By members
By members
Civil society, Right to the City, Social Inclusion - 24/03/2015
The World Social Forum is a space for democratic debate and the exchange of experiences, as well as to develop alternative proposals and connect social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations in order to build a fair, peaceful and sustainable world. (+)
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Local Governance - 18/03/2015
The date of the 7th edition of Africities Summit, taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa was modified. In fact, the Executive Committee of Africities has decided to hold the Summit two days in advance of the initial date. (+)
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Urban innovation, Guangzhou Award - 18/03/2015
The UCLG Community on Urban Innovation together with the Guangzhou Award Secretariat and Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation are planning to conduct a series of study tours to the fifteen short-listed cities and local authorities presented to the 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation. (+)
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Disaster Risk Management, Disaster Risk Reduction - 17/03/2015
A regional forum was just taking place in Sendai of Japan where dozens of mayors and local governments in Asia-Pacific region met and shared their ideas and hopes about things to do to address any potential danger in their region: natural disasters. (+)
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Migration, Urban innovation - 17/03/2015
Cities Alliance is now accepting applications the 2015 edition of Catalytic Fund (CATF), a Cities Alliance funding instrument which provides grant support for innovative projects that strengthen and promote the role of cities in poverty reduction and in sustainable urban development. (+)
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Local Finance and Development, Local Finance - 13/03/2015
The UCLG Committee on Local Finance for Development, in partnership with the OECD, is undertaking an assessment of the state of local governments’ finance all over the world. This study aims at gathering, at the global level, the comparative statistical data related to the state of local finances of local governments. (+)