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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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Mexico City creates urban lab to test fresh city ideas
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Urban Agenda, Urban innovation - 18/12/2013
Add Mexico City to the list of metropolises investing in the science of urban innovation. Under the direction of Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera, who took office in 2012, the city has launched Laboratorio para la Ciudad (Laboratory for the City), Forbes reports. (+)
Is Data the key to Creating People-Centric Cities?
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Smart Cities, Sustainability - 02/01/2014
This year's IBM 5 in 5 (5 predictions for the next 5 years) heralds a new era where systems will learn, reason and engage with us in a more natural and personalized way.  This is great news for cities, and indeed one of our 5 predictions is that within the next 5 years, cities will enter a... (+)
Leaders Around the World Move to Citizen-Based Services
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Smart Cities - 27/11/2013
By Michael Dixon, General Manager, IBM Smarter Cities Cities have never been more attractive, with people all over the world migrating to them from near and far. However, with them comes a range of significant challenges that city leaders must tackle. A new report from Frost and Sullivan ... (+)
City, metropolis, region in the same trajectory 1913-2013
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Urban Agenda, 100 years - 26/08/2013
By Josep Roig. Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) 1913: In the summer of 1913, in Death Valley, temperatures of over 52°C were recorded over 10 consecutive days and on the 10th of July it reached 57°C, the highest temperature ever recorded. On the 27 of July... (+)
How Accra, Ghana, is Taking Steps to Become an African Success Story
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Access to basic services - 19/08/2013
By Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra, Ghana / Source: IBM As Mayor of Accra and Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, I would say that there are few areas as crucial for infrastructure investment as cities. At the top of my agenda is Accra and the transformation of its existing systems... (+)
Kadir Topbas, Maire d'Istanbul et Président de CGLU
Interview: 3 questions à Kadir Topbas, Maire d'Istanbul et Président de CGLU
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Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD), Post-2015, Global Taskforce - 06/08/2013
1. Quelles sont vos attentes concernant le Sommet de Rabat 2013 ? Pour nous 1996 (Habitat II à Istanbul) a été une date importante, elle a marqué le début du processus d’unification du mouvement mondial qui a abouti en 2004 à la naissance de CGLU qui est... (+)

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