By members
By members
Gender Equality - 17/04/2015
The meeting of the Network of the Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA, in its French acronym) was held in Rabat, on 12-14 April 2015. (+)
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Climate change, Civil society - 10/04/2015
Mediterranean civil society: local authorities, consular & economic chambers, NGO’s, researchers, associations... are gathered to address the challenge of climate change in the Mediterranean area on the occasion of MEDCOP21. (+)
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Habitat III - 10/04/2015
Habitat II saw the recognition of local governments as one of the main partners of UN Habitat in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. Twenty years on, local and regional governments are hoping to build on the success of this partnership by seeking special status in the governance structure of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. . (+)
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Development Cooperation - 09/04/2015
“The development architecture should include all levels of government, including the local level. Also mutual accountability between all levels of governance is crucial”. This is what Mayor Celestine Ketcha Courtès said in her role as reporter during the Mutual Accountability workshop of the first High-Level Symposium in Korea. (+)
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Participatory democracy - 30/03/2015
The city of Matola (Mozambique) was elected as the new city that holds the presidency of IOPD and that will organize the 16th IOPD Conference during the General Assembly of IOPD members held in the city of Madrid (Spain) on March 25. (+)
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Climate change - 30/03/2015
Although climate change is a global issue, the solutions are first and foremost local. This is why, nine months before the World climate summit (COP21), local elected representatives and European mayors gathered in Paris to highlight actions undertaken by cities to fight climate change. (+)