Local development

The publication "Culture in the Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Local Action" aims to provide practical guidance to local and regional governments, civil society organisations, private organisations, culture and development professionals, and other sta

The 4th World Forum of Local Economic Development was hosted by the government of Cabo Verde and the City of Praia and counted on 2800 participants from 83 countries.

Washington, D.C. - Following President Obama's State of the Union address tonight, National League of Cities (NLC) President Ralph Becker, mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah, issued the following statement:

On 20 January 2015, a delegation from UCLG-MEWA, composed of Mr. Mehmet DUMAN, Secretary General of UCLG-MEWA, Ms.

During the opening of the “Seminar on International Action of Local Governments in Iberoamerica”, held in Mexico City on the 10th of November, the governor of State of Mexico, Eruviel Ávila, announced his state’s intention to join to ORU-Fogar. The governor, who had previously held a work

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 Mi

“We should not keep thinking the city in its administrative borders.

Over 100 national, regional and urban policy-makers attended the meeting on 4-5 December in Marseille, France, organized by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Deve

 On 12 April in Barcelona, the first Agora of Cities is to be held, a meeting of mayors from Latin America, Europe and the Mediterranean region, set up with the aim of promoting political debate and the exchange of experiences and strategies for local governability focused on the model fo