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Ce blog se veut un espace de partage de connaissances, d'opinions, de plaidoyer et de débat, à la fois entre les membres de CGLU mais aussi avec la communauté internationale de gouvernements locaux et régionaux. Contributions et commentaires sont les bienvenus, de toute personne qui s'intéresse à la façon dont les gouvernements locaux et régionaux peuvent faire du monde un meilleur endroit pour leurs citoyens, sont ici les bienvenus.

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Europeanization and Multilevel Governance: Trying to Make Sense of International Activities of European Local Governments
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Local Governance - 07/12/2014
Local and regional governments have progressively become more active in the European arena. The evolution of mechanisms used by cities and towns illustrates the complexity of the international relations of local and regional governments. (+)
Josep Roig
Les villes à la tête des transformations mondiales
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Agenda urbain - 31/12/2014
La communauté internationale a proclamé le mois d’octobre 2014 « mois de l’urbain». 31 jours de réflexion sur les enjeux, les opportunités et l’avenir des questions urbaines, des questions d’une importance vitale pour la construction d’un avenir durable dans un monde soumis à un processus accéléré d’urbanisation. (+)
Greg Clark
The Making of World City: London 1991 to 2012
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Sustainable urbanization - 31/10/2014
I am delighted that Wiley Blackwell will publish my book about London’s last 25 years in December 2014. Cities are a compelling phenomenon of the current era. The age of globalisation is also an age of globalising cities but the science of cities is only slowly emerging; there is limited understanding of how and why some cities succeed and others fail. (+)
Guangzhou Award for urban innovation
Inside the Guangzhou Award for urban innovation
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Urban innovation - 23/10/2014
Can an award system for distinctive city innovations go beyond capturing headlines for winners? Can it develop into an ongoing system of learning for cities around the world, inspiring new ways for them to deal with tough social, economic and environmental challenges? (+)
Cities Diplomacy Series
How cities and digital influencers are paving the way for a global agenda on urban matters
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- 07/10/2014
In the following post, Pablo Chillón shares the results of his recent investigations into the attributes and characteristics of the lobby strategies developed by cities and the goals of city advocacy, as well as the extent of and insights into the global performance of true urban diplomacy by cities. (+)
World Cities Day
UN Puts Sustainable Urbanisation on the Map with World Cities Day
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Urban Strategic Planning, Sustainable cities, Urban SDG - 29/09/2014
For the first time ever, the United Nations has declared 31 October ''World Cities Day'', recognising and highlighting the critical role that cities and smart urban planning have to play in sustainable development. To coincide with World Cities Day, UN Habitat and the Guardian also put out a call for the best existing urban ideas. (+)

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