National Workshop on ‘Guidelines for Biodiversity Conservation for Cities’
A national workshop was held as part of the activities under the INTERACT-Bio project (German-funded urban biodiversity project) that aims at supporting selected cities in India, Brazil and Tanzania to sustainably manage biodiversit…
Dedicating Sculpture Ensemble to the City
The renovated sculptures in the Subash Chandra Bose Park, was dedicated to the city on 6th of February 2018 by Artist Namboodiri and literary critic Prof. M.K. Sanoo who were the Guest of Honors for the evening. The renovated work was unveil…
Sculpture Restoration Camp
The Subhash Bose Park lying on the banks of the Ernakulam backwaters and facing the harbour is the most scenic, tranquil and highly frequented public space in the city. As the city chokes with ever-growing traffic and congested living cond…
Kick-Off Workshop on low-carbon urban energy, mobility and waste management solutions
The city of Kochi has been invited to be part of new initiative – the Urban Pathways project that aims at action delivering on the New Urban Agenda in the context of the Paris Agreement by the UN Habitat. This is in continuation with the SOLUTIO…
c-hed signs MoU with CSL
As part of the maintenance and management plan of the Subhash Bose Park, c-hed had prepared a major restoration plan for the sculptures in the park. Though the proposal was submitted to three different organizations for the CSR fund …
Interact BIO – Stakeholders Consultation
As part of the German funded INTERACT- Bio project a Stakeholder Workshop was organised with support of Kochi Municipal Corporation and Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development, and facilitated by ICLEI- South Asia. The proj…
Stakeholders Meeting on Action Plan for Solar City Project
Kochi city has been identified as a solar city by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India and was assigned to prepare a solar city master plan for the city. Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) had engaged empanelle…
SOLAR CITY CELL
Kochi was one of the 60 cities that were picked up for implementing the Solar city programme initiated by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, which “aimed at creating self-sustaining cities by leveraging the immense solar potenti…
Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
The Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development in association with the ICLEI Local Government for Sustainability, South Asia organized a one day Shared Learning Dialogue (SLD) workshop as a part of the Asian Cities Climate …
Broadway Urban Renewal, Ernakulam Market Urban Renewal and Renewal of Pond and Waterways to the Pond
One of the most important projects carried out by the c-hed is the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the above mentioned Broadway and Ernakulam Market Heritage Urban Renewal Project. The c-hed had been entrusted with the …