Updates from the UCLG world congress
The latest UCLG World Council approved the Pact for the Future (Daejon, October 2022) as the political contribution of local governments to multilateralism. As the document indicates, humanity faces challenges and transformations...
A new call to action to make decentralized cooperation fully recognised, efficient and impactful
It is now a few weeks ago that UCLG adopted its new policy paper on development cooperation, at the UCLG World Congress in...
After many activities in the field of gender & local government, the CIB Working Group is now preparing the launch of a CIB Gender Knowledge Hub. We used the opportunity of the 'Feminist municipalism' session at the UCLG...
The summary report Localizing the SDGs: Regional Perspectives on Decentralized Cooperation was launched at 2022 UCLG World Congress in Daejeon, South Korea, on 12 October. This is another product related to UCLG-PLATFORMA...
The municipality of Palmira in Colombia has been crowned winner of the UCLG Peace Prize 2022 during the UCLG World Congress in Daejeon, Korea.
The UCLG Peace Prize is an award that celebrates local governments that implement...
At the UCLG World Congress, VVSG participated in various SDG sessions, presenting concrete examples of Flemish municipalities, showcasing the supporting tools materials of VVSG on awareness raising, policy planning, and SDG...
At the occassion of the UCLG world congress, Local Government Associations (LGA) from all around the world gathered for a LGA Forum. This years' edition discussed how LGAs are responding to global crises, including COVID-19,...
This article was delivered as a mini-masterclass by Gaya Blom, Program Manager at The Hague Academy, during the Learning Forum at the UCLG Congress in Daejeon, South Korea on October 11th, 2022.
Making the case...
Next steps for the UCLG-CIB policy paper
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) is organising its High-Level Summit in Geneva on 12-14 December. The event, which will be attended by Ministers and decision-makers on development...
Following the adoption of the new UCLG-CIB policy paper, the CIB secretariat will carry out different concrete activities, to ensure enlarged awareness of the existence and content of the policy paper, in the months to come....
Other news
SALAR has created a new platform for partnerships with municipalities in Ukraine under the “United for Ukraine” initiative. The partnerships is envisioned to provide help to communities during wartime, assist to rebuild...
SDGs go local and have a place! The Government of Spain, the regional government of Basque Country, and the United Nations opened the Local2030 Coalition Secretariat in Bilbao on World Cities Day on 31 October.
The Local2030...
From November 28th to December 3rd, 2022, the 6th edition of the African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes will be hosted in the Souss-Massa Region. This 6th edition will be an opportunity to present,...
Calendar of events
Publications
New UCLG-CIB policy paper on development cooperation & local governments, adopted by the UCLG world council in October 2022. The paper outlines recent developments, trends and players. It also present 5 calls to action, with concrete recommendations, for local governments, national governments and the international community, to advance the development cooperation sector.