Newsletter February 2014
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The seventh session of the UN General Assembly's Open Working Group (OWG) came to an end after five days of discussion among member states, UN representatives and partners.
The Group is charged with the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and this session was of particular importance...
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Following an interesting session of the Open Working Group in January, the 8th and last session of the Open Working Group - OWG#8- will take place on 3-7 February.
The United Nations will celebrate the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) from 10 to 21 March 2014 in New York with the participation of the UCLG Standing Committee of Gender Equality and 14 members representing the Organization.
CSW is the principal UN global...
A stand-alone sustainable development goal would comply with paragraph 247 of the Rio Declaration, which underlines that goals should, “address and be focused on priority areas for the achievement of sustainable development”, and be, “global in nature, and universally applicable to all countries”...
UCLG Sections & members
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Involvement of different stakeholders, guidelines for land use planning, strategic location of infrastructure projects, and the need for institutionalization of public-private arrangements. These are some of the elements that the team who coordinates the Metropolis Initiative “Comparative...
The period for entering candidatures for the City to City Barcelona FAD Award 2014 is now open until the 14th of March. The award, which has the support of Barcelona City Hall, is organised and granted by the FAD (Fostering Arts and Design). Its objective is to recognise experiences that occur, are undergone or are generated in cities in order to provide responses that will bring a transforming and positive effect to that city and its citizens.
The Africities Political Commission met on 18 December 2013 in Brazzaville at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Congo.
The aim of this meeting was to choose the Host City of the Africities Summit to be held from 01 to 05 December 2015.
The Africities Political Commission...
During the 11th METROPOLIS World Congress, to take place in Hyderabad from 7 to 10 October 2014, the 5th edition of the Metropolis Award Seeking Better Quality of Life for the World’s Metropolises will be held.
Any METROPOLIS member city, up to date with their corresponding...
Source: www.citiscope.org
Aguas Calientes, Mexico- Jessica Lopez, a four-year old with a shy smile, has suffered severe chronic asthma attacks since she was born. Her condition always worsened in the fall, when dust rose up from the abandoned fields that bordered her family’s modest one-room house.
Last...
COMMITTEES, WORKING GROUPS, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE & FORA
Rolando Zapata Bello, Governor of the State of Yucatan, México, and President of the Working Group on Responsible Tourism and Sustainable Development started the “tourist welfare” program which objective is to boost social and community programs linked to the touristic activity.
The main...
UCLG announces the opening of the “International Award UCLG - Mexico City - Culture 21”. The objective of the Award, promoted by Mexico City and the Culture Committee, is to recognize leading cities and people that have distinguished themselves through their contribution to culture as a dimension of sustainable development.
In the framework of the 2nd World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders – 4th UCLG World Congress, which took place in Rabat (Morocco) last October 2013. the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights organized two debates regarding the right to the city.
A two-day training at the headoffice of VNG International in The Hague signalled the start of the advocacy efforts to be undertaken by the UCLG Champions. It proved to be an inspirational couple of days for both trainers and trainees.
The training was organised on 16 and 17 January by UCLG and the...
A call for applications on Gender Mainstreaming and Female Leadership from The Hague Academy for Local Governance has been launched. The Academy calls for applications from local government practitioners for its Talent for Governance programme organised from 3...
On 16 and 17 January, the UCLG Capacity and Institution Building (CIB) Working Group will provide a training to a group of elected local government officials from around the world. In the years ahead, these so-called Champions will advocate the key messages from the UCLG policy paper on Development Cooperation...
The Programa de Agricultura Urbana (PAU) implements the re-use of vacant urban land for agro-ecological farming on the part of marginalized sectors of local society, granting food security and alternative sources of income to the poor, while also providing public services such as the revitalization of degraded urban plots and the increase of green areas. It began in 2002 and is ongoing.
