Monika Zimmermann

Expert, Consultant, Moderator / Former Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Monika Zimmermann works as a freelance expert for urban sustainability, project design and management, and as trainer, presenter and moderator. International cooperation between cities, the networking of high-level actors and sustainable urban mobility are among of her core competencies.

Monika Zimmermann held the office of Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI – Local Governments of Sustainability and acted as Deputy Executive Director of the ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn (2013-2018).

At ICLEI, her portefolio included urban sustainability, sustainability management, low-carbon development, EcoMobility, Resilient Cities, Smart Cities, biodiversity, ICLEI’s global events and knowledge management, urban research and strategy development for ICLEI.

ICLEI is the leading global network of over 1,500 cities, towns and regions in more than 90 countries, committed to building a sustainable future. Their goal is to become sustainable, low-carbon, ecomobile, resilient, biodiverse, resource-efficient, healthy and happy.

Monika holds a Master degree in political & administrative sciences of the FU Berlin and has studied journalism. She is author of numerous books, articles, training materials and blogs.