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Local Finance, Local development - 26/02/2014
The UCLG Local Finance and Development Committee has just published a study on “Capturing Land Values: a route to financing urban investment in Africa?” conducted in partnership with the Global Fund for Cities Development, and with the contribution of UCLG Africa, SCET, AFD, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cities Alliance. (+)
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Décentralisation - 25/02/2014
United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA), which is the umbrella organization of the local and regional authorities and their unions operating in the Middle East and West Asia region, has initiated talks in which academics and experts in the field of “local authorities” will participate. (+)
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Social Inclusion, Human Rights, Urban Agenda - 21/02/2014
In the framework of the 7th World Urban Forum, which will take place in Medellin (Colombia) from 5 to 11 April 2014, the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of UCLG will co-organize different activities. The agenda of the 7th World Urban Forum will include a range of other important sessions for local and regional governments. (+)
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Culture - 20/02/2014
The Culture Working Group, established by the joint Executive Bureau and Council Meeting of United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section, was convened on 19 December 2013 in Konya. Representatives from various municipalities made reference to the difficulties encountered by local authorities in terms of organizing culture-art events. (+)
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- 20/02/2014
“It was with deep shock and profound sadness that we heard of the passing on, on 13 February 2014, of Francis Perkins Duri, secretary general of the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) and Acting Secretary General of the UCLG Africa Southern Africa Regional Office (SARO). (+)
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Local development - 18/02/2014
“We should not keep thinking the city in its administrative borders. A future EU urban agenda should facilitate the access and active involvement of all types of cities - small, medium-sized and large cities - in the policy making process in relevant subjects and areas,” said CEMR President, Annemarie Jorritsma, at the seminar "An EU urban agenda – for and with cities". (+)