SDG implementation and reporting
UCLG and the CIB Working Group are working hard to get the local perspective heard at the upcoming High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (10-19 July, New York), by collecting stories from the ground, through...
Policy and lobby
An upcoming, noteworthy event is the Fifth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, to be held in Cancún (Mexico) from 22-26 May 2017. UCLG will participate actively and, together with ICLEI, UNISDR and UN-Habitat,...
April saw the first Steering Committee of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) since its successful High-Level Meeting which took place in Nairobi in November 2016. UCLG Champion for Development...
Consultations among the UCLG membership have demonstrated that political leadership needs to be strengthened and that efforts should be focused to make optimal use of the limited resources that the organization has available....
Member updates
In the context of an increasingly globalizing and urbanizing world, different cities feel the need to review their policies and focus more on international relations. Mexico City (Mexico) and Medellín (Colombia) are examples...
Too often project managers do not have the opportunity to track progress in partner countries once development cooperation programmes come to an end. Mr. Roger Maclsaac, a former technical team leader from the Town of Amherst,...
Somaliland is the target region for one of the projects starting under VNG International’s new Inclusive Decisions At Local Level (IDEAL) programme. This will be VNG International’s first programme in Somaliland, stemming...
From the 27th to the 30th of March, the city of eThekwini welcomed a high-level delegation from the Sri Lankan Federation of Local Authorities (FSLGA) to discuss how to develop inclusive urban policies, within the context...
Several CIB members are currently active in the Middle East, supporting local governments which are dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis. The region has been heavily impacted by the crisis which creates considerable challenges...
