Learning Agenda

Through updated and exclusive videos, with infographics, quizzes, practical examples and best practices, this course was designed to provide Local and Regional Governments (LRGs) interested in developing their VLRs with key information and a few directions and recommendations.

“To meet new challenges, cities need Learning, Learning, Learning” - these were the words of our leaders 6 years ago, when the Learning Forum gathered in Bogota (see video

To this end, the course aims to train and provide tools to local and regional governments (LRGs) and their associations to implement and adapt the SDGs at the local level, a process known as “localization of the SDGs”.

Coinciding with the launch of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 campaign,, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), together with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Program

With the collaboration of the Municipal Institute of Learning of Ethekwini, the training in Accra counted with 50 participants from 6 countries and 25 cities from 22 and 27 of April.

The Retreat which took place the 26 and 27 of February was a gathering of representatives of the whole UCLG MEWA section.

Local Governments and their Associations are forerunners in the localization process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide. Many local leaders are committed to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and their politics build upon the principles of the SDGs.