Boletín Enero 2014
Noticia destacada
Los miembros del Grupo de Trabajo Globalde Líderes Locales y Regionales se reunió en Nueva York el 13 de diciembre por invitación de ONU Habitat, el Grupo de Amigos de las Ciudades Sostenibles y CGLU. Esta reunión tuvo como objetivo contribuir al trabajo del Grupo de Trabajo Abierto en ciudades y asentamientos humanos...
El Secretariado Mundial de CGLU les desea todo lo mejor para estas fiestas y un feliz Año Nuevo. ¡Gracias por su apoyo durante 2013! El Secretariado Mundial de CGLU
Noticias principales
On this day, the voice of local and regional governments, UCLG, reiterates its support for the principle of solidarity, both at international and subnational level. Solidarity must be built, not only between the rich and poor nations of the world, but also within countries and cities. Some of the greatest...
The UN Secretary General received from UCLG Co-President Moustache Belle, 157 forms from Mayors, Governors and their Associations and civil society partners calling for an Urban SDG to be included in the new Development agenda during a special Session on 12 December.
Secretary-General and Participants of UN-Habitat’s “Sustainable Cities Days”. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) poses for a group photo with ministers and mayors attending the “Sustainable Cities Days” organized organized by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat),...
The UCLG Secretary General addressed the Opening of the Iberoamerican Inter-Ministerial Consultation on Sustainable Cities at UN New York, Co-organised by the Spanish Government and UN Habitat with the collaboration of UCLG, FLACMA and Mercociudades.
The Ambassador of Spain,...
UCLG is pleased to invite to all its members to participate in the 2014 Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation (the Guangzhou Award). The Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation is co-sponsored by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the World Association of the Major...
Over 100 national, regional and urban policy-makers attended the meeting on 4-5 December in Marseille, France, organized by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The aim of the event was to discuss how national governments and cities can better work together to foster growth and...
En el Día de los Derechos Humanos, y como reacción a la desaparición de Nelson Mandela, Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos celebra esta jornada rindiendo homenaje a la que fue una persona visionaria y que demostró una extraordinaria intuición en la lucha por la protección...
CGLU ha lanzado una campaña de sensibilización a favor de un objetivo urbano que pretende incidir en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y aboga por el reconocimiento de los gobiernos locales y regionales como una esfera específica de gobierno y actores clave en el desarrollo,...
Secciones y miembros de cglu
Source: CEMR
CEMR co-president in New-York to call for "sustainable urbanisation" to become one of the future goals of sustainable development after 2015
In 2015, national governments around the world will define a set of objectives to guide the sustainable development policies for the...
Metropolis promotes investments in Effective Governance and Capacity Building for Intelligent Cities
Source: www.metropolis.org
During World Intelligent Cities Summit, WICS 2013 in Istanbul, Metropolis presented research case studies and international experiences from Metropolis member cities and partners citing the important and immediate need of investments in effective governance and (administrative)...
Ms. Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink,, President of the the association of Netherlands municipalities (VNG) and Mayor of the Duch city of Almere, was elected yesterday in Prague as the new President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, (CEMR). CEMR is the European...
Add Mexico City to the list of metropolises investing in the science of urban innovation. Under the direction of Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera, who took office in 2012, the city has launched Laboratorio para la Ciudad (Laboratory for the City), Forbes reports.
COMISIONES, GRUPOS DE TRABAJO, COMUNIDADES DE PRÁCTICA, FOROS
The Mediterranean Committee collaborates with the Anna Lindh Foundation within the framework of the “DAWRAK– Citizens for dialogue” project. The DAWRAK programme launched by the Anna Lindh Foundation aims at building the capacity of civil society organisations and citizens in order...
Source: UCLG Working Group on the Middle East
The Dunkerque Forum +10 aimed to analyse the last 10 years of European decentralized cooperation with Palestine. This process involved a joint reflection on the mid and long-term perspectives to contribute to the improvement of living conditions of local populations...
CGLU y la Comisión de Cultura se comprometen plenamente con el desarrollo cultural sostenible a nivel local, nacional y global. Por este motivo, la Comisión de Cultura de CGLU hace un llamamiento para comunicar que se ha abierto el período de presentación de candidaturas...
