Announcements
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Local Finance and Development, Finanzas locales - 15/04/2015
On the occasion of the hearings with civil society and the business sector organized by the United Nations General Assembly as part of the preparation of the third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3), the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments organized a special session dedicated to “Mobilizing local finance to implement the Post-2015 Development Agenda” on 10 April. (+)
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Development Cooperation, Decentralized cooperation - 09/04/2015
The first High-Level Symposium of the United Nations Development Cooperation Forum (UN DCF) brought together 200 high-level representatives in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 8 to 10 April, to advance discussions on how development cooperation can support the implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. (+)
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Habitat III, Sustainable urbanization - 02/04/2015
The United Nations General Assembly will convene a third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) that will take place in Quito, Ecuador, during the week of 17 October 2016. The Second Preparatory Meeting towards Habitat III, or “PrepCom2”, will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 14 to 16 April. (+)
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The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which took place in Sendai, Japan, between 14 and 18 March 2015, resulted in a historic agreement by the international community to reduce disaster risk, and recognized local authorities and the local level as essential to achieving this. Strongly represented at the Conference, local and regional authorities showed the world that they are fully engaged in the risk reduction process at all levels. (+)
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Culture, Sustainable Development - 20/03/2015
Representatives of more than fifty cities from every continent came together in Bilbao from 18-20 March for the first ever United Cities and Local Governments Culture Summit. (+)
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Water, Development Agenda, Sustainable Development - 22/03/2015
On World Water Day (#WWD2015), which this year falls just a few days before the World Water Forum to be held in South Korea, UCLG reaffirms that ensuring access to clean water and sanitation is one of the top priorities of local and regional governments. (+)