International agendas
On 28 February, the CIB Working Group secretariat hosted a call on the national voluntary reporting process on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which several CIB members are engaged. 2017...
In Brazil, (newly elected) Mayors are receiving extensive support from the National Confederation of Municipalities of Brazil (CNM) with regard to the localization process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....
The International Development Committee (IDC), a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, recently concluded a year-long inquiry into UK implementation of the Sustainable Development...
Policy
"More recognition for local governments in the EU's financial rules" - this was the message of PLATFORMA in a meeting with the Committee on Development (DEVE) of the European Parliament at the beginning of February....
Peer-to-Peer cooperation
eThekwini Municipality’s dynamic informal economy sector plays a pertinent role in sustaining the livelihoods of the unemployed, as it encourages entrepreneurship and alleviates poverty. In the spirit of city-to-city learning...
At the end of January, Connective Cities, an international community of practice for sustainable urban development, organized a local project workshop on “Community-based Solid Waste Management in Nairobi” together with...
Relevant information for programmes
December 2016 saw the official opening ceremony of the African Local Governments Academy (ALGA), an institute that aims to become a "genuine strategic lever and a UCLG-Africa spearhead for the professionalisation and...
To tackle the fast urbanization taking place in Africa, many countries are constructing so-called 'New Towns': large cities constructed from scratch, to accommodate the growing amount of citizens in an urban area. The International...
An increasing amount of local governments have started with the implementation of SMART technologies in their municipal budgets. This is one of the conclusions of the latest working paper of the Uraia platform, which was published...
