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The next meeting of the Global Taskforce will take place at the occasion of the special event “Sustainable Cities; Key to Sustainability and Development”. This event is organized at the invitation of UCLG, UN Habitat and the Group of friends of sustainable cities at the ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, in New York on 13...
UCLG has launched a new website to promote the local and regional government campaign for a Stand-Alone Goal on Sustainable urbanization. The initiative, supported by cities like Bilbao, Bordeaux, Kazan, Istanbul, Quito and Rabat, to mention a few, comes as part of the awareness raising campaign in the run-up to the event at the ECOSOC Chamber to take place...
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The 29th of November saw the launch of the first Policy Forum on Development, organized by the European Commission. In attendance were UCLG co-president and Mayor of Victoria, Jacqueline Moustache-Belle, as well as elected representatives from across the world and the Secretary Generals of UCLG, CEMR, UCLGA,...
Following the UN-Habitat Governing Council resolution 24/3 in April 2013, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted an expert group meeting on 24th and 25th April in Paris, in cooperation with UCLG and the ISOCARP planner network.
By Ronan Dantec, UCLG spokesperson on climate and City Councilor for Nantes, France, in the framework of the COP 19. Substantial energy for a foreseeable result. In Warsaw, the usual dramaturgy of climate conferences allowed for some to show their muscles and their resistance to a lack of sleep,...
Last Friday, the 22nd the Open Working Group on sustainable development goals had conveyed a dialogue between Major Groups and other stakeholders and Member States addressing cross-cutting issues for the SDGs process. On behalf of the Local Authorities Major Group, UCLG delivered...
Local and regional governments take action to address 50% of the global emissions of CO2 linked to the daily running of their communities. As the level of government closest to citizens, local and regional governments have the ability to play a role on issues as diverse as urban planning, consumption, transport...
The Climate change Conference of Parties, COP 19, is taking place in Warsaw from 11 to 22 November. Following the lack of agreement in Copenhagen in 2009, States agreed 2 years ago in Durban to work towards a new international climate action agreement by 2015 that would be applicable to all countries. Warsaw...
Local and regional government leaders and their organizations have gathered together in the and Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments in order to build a joint strategy to contribute to the international policy making debates within the framework of the Post 2015 agenda
In the aftermath of the devastating typhoon Haiyan that has hit the Philippines claiming human lives and causing huge destruction in numerous cities and regions, the World Organisation United Cities and Local Governments expresses the solidarity and support of mayors and local authorities around the...
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Source: www.ccre.org How have local and regional authorities been affected by the economic crisis? Which reforms have been made concerning the practices of these governments? What is the role of the local and regional level within the inner workings of states? These are the main issues addressed in...
Source: UCLG-A At the invitation of the minister of local government and rural development of Ghana, Mr. Akwasi Opong Fosu, the UCLG Africa secretary general participated in the meeting called in Accra on 19 and 20 November 2013. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of the New African...
By Michael Dixon, General Manager, IBM Smarter Cities Cities have never been more attractive, with people all over the world migrating to them from near and far. However, with them comes a range of significant challenges that city leaders must tackle. A new report from Frost and Sullivan looks...
Cités Unies France
Le typhon Haiyan a frappé les Philippines laissant dans son sillage des milliers de victimes : 10 000 personnes seraient décédées selon les premiers chiffres sur place, la zone touchée dans le centre du pays demeure difficile d’accès et les populations affectées sont dépourvues de l’essentiel.
La 33 assemblée générale de l'AIMF s'est ouverte ce matin à Paris en présence de M. François Hollande, Président de la République française, M. Abdou Diouf Secrétaire Généralde l'OIF et M. Michel Sidibe Directeur Exécutif d'ONU Sida.
On Nov 12th-13th 2013, the "Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast-Asia" (DELGOSEA) network held its "Regional Workshop on Building Cooperation Between DELGOSEA and ASEAN" at Aryaduta Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia. Around 30 members and standing committee members of the network joined the meeting.
The Euro-Mediterranean Regional Center Paris Île-de-France of Metropolis International Training Institute (EMRC-MITI) will organize its first training session from December 9 to 13 and all members of UCLG are kindly invited to participate. The theme: “Observatories and Geographic Information Systems: Monitoring, Evaluation and Decision Support Tools”.
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Source: UCLG Committee of Digital and Knowledge-Based Cities The National Confederation of Municipalities of Brazil (CNM) has established a partnership with the SMART -Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transformation- Initiative of the University of Michigan, a cross-university,...
We believe that it is now time for culture to be at the heart of a positive transformative change. We believe that all cultural actors are ready. UCLG is pleased to communicate that an important document to support the inclusion of a goal explicitly focused on culture in the Post-2015 Development Agenda has...
Since the beginning of 2013, a Political Council has been setting up within the Mediterranean Commission. This council gathers elected representatives from the countries bordering the Mediterranean and also from the networks working in the area. It takes positions on Mediterranean Commission’s...
In the context of the II World Forum of Local Economic Development, the UCLG World Secretariat, with the collaboration of the International Labor Organization ILO, organized a roundtable of cities on 31st October.