Announcements

Announcements
- 22/10/2021
From 5 to 8 October 2021, the UCLG World Forum of Intermediary Cities took place under the title ”Life Systems for a Resilient Future”,  hosted by the City of Kütahya, in line with the trends identified during the 1st World Forum and laid out in the Chefchaouen Declaration. (+)
A Decade of Innovation: Guangzhou Award Empowers Cities for Sustainable Development
Announcements
- 10/01/2023
From December 12 to 15, the 2022 Workshop for Thought Leaders and Guangzhou Award 10th Anniversary Celebration took place as a hybrid event in Guangzhou, with over 230 participants from 122 cities in 56 countries and regions, and from 10 international organizations. (+)
Increasing quality of life for people  and for planet via sustainable urban mobility
Announcements
- 21/10/2021
Virtual event on the occasion of the United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Summit (+)
Announcements
- 18/10/2021
In remembrance of the lives lost in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Emilia Saiz, UCLG Secretary General and Med Aydi Wajdi, Vice Mayor of Sfax and Policy Councillor of the Policy Council on the Right to the City and Inclusive Territories, joined on 3rd October the relatives of the victims and students from all over Europe in Lampedusa to call for memory and dignity as grounding basis to transform the rules and make migration work for all. This year, the commemoration saw the inauguration of the 'Peace Walk' by Totò Martello, Mayor of Lampedusa, and Emilia Saiz. This pathway, leading to Capo Grecale lighthouse and other artistic and social sites, marks a symbolic turning point towards a joint municipalist effort to promote human-rights based approaches to human mobility as part of the Lampedusa Charter Process. (+)
Cities and local and regional cultural leaders meet in Izmir to shape the future of humanity
Announcements
- 28/09/2021
Over a year and a half after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most difficult crises of the 21st century, UCLG met physically and online for the first time in Izmir, Turkey, for the 4th edition of the UCLG Culture Summit. (+)
 Banner for #IDPD2022 with photo and quote of UCLG Secretary General “United Cities and Local Governments is please to join the #WeThe15 Campaign and committed to inspire our membership around the world to take responsibility for making accessibility a reality”. Includes logo of UCLG as well as WeThe15 and Cities for All
Announcements
accesibility, accesibilidad - 02/12/2022
WeThe15, which aims to become the biggest human rights movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities, has added United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) as its 19th partner, further strengthening the coalition of international organisations behind the initiative. (+)

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