Field Work with students from Munich, Bonn, Cologne, Delhi and Pune in April 2005 (co-financed by DAAD)
Preparatory Workshop I April 2005 in Pune (Institute of Environmental Education and Research an der Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University in Pune, BVIEER)
Preparation of MoU's with BVIEER and Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation
Preparatory Workshop II September 2005 in Delhi
School of Planning & Architecture: Field project on urban development and environmental conditions in Pune as preparation for the joint project
Collaboration with Indo-German Chamber of Commerce to strengthen and extend links to industry and trade organisations
Field Work with students from Cologne in PearlRiverDelta
Preparatory Meetings in Cologne and Guangzhou/Shenzhen to identify particular needs of Chinese partners in the context of this project
Signing of MoU between Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou and University of Cologne
Workshop on Urbanisation and Health at the Sino-German Centre in Beijing in November 2005
Cooperation agreement between Chinese National Committee for IHDP and German National Committee on Global Change Research identifying urban research as one of the priorities for further collaboration
