List of Sister Cities

Department of International Affairs

የሀገር ውስጥና ዓለም አቀፍ ግንኙነት ዳይሬክቶሬት
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Meti
Meti Tamirat

Executive Director

The director of public and international relations was resposible for all the activities related in relation to city/municipal diplomacy

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Henok Teshome

Team Leader - Internal Affairs

A highly skilled, dedicated and result oriented foreign relations specialist with a profound professional experience in the field of foreign policy, peace and security, project coordination and community development work. With M.A degree in Diplomacy and International Relations, B.A degree in Sociology and Social Work, Henok is currently serving Office of the Mayor, Addis Ababa City Administration as a senior foreign relations specialist humbly practicing city diplomacy at municipal level. Having spent many years working with various governmental and non-governmental organizations, local and international NGOs, Henok has acquired strong professional experience in the field of foreign policy, peace and security, intelligence service, community development, gender and project coordination.

Contacts

Phone No.: +251-940-80-22-12

E-mail: tshmhnk85@yahoo.com

Tigabu
Tigabu Desalegn

Team Leader International Relations

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Martha
Martha Gudeta

Senior Foreign Relations Expert

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What We Do

City Twinning

City twinning is one

Strategic Partnership

City twinning is one

Diaspora Service

City twinning is one

Knowledge and Technology Transfer

City twinning is one

City Diplomacy

Engaging the diplomatic community

👉 The city administration arranges a plot of land (lease-free) for countries in quest mainly for premise and residence utility
👉 Ensure that the entire diplomatic community is actively involved in the annual tree planting and greenery initiatives
👉 Enabling them to visit other large projects taking place in our city including the Adwa Victory Memorial Museum, and participate in various social events
👉 Addis Ababa is a feature building work to provide housing for African Union diplomats who have served 15 years or more to make them feel like their second home

Major milestones accomplished through sister city relationship and people-to-people exchanges

Chuncheon

Providing technical and financial support to the Korean Veterans Association through our existing edition relationship with the city of Chuncheon. Our strategic partnership with Chuncheon has enabled the city of Addis Ababa to secure higher education scholarship opportunities for civil servants and leaders of the city administration.

Seoul, South Korea

Similarly, concrete work to strengthen people-to-people relations between the two cities through cultural exchange and children's drawing competitions

Leipzig, German

Due to our strong sister city relationship with the German city of Leipzig, the two cities routinely exchange technical issues and arrange capacity building training to the leaders and experts of the Fire and Disaster Management Commission.
The City of Leipzig has formulated the Nakopa project to implement the Inclusion Program in Addis Ababa. Our strong bond with city of Leipzig created the opportunity for Addis' residents, particularly the youths, students to participate in cultural exchange programs and language training facilitated by German Cultural Institute (Goethe). These have strengthened people-to-people ties and communication between the two historic cities.

Kigali, Rwanda

Expanding leadership experience exchange and experience in our existing sister city relationship with Kigali, Rwanda

Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

As part of our strategic partnership with the Chinese city of Beijing, the city administration's leaders at all levels are continuously receiving higher education scholarship opportunities to enable upgrading their leadership sills

Johannesburg

Based on the commitments the two cities had cemented earlier, various experience exchange programs has been held with the South African city of Johannesburg particularly on green development initiatives and City diplomacy frameworks

List of Addis Ababa’ active sister cities

  • 👉 City of Chunchun, South Korea
  • 👉 City of Seoul, South Korea
  • 👉 City of Leipzig, Germany
  • 👉 City of Beijing, China
  • 👉 City of Atlanta, United States
  • 👉 City of Kigali, Rwanda
  • 👉 City of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 👉 City of Lyon, France
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The mayor of Addis Ababa visits Malaysia capital kualalampur.