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Gathering over 400 participants from 60 different countries, the Global Conference of Local Elected Women took place in Paris on 31-1 February. The meeting saw the adoption of the Paris Local and Regional Governments’ Global Agenda for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life. With the percentage of women Mayors below 5% and an average of...
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The third meeting of the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda took place in Monrovia (Liberia), from 29 January to 2 February and was hosted by H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and Co-chair of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons. The meeting’s...
Following the meetings held in New York and in London, the High Level Panel on the post 2015 Development Agenda will meet again in Monrovia, Liberia. The meeting will be chaired by Ms Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia and co-president of the High Level Panel. The meeting will take place from the...
Every three years, the major association of cities and local governments around the world, UCLG, celebrates its biggest event and primary meeting point for local elected representatives and their partners.  The triennial UCLG World Congress is a focal point for the local government world where...
As a part of cities and local governments’ responsibility and commitment to improve universal access to basic services, reduce poverty and inequalities, UCLG contributes to GOLD (Global Observatory for Local Decentralization) Global Report. This report aims to be an important instrument to achieve...
The United Nations and member states have made a strong call for participation in the post 2015 process in order to ensure that this process is open and inclusive by engaging all actors and guaranteeing that all voices are taken into account. UCLG has already demonstrated its committed to this process through...
Cities have to face on a daily basis a series of problems, conflicts, challenges and scenarios that require solutions and skill to adapt to them. It is in this context that the City to City Barcelona FAD Award was constituted in the year 2008. Its objective is to recognise experiences that occur,...
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The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is pleased to announce the launching of an online tool to support European municipalities and regions working to promote the equality of women and men at the local level. The website was created in the framework of the Observatory...
The paper "Cities in Asia 2012" is a summary and update of the United Nations first-ever report on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11. With 42% of its population in cities in 2010, Asia is urbanising rapidly; its cities are highly productive and generate an estimated 80% of the region's GDP....
In 2012, the Metropolis Initiative in Metropolitan Governance, lead by the State Government of São Paulo was launched with a first meeting where more than 20 partners from different cities presented the first data to perform the Comparative Study. For 2013, the Initiative has planned several activities...
Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor of Bilbao, has been awarded the 2012 World Mayor Prize. It has been said that Bilbao’s transformation from a declining industrial city in Spain’s northern Basque Province to an international centre for tourism and the arts has been sparked off by two events: the opening...
COMMITTEES, WORKING GROUPS, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE & FORA
The World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments has always contributed to the work of the United Nations, in development, sustainability, peace and of course gender equality. The MoU signed by the Vice Mayor of Paris and Chair of the Standing Committee...
Committee on Urban Strategic Planning
Intermediary cities have an important role to play not only in planning the development of fast changing territories, but also in liaising with different government tiers, building powerful rural - urban relations and involving unequal stakeholders. Associations involved in service provision, economic clusters...
During the UCLG World Council held in Dakar (Senegal) from 4 to 8 December, the World Organisation adopted its Policy Paper on Local Government and Development Cooperation, drawn up by its Committee on Development and Cooperation and its Capacity and Institution Building Working Group. The...