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The 2nd UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda took place in London from  29 October to 2 November hosted by the British Prime Minister David Cameron. Dr. Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG, voices the views of local and regional governments in this important forum which will play a key role in...
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United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) is pleased to announce the 2013 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders - 4th UCLG World Congress. Delegations from over 100 countries around the world are expected to the Summit, which   will bring together leaders of local and regional governments,...
UCLG is pleased to attach herewith the agendas of the World Council and Executive Bureau meetings to be held in Dakar from 4 to 6 December 2012. On behalf of the Presidency of United Cities and Local Governments, the President of UCLGA and the Mayor of Dakar, I am also pleased to send you the registration...
The Technical Committee of 2012 Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation today announced the result of the Guangzhou Award Technical Committee assessment. 15 short-listed initiatives and 30 deserving initiatives for the award were selected based on the criteria of innovativeness, effectiveness,...
The Organization of Regions United FOGAR (ORU – FOGAR) and its Core food security group, presided by the Basse-Normandy Region, co-organized the 2nd Summit of World Regions for Food Security, with the Municipality of Medellin and the Antioquia Province in Colombia. The Summit took place in Medellin...
Mr Gérard Collomb, Senator Mayor of Lyon and President of Greater Lyon, met Mr Kadir Topbas, Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG on Friday 14th October in Istanbul. This was the first time a delegation from Greater Lyon travelled to Istanbul and demonstrates the real commitment on behalf of the...
Over 200 mayors and representatives from Latin America, Andorra, Spain and Portugal came together on 18th and 19th October in Madrid to mark the 7th Ibero-American Forum of Local Authorities. The key theme for this Forum was, “Local Policies of Business Promotion and Job Creation”. The Forum...
On the 4th of December 2012 and in the framework of the VI Africities Summit to be celebrated in Dakar, leaders and representatives of regions throughout the world will come together to define their role in the international political agenda. This meeting, organized jointly by UCLG and ORU-FOGAR, constitutes...
As Local Economic and Social Development are increasing priority in local governments agenda, UCLG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations International Labour Organization ILO. The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international...
Over the past four months, UCLG's project "Supporting Decentralisation in Developping Countries" has carried out important advances in its support to building dialogue between local authorities and regional institutions of integration in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.   In...
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This 11 – 12 October, in Johannesburg, South Africa, a first dialogue took place as part of the global thematic consultation on governance, as part of the post-2015 development agenda process. This African Regional Dialogue was hosted by the Pan-African Parliament and saw the participation of a wide...
Over 200 mayors and representatives from Latin America, Andorra, Spain and Portugal will come together on 18th and 19th October in Madrid to mark the 7th Ibero-American Forum of Local Authorities. The key theme for this Forum will be “Local Policies of Business Promotion and Job Creation”. The...
The 4th UCLG ASPAC Congress hosted by the Capital City of Indonesia, Jakarta, took place on 2-5 October 2012 and marked the transition between the incoming and the outgoing president. The Congress was opened by former UCLG ASPAC President and Governor of Jakarta, Fauzi Bowo and closed with the election of...
Local and regional authorities call on the European Parliament, rapporteurs on the new cohesion regulations and the Cyprus EU presidency to ensure that the partnership principle is truly strengthened in the upcoming negotiations and in the preparation of the new cohesion programmes. This call was issued...
The 2nd Franco-Lebanese Assizes of Decentralized Cooperation, organized by the UCLG bureau in Lebanon, Cités Unies France and the French Embassy, took place in Beirut (Lebanon) with some 300 participants taking part in the event opened by Mr Najib Mikati, President of the Lebanese Council...
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The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of the international organization United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra (Portugal), the municipalities of Saint-Denis and Aubervilliers, and the conurbation authority...
The Alliance of Civilizations, launched in 2005 by the former Secretary General of the United Nations and at the initiative of Turkey and Spain, aims to improve the comprehension and relations between Nations and Populations of different cultures and religions, and to contribute to reducing stigmatization...
For some years, the Committee on Urban Strategic Planning has been overseeing the activities of CityFuture and has noted its substantial evolution. Last year in particular, the Co-president E-Thekwini (Durban) engaged continuously and constructively in supporting the UCLG Peer Learning Agenda...
Over the past few years CityFuture, a partnership of the Cities Alliance, the Norwegian Government and UCLG, has enabled members in Africa and Latin America to engage in peer learning and South-South cooperation. The peer agenda and the outcomes in Southern Africa continue to attract more partners...
For its sixth edition, the Africities Summit will take place in Dakar from 4th to 8th December and the Committee on Local Finance for Development proposes to bring together financial directors from large African cities. Thanks to the financing obtained through its financial...