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Mar 19, 2024 · 7 PARTNERSHIPS FOR 70 YEARS OF SCI. Learn more about our “7 for 70” initiative with the State Department and the White House National Security Council that connects cities between the U.S. and the Pacific Island nations. Join program Get updates.
Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. [1]
A sister city, county, or state relationship is a broad-based, long-term partnership between two communities in two countries. A relationship is officially recognized after the highest elected or appointed official from both communities sign off on an agreement to become sister cities.
Sister Cities International (SCI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the goal of facilitating partnerships between communities within the United States and other countries by establishing sister cities.
Founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, Sister Cities International is a nonpartisan 501 (c) (3) nonprofit which serves as the national membership organization for individual sister cities, counties, and states across the United States.
Mar 12, 2019 · Sister cities or twin towns are cities or towns in different countries which share a political or social agreement aimed at promoting commercial and economic links. The tradition of establishing sister cities dates back to Medieval Europe, but the modern context of the tradition began after the Second World War as a means of fostering peace ...
