by Richard Forster

Wolfgang Schuster, the former Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany, will remain in his home city to be director of the new Institute for Sustainable City Development.

Not standing for re-election in October 2012, after 16 years in office, Schuster formerly handed over the reigns of power to the new Lord Mayor, Fritz Kuhn, in January.

Speaking from his new office, Schuster told Cities Today that he aims to build on his 20 year’s experience as en elected official to use this for the development of other cities, organisations and the private sector.

“As director I will also use my experiences as president of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions and vice-president of United Cities and Local Government to support particular cities in their development.”

The institute’s work will be based particularly on national and European networks in which Schuster is actively looking for partners, particularly innovative cities, to develop new co-operations and implement new concepts.

“Sustainability implicates four dimensions: ecological, economical, social and cultural,” he added. “I am planning to follow up four strategic goals.”

The four goals include tackling youth unemployment, advising on demographic changes, finding new ways for sustainable urban mobility, and developing new concepts to bring education systems and economic development closer together.

The goals are close to the new director’s heart as he took leading roles in both urban mobility, founding the worldwide city for mobility network, and as founder of the cities for children network during his time as Lord Mayor.

 

To read an in-depth interview with Wolfgang Schuster, see the September 2012 issue ofCities Today.

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