Announcements
Announcements
Digital Cities - 21/03/2014
It is with great regret that we have learned of the passing of Iñaki Azcuna, Mayor of Bilbao. Many of the members of United Cities and Local Governments will remember him for his commitment and leadership in the transformation policies of Bilbao. (+)
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Migration - 20/03/2014
United Cities and Local Governments, the world local and regional government organisation, is recruiting a Project Officer to work at its World Secretariat in Barcelona, Spain. In this challenging and rewarding role, you will work as part of a small, dynamic, international team to help develop UCLG's activities. (+)
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Access to basic services, GOLD III report - 18/03/2014
On World Water Day, UCLG reaffirms that ensuring access to safe water is a top priority of local and regional governments, both as an end in itself, and as a driver of environmental sustainability, empowerment of women, social inclusion, and poverty reduction.
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Development Cooperation, Development Agenda, Decentralized cooperation - 11/03/2014
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC), established in December 2011 during the Fourth High Level Forum in Busan, will hold its first ministerial meeting on 15-16 of Abril 2014 in Mexico City. The meeting will address the governance of the Partnership. (+)
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Development Agenda - 10/03/2014
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold negotiation sessions in Bonn, Germany, from 10 to 14 March. The Bonn session will be critical for local and regional governments to continue building the momentum to the COP-20 in Lima and COP-21 in Paris. (+)
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Sustainable Development, Global Taskforce, Culture, Post-2015 - 10/03/2014
The UCLG members and Partners are invited to submit candidacies to host the “UCLG Culture Summit ”, to be celebrated between January and April 2015. Since the founding Congress of Paris, culture has been at the heart of UCLG with the adoption of the Agenda 21 for culture (May 2004), the Policy Statement “Culture: Fourth Pillar of Sustainable Development” (+)