Announcements
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Urban goal, Global Taskforce, Disaster Risk Reduction, Résilience, Sustainable Development - 17/10/2013
This initiative follows the Rabat World Congress Declaration call for a single and universal development agenda that should include a stand-alone goal on Sustainable Urbanization and the UCLG World Council decision to publicly support the initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions... (+)
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Local democracy, Citizenship - 15/10/2013
The European Local Democracy Week (ELDW) is an annual event in Europe that fosters local and national participation in promoting the knowledge of local democracy and the idea of democratic participation at a local level. The question: “How to motivate the citizens to participate in decision-making... (+)
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Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilient Cities - 14/10/2013
Over 3000 local and regional government practitioners the world round came together in Rabat 1 to 4 October and adopted the Rabat Declaration at the IV Congress of United Cities and Local Governments.The Declaration calls for inclusive and resilience cities that can significantly contribute to... (+)
Mayors and Subnational Leaders meet in Nantes and renew commitment to upscale climate change actions
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Sustainable Development, Global Taskforce, Post-2015, Climate change - 10/10/2013
Three years after the signature of the Mexico Pact, and as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is published, Cities and regions and their international networks came together at the World Mayors Summit on Climate Change on Saturday 28 September 2013 in Nantes... (+)
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Habitat III, Urban mobility - 07/10/2013
7 October 2013- The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day with the intention to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat. This year’s theme "Urban Mobility" reminds us that local and... (+)
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Habitat III - 04/10/2013
The World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders of UCLG culminated today in Rabat with the announcement of the new Presidency of UCLG – the largest organization of Mayors and local and regional governments in the world. Over these three days, over 3,000 participants from 125 countries came together... (+)