Policy Items: relevant information for CIB members
In less than six months the major Habitat III summit will take place, which will take stock of urban trends and how to deal with the challenges and opportunities of urbanization. What do you need to know as CIB member concerning...
Following the participation of Mayor Berry Vrbanovic at the 9th Steering Committee meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in Malawi, UCLG and the CIB Working Group are currently preparing...
In 2015, development aid grew by 6.9% from 2014, totalling 131.6 billion US dollars, as was recently reported by Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)....
CIB member updates
Over 60% of Norwegian local governments actively take part in international programmes. The main reason for the high international interest is access to new knowledge and competences as vehicles for achieving strategic goals,...
Effective local taxation: an area that is generally overlooked by the international community, but that has a huge potential for local development. Not only does it provide with basic extra revenue to provide basic services...
The Brazilian National Confederation of Municipalities’ (CNM) continuing support for local, cross-sector responses to violence against women and girls is raising the profile of these issues locally and nationally. By increasing...
In 2016, FCM continues to be active in over 25 countries around the world. Most recently, FCM published the latest edition of the FCMI Exchange which is FCM International’s knowledge sharing tool. The FCMI Exchange...
