Sister Cities International (SCI)
Sister Cities International (SCI) is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network creating and strengthening partnerships between U.S. and international communities to increase global cooperation at the municipal level, to promote cultural understanding, and to stimulate economic development.
SCI leads the movement for local community development and volunteer action by motivating and empowering private citizens, municipal officials, and business leaders to conduct long-term mutual benefit programs.
Sister Cities Goals
Develop municipal partnerships between U.S. cities, counties, and states and similar jurisdictions in other nations
Provide opportunities for city officials and citizens to experience and explore other cultures through long-term community partnerships
Create an atmosphere in which economic and community development can be implemented and strengthened
Stimulate environments through which communities will creatively learn, work, and solve problems together through reciprocal cultural, educational, municipal, business, professional and technical exchanges and projects
Collaborate with organizations in the United States and other countries which share similar goals
Chattanooga's Sister Cities
- Wuxi, China
- Hamm, Germany
- Wolfsburg, Germany
- Accra, Ghana
- Givatayim, Israel
- Gangneung, Korea
- Tono, Japan
For more information on Sister Cities, please visit Chattanooga Sister Cities.