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While UCLG agrees with the UN that the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), will be indispensable for the implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda, they also stated a number of concerns in reaction to the Agenda (please follow...
On 14-16 June 2015 the first Egypt Urban Forum was organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Communities of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Ministry of Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements and UN-Habitat.
The creation...
VNG International has published its Annual Update 2015, which presents the recent projects, products and results as well as innovations of the organisation. The recent developments in the work of VNG International is described...
Global economic change and rapid urbanisation of the developing world are defining realities of the 21st century, which cast cities and local governments into critical roles as facilitators and enablers of economic growth,...
Public-private partnerships are a solution to challenges related to sustainable urbanisation. That was the conclusion of the the Responsible Cities Conference, which took place on 27 May 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.
As the...
At the beginning of 2015, the OECD published a new working paper, which assesses the need for adaption of the members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) to contextual changes. The DAC, which serves as...
In the run up to the World Humanitarian Summit which will take place on 26-27 May 2016, an extensive round of consultations is taking place both in regional and global settings to set the agenda for the two-day summit. The...
The LSE Institute of the London School of Economics is launching a second round of a survey on Urban Governance, in view of the global agendas that will be set this year. The initiative aims to analyse the state of urban...
UCLGA has been awarded a direct programme grant from the EU, to be used to improve the capacity of the organisation to respond to the challenges faced by local government throughout Africa and to directly establish programmes...
