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Our world is one of global cities with great opportunities and challenges where citizens demand to make their own choices regarding the society they want to live in and request to be included in the decision making process leading to such choices.   UCLG members are convinced that decisions should be taken at the level where citizens can exercise...

At the First formal meeting of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons for the Post 2015 Process members of the Panel insisted in ensuring an open process involving all stakeholders and guaranteeing that cohesion among all the processes that are currently going on.    The UCLG President, Kadir Topbas proposed the creation of a sub-group...

The first meeting of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda took place in New York on 24-25 September.   Under-Secretary General Eliasson, welcomed the Mayor of Istanbul to the preparatory briefing for the panel members saying "Cities represent over 60% of the world population and we need...

The deadline for the achievement of the 2005 Millennium Development Goals is coming up in 2015. The United Nations and the international community are getting ready to define a new agenda which will follow the MDGs and started the so-called 2015 agenda.   The Post 2015 process cannot be considered...

Over 200 Mayors and local practitioners gathered at the World Urban Forum called for the Third Conference of Sustainable Human Settlements (Habitat III) to revise the international governance architecture for urban and development issues.   Dr. Kadir Topbas, Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG...

The Mexico City Mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, has been elected President of the Global Network of Safer Cities (GNSC) following its formal launch this Monday. The launch marked the sixth edition of the World Urban Forum that took place in Naples, Italy.   The appointing body of the United Nations on Human...

Muchadey Masunda, Mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe and Co-President of UCLG calls for in depth study of practices on local job creation.    The UN Advisory Committee on Local Authorities (UNACLA) launched together with UCLG and ILO the 2013 work programme with focus on Job Creation and...

Despite the discouraging results of the Rio+20 Summit in terms of lacking multilateral agreements and commitments, there is a bright side to the Outcome Document when it comes to the acknowledgement of the role that local and regional governments play and need to play in the sustainable development agenda.  Seldom...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on 31st of July 2012 the members of a High-Level Panel to advise on the global development agenda beyond 2015, the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Among the 20 personalities of this High-Level Panel, Mr. Kadir Topbas,...

United Cities and Local Governments is active within Platforma, created in 2008 under the aegis of the CEMR, the European Section of UCLG, in order to facilitate dialogue between European institutions and local and regional authorities.    As the European Commission is currently redefining...

The 4th Congress of UCLG ASPAC will be held from 2 to 5 October 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia, generously hosted by the Jakarta Capital City Government.   The main topic will be "Resilient Cities: Rethink, Rebuilt, Revitalize" has been chosen as the main theme of the Congress.   UCLG...

From December 4th to December 8th, 2012, co-organised by UCLG Africa, the Africities 6 Summit will accommodate, in Dakar, nearly 5000 people.The participants represent all the protagonists of the African local life and their partners from other regions of the world:ministers in charge for the local governments...

The United Nations will celebrate the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on 4-15 March 2013 in New York.   CSW is the principal UN global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. The priority theme will be: "Elimination...

The Mediterranean Committee of UCLG and all its member networks, the City of Marseille and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region are organizing the third Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean, on 3 & 4 April 2013 in Marseille.   This Assembly of Mediterranean elected...

The cities of Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis,and the conurbation authority of Plaine Commune, at the invitation of the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of UCLG, will be organizing from 10 - 12 December 2012 the "1st WorldSummit...

In the past edition of the World Urban Forum 6 (WUF6), UCLG gathered city leaders, development partners and networks to debate on management practices and peer learning around different challenges:  Can strategic planning acknowledge local identities and cultural assets? How can these be strengthened...