Newsletter May 2013
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Today, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) launches the 'Rabat 2013' web platform for its World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, to be held in Rabat, Morocco, this October. The platform www.uclg.org/Rabat2013 will provide information on the strategic and thematic debates of the Summit, and will function as a resource for the exchange of good practices.
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A delegation of the World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments lead by its Co-President Muchadeyi Masunda, Mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe, and Vice-President Wolfgang Schuster, President of Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), represented local governments at the 24th Session...
Mr. Muchadeyi Masunda, Co-President of UCLG and Mayor of Harare , representing UNACLA delivered the statement of local and regional governments before the Plenary of the 24th Session of the UN Habitat Governing Council.
Mr. Masunda stated that "The Urban Agenda will need to be people-centered, bridge...
UCLG will hold its Executive Bureau from 5 to 7 of June in Lyon, France, at the invitation of Gérard Collomb, Mayor of Lyon, and Jean-Jack Queyranne, President of the Rhône-Alpes Region.
The Statutory Session will be preceded by a policy debate on “Cities and Regions in the Global...
The UN HLP Post 2015 met in Bali, Indonesia on 25-27 March to continue the work commissioned by the United Nations Secretary General to recommend an ambitious yet achievable framework for the world’s post-2015 development agenda. The Bali meeting focused on how to build a global partnership and means...
UCLG Sections & members
The UCLG-MEWA Congress (Executive Bureau, Council and General Assembly Joint Meeting) was held in Tehran, Iran from 10th to 11th April 2013 and saw the renewal of the Presidential team and of the governing bodies of the UCLG-Middle East and West Asia (MEWA) section of United Cities and Local Governments...
The 2013 Metropolis Annual Meeting, scheduled to take place in Johannesburg from July 16 to 19, 2013, will explore the six key issues covered by the event’s theme, “Caring Cities,” at thematic sessions led by academic and urban experts, local and metropolitan leaders, and leading figures...
La quatrième édition du Forum de l’action internationale des collectivités aura lieu les lundi 1er et mardi 2 juillet 2013, au Palais des Congrès de Paris, 2, place de la Porte Maillot, M° Porte Maillot.
La séance plénière portera sur l’Action...
In December 2012, the mayor of Mexico City, Dr. Miguel Angel Mancera Espinosa, launched the "For your Family, Voluntary Disarmament" program, which aims to prevent crime and to tackle urban violence caused by the use of firearms in the city. This program seeks to raise awareness among the population regarding the risks of owning guns and ammunition. It consists of an exchange of weapons for economic assistance, domestic appliances, or computer material. Furthermore, the program also contemplates the exchange of toy weapons.
COMMITTEES, WORKING GROUPS, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE & FORA
The International Congress "Culture: Key to Sustainable Development" will be held in Hangzhou (China) from 15 May to 17 May 2013. This is the first International Congress specifically focusing on the linkages between culture and sustainable development organized by UNESCO since the Stockholm Conference...
Conclusions and perspectives of the 3rd Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean
400 Mediterranean elected officials and policymakers gathered on 3 & 4 April 2013 in Marseille for the 3rd Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean, organised by the Mediterranean Commission of UCLG. In a troubled and fragile Mediterranean context that at the same time brings new hopes,...
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (CISDP) of UCLG will participate in the 5th Human Rights World Forum, to be held in Nantes (France) from 22 to 25 May 2013. Ms Maite Fandos, Chair of the Committee and Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, and Ms Delphine Bouffenie, Vice Chair...
During the last committee meeting held on December the 5th in Dakar (Senegal) in which more that 30 committee members took part, it was officially presented the “Smart Cities Study: International study on the situation of ICT, innovation and Knowledge in cities” developed in 2012 by the Committee.
An international delegation of elected and local government practitioners, under auspices of UCLG and its Middle East Working Group, visited Syrian border municipalities in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon on 18-26 March.
At the initiative of UCLG President Topbaş, elected officials from French, Turkish, and...
