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The City of Burlington's Mundialization Committee encourages citizen connections as a way of fostering world peace and global understanding.
Through the committee, the City has signed twinning agreements with two global cities:
The City of Burlington is dedicated to the United Nations (UN) philosophy of peaceful co-operation and understanding of different cultures. One of the Mundialization Committee’s objectives is to celebrate the importance and achievements of the UN and its mandate. For this purpose, a UN sub-committee was formed.
The committee reports to Council through the Committee of the Whole and is dedicated to making the City of Burlington a world community. Our mandate is to promote the City of Burlington as a world community and encourage community understanding of global cultural issues by:
View the Mundialization Committee Terms of Reference for complete details about the committee's structure, mandate and responsibilities.
View our Council and committees calendar to find upcoming committee meeting dates. You can also find agendas and minutes from meetings taking place January 2018 and onward by clicking on each meeting.
In 1984, a Mundialization Committee of volunteer citizens was formed to pursue twinning with another country. A bylaw was passed in 1985 to declare Burlington a “Word Community” dedicated to international cooperation.
On May 12, 1989, Mayor Bird signed a twinning agreement with Mayor Kurihara of Itabashi, Japan. On May 6, 2005, Mayor MacIsaac signed a twinning agreement with Mayor de Graaf of Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
Mundialization is the act of a city or local authority declaring itself a world citizen and being aware of global issues with a sense of shared rights and responsibilities. The word mundialization comes from the Latin word 'mundus' which means 'world'.
The concept involves creating twin cities from around the world, in the belief that peaceful cooperation depends on mutual trust and appreciation of different nations, races, cultures and systems.
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