LEP gets a new assignment from Dali Authorities

January 2018, Dali - On January 15th, 2018, Dali Provincial Tourist Resort Administration Committee and LEP Consultants AG signed a service contract for the project “Consultancy Support for Preservation & Protection Plan and Development Concept for historical Stations along ancient Tea & Horse Road – On the Case of Fengyan Yi Village and Qing Dong Village of Dali City”.

Kunming technical delegation visits Zurich

November 2017, Zurich - From November 5-8, 2017, a technical delegation from Kunming under “Sino-Swiss Low Carbon Cities” (SSLCC) cooperation project visited Switzerland and the city of Zurich in particular. The delegation consisted of members of Kunming Urban Planning Authority (KUPA), Kunming Urban Planning and Design Institue (KUPDI) and Kunming Urban Transportation Institute (KUTI).

Zurich Exhibition under 35 Years City Partnership Anniversary

October 2017, Kunming - LEP attended the opening event of the Otto Meister exhibition at the city museum of Kunming under 35 years city partnership anniversary. Otto Meister, a civil engineer from ETH Zurich, was based in Kunming at the beginning of the 20th century and worked as a leading engineer for the construction of the narrow gauge railway line from Kunming to Vietnam under French protectionism.

LEP and KMUST deepen research project and training cooperation

June 2017, Kunming - Diego Salmeron met Prof. Zhai Hui, Dean of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of Kunming University of Science and Technology (KMUST), in Chenggong on June 22, 2017; Together with technical experts from the City of Zurich to talk about cooperation possibilities within the city partnership Zurich-Kunming and SSLCC project.

LEP is already cooperating with KMUST since several years on research projects and training activities in the fields of urban and environmental planning. Diego Salmeron was awarded as “Honored Guest Professor” by Prof. Zhai Hui.

Kunming and Swiss Embassy sign SSLCC project agreement

June 2017, Kunming - Kunming is one of 6 Chinese best practice cities within the Sino-Swiss Low Carbon Cities project (SSLCC), funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). LEP is involved in this project as consultancy for low carbon oriented urban and environmental planning as well as coordinator for all project activities in Kunming; strongly linked to the technical cooperation of the city partnership Zurich-Kunming.

On June 22, 2017, Mr. Alain Gaschen, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission of the Swiss Embassy in Beijing, and Ms. Yang Zhihua, Director General of Kunming Foreign Affairs Office, signed the SSLCC Project Agreement in Kunming as first of 6 cities. In the same week project activities in the sectors of metropolitan urban and transport planning, urban infrastructure and industrial heritage started. Several workshops were carried out with the technical expert teams from Zurich and Kunming.

New project advisory contract for Jiulong Lake Shore Planning

June 2017, Nanchang-Honggutan - LEP Consultants AG and Swisswater GmbH sign a further framework agreement for 2 years as well as a project advisory contract with Honggutan New District Administration. The advisory services focus on urban landscape and infrastructure planning, as well as water environment protection, with a strong focus on the newly built Jiulong Lake.

LEP with new responsive Website

April 2017, WWW - LEP is proud about the release of its new website. After a long development phase it was finally ready this month. The existing corporate identity was kept and further developed. The layout and structure was improved, as well as more focus was given to our project work.

As a responsive website, it has been optimized for mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones.

LEP met Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA)

March 2017, Vijayawada - Diego Salmeron (CEO) met members of APCRDA in Vijayawada on March 21, 2017, to experience and discuss the urban planning works for the new capital city Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati is planned to become the new political, economic and cultural centre of Andhra Pradesh State, being developed with world class infrastructure and a modern urban ecosystem.

Visit of Swiss Consul General at LEP Kunming

February 2017, Kunming - Mr. Franz Eggmann, recently appointed Swiss consul general in Chengdu (Sichuan Province), met LEP General Manager, Mr. Wang Lian, for a courtesy visit in Kunming on February 20, 2017.  Mr. Wang Lian reported about the project activities of LEP in China, especially also with regard to the Sino Swiss Low Carbon Cities (SSLCC) project, funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

LEP meets government delegation from Andhra Pradesh (India)

January 2017, Zurich - LEP meets Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (India), Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu and his official government delegation in Zurich to talk about their plan to start Indo-Swiss Smart Cities Cooperation.

LEP and GUPDI kick-off Yongle environmental planning project

December 2016, Guiyang - Guizhou Urban and Rural Planning & Design Institute (GUPDI) and LEP team met in Guiyang on December 5-9 to kick-off their cooperation project “Urban and rural development and ecological protection plan in Guiyang Nanming-Yongle District”. This research project is also supported and partially funded by the provincial government of Guizhou.

LEP and Swisswater sign a new contract with Nanchang-Xihu District

November 2016, Nanchang - LEP and Swisswater GmbH sign a first framework agreement and project advisory contract with Xihu District People’s Government in Nanchang City (Jiangxi Province, China). The project focuses on different urban landscape, infrastructure and water environment protection tasks. Key focus is given to the overall sanitation and rehabilitation of Xihu lake and its surrounding area in the heart of the old town of Xihu District.

LEP supports Jurapark Aargau for energy and resource efficiency campaign

August 2016, Bözberg - LEP and nachhaltig wirkt company support the management board of Jurapark Aargau in implementing their energy and natural resources’ related goals. Main task consists in drafting first ideas how to carry out an energy and resource efficiency campaign. Jurapark Aargau is a Swiss regional park supported by the Federal Office of Environment.

LEP Consultants AG at the Eco Global Forum 2016 in Guiyang

Juli 2016, Guiyang - LEP joins for the second time the international Eco Global Forum 2016 in Guiyang from July 8-10, together with a large Swiss delegation of government officials and company representatives. LEP signs two MoUs with government representatives of Anshun Prefecture ad Nanmin County. Both MoUs lay down the framework for project based cooperation in the fields of spatially related tourism development and ecological rural planning.