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- 25/10/2021
October 13 is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, an agenda that sadly gained global prominence in the last two years due to the pandemic and its cascading effects. Building on the practical experience of its membership and partners, UCLG has gone beyond a campaign, training the network to develop DRR and resilience strategies in practice, through peer-learning and playful methodologies.
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- 30/09/2021
UCLG, Metropolis and LSE Cities just launched the fourth Policy Brief of their joint Emergency Governance Initiative. In this occasion, the focus is placed on multilevel governance and cooperation between different tiers of government during complex emergencies such as COVID-19, climate change and social crises. Putting forward key principles for the governance of increasingly recurrent and complex emergencies, the Policy Brief proposes concrete recommendations based on direct engagement with LRG representatives and international partners.
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Announcements
- 06/02/2023
United Cities and Local Governments and its members from all around the world stand in solidarity with the people of Türkiye, Syria and Lebanon who were hit by an earthquake on 6 February 2023, an event that took a high death toll in many cities in the area.
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Announcements
- 22/10/2021
Local and Regional Governments Day, “Inclusive and sustainable urban food systems for urban and territorial development”, on the occasion of the United Nations Food Systems Summit and Strengthening Territorial Food Systems to enable the Right to Food on the occasion of the 7th Global Forum of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
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Announcements
VLR, Learning Agenda - 20/01/2023
Based essentially on the Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) guidelines produced by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat, the VLRs Massive and Open Online Course is organised by UCLG, its Group on Capacity and Institution Building (CIB-UCLG) and in partnership with the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, UN-Habitat, UNDP and the Barcelona Provincial Council.
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- 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.
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