SDGs

Representatives from local and regional government networks gathered in Istanbul on 24 April for the meeting of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA), under the theme "The global development agend

On  the 8th of February 2017, the UCLG World Secretariat was invited to share its global strategy for SDG localization and get feedback on local experiences at an exchange in Dortmund, Germany.

From 3 to 8 September 2016, UCLG ASPAC celebrated its congress in Jeollabuk-do, Gunsan, South Korea, with the theme “Region, Life and Culture in the New Urban Agenda”.

By David Satterthwaite (david.satterthwaite@iied.org), a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group

By Brock Carlton, Brock Carlton is the Chief Executive Officer of the

By Alvin Leong, available here.

On 6 December, Mayor of Paris and Chair of the UCLG Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Anne Hidalgo, hosted “Women, Leadership and Development” at Paris City Hall, in the framework of UCLG World Council and the COP 21.

The question of how to localize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the associated targets has proven to be crucial for Local Governments.