Decentralized cooperation

What is the added value of local and regional governments in development cooperation?

The first High-Level Symposium of the United Nations Development Cooperation Forum (UN DCF) brought together 200 high-level representatives in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 8 to 10 April, to advance discuss

Over 120 representatives from Member States, European institutions, civil society and local authorities from various world regions met to discuss development policies in the

Between 25 February and 7 March, a delegation of officials and technicians from various Brazilian cities and institutions travelled to Mozambique to carry out technical missions and take part in the review workshop of the project

Matola is a fast-growing city in the immediate vicinity of Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, and the second largest city in the country.

From 29-31 January 2015, Lotume peace conference took place in South Sudan. Lotume is a "boma" (village) located in the beautiful Kidepo Valley on the border with Uganda.

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC), established in December 2011 during the Fourth High Level Forum in Busan, will hold its first

UCLG, in partnership with academia, NGOs, development agencies and donors, are encouraging technical cooperation between cities and their associations in order to gain insights into ways to further support the professionalization of decentralized cooperation, particularly between cities i

This year the fourth UN DCF will take place in July in New York and advance global dialogue on the future of development cooperation in the post-2015 era. Every two years, the UN Development Cooperation Forum (UN DCF) is being held by the United Nations Economic and Social Council.