At the invitation of Mayor Richard Daley, the Executive Bureau of UCLG will meet in Chicago, USA, on 26-27 April 2010, in conjunction with the Global Cities Daley Forum, and in the presence of the President of UCLG and Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë.
On the agenda of these meetings will be : the role of local governments in the reconstruction of cities in Haiti, the strategy of local and regional authorities in the preparation of the UN General Assembly review of the Millennium Development Goals, and the preparation of Conference of Parties 16 on Climate Change in Cancun, the issues of urban strategic planning and of the Agenda 21 on Culture.
On the occasion of this Executive Bureau, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Mayor of Mexico, will present the 3rd Congress of UCLG and the Local and Regional World Summit that his city will welcome 17-20 November 2010.
UCLG will also hold its Extraordinary General Assembly on 26 April.