Décentralisation

The cities of Accra in Ghana, Kinondoni in Tanzania and Praia in Cape Verde won the inaugural José Eduardo dos Santos African Mayor Awards. During the evening of 30 April 2015, UCLG Africa announced the winners of the very first African Mayor Awards in Luanda, Angola. 

On March 10th, Barcelona hosted the third edition of the Agora of Cities, a platform of exchange for mayors, elected representatives, c

UCLG Africa was invited to attend the second annual general assembly of the Association of Presidents of local governments of Morocco in Rabat on15 February 2015. UCLG Africa delegation headed by its President, Khalifa Sall also included the UCLG Africa secretary general, the Chief of sta

With the aim of boosting the exchange of knowledge and collaboration between cities, and most of all, to focus the work developed by the UCLG Committee on Digital and Knowledge-based Cities, it i

Under the coordination of LSE Cities, and with the collaboration of UN Habitat, the UCLG Decentralisation and Local Governance Committee is laun

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United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA), which is the umbrella organization of the local and regional authorities and their unions operating in the Middle East and West Asia region, has initiated talks in which academics and experts in the field o

The Committee on Decentralisation and Local Self-Government of United Cities and Local Governments organises from September 25 to December 20, 2013 the fourth edition of the online course on Decentralisation and Local Governance.