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  World Congress of the global Network Cities for Mobility, Stuttgart, 1-4 June 2008
The Chair of the UCLG Committee on Urban Mobility, the City of Stuttgart, will host the World Congress of the global Network Cities for Mobility titled “Towards environmentally-friendly mobility in our cities” on June 1–4 2008.
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  UCLG and partners launch local action for DRR
The Partnership for Urban Risk Reduction (PURR), composed of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI), Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), Metropolis and CITYNET, has been set up to launch a project “Local Action for Disaster Risk Reduction” that raise awareness, build competency and support local action for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
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  Sustainable Urbanization in the Information Age
UCLG members have been meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss how innovative forms of technology can contribute to overcoming the environmental problems caused by unyielding expansion of urban areas.
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  DATES UCLG Executive Bureau and World Council
  • The next meeting of the Executive Bureau will be held on 10-11 July 2008 in Quito, Ecuador.
  • The next meeting of the World Council will be held on 28-30 November 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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    		  World Earth Day: Local Governments committing to act
    United Cities and Local Governments joins the celebration of World Earth Day by working towards greater recognition for the role that local governments play worldwide in the development of sustainable societies.
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    		  Seminar on Urban Policies and Cultural Development: “Planning as strategy”, Quito (Ecuador). 1– 3 April 2008
    Local government representatives and experts from Latin America came together in Quito, Ecuador for the workshop on “Urban policies and cultural development: Planning as strategy” on 1-3 April 2008.
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    Previous news
     
    A Local Authorities Trainer Workshop on “Local Digital Agenda: A Strategy to build the Information Society” in Bilbao, Spain 30 March – 4 April
     
    Second edition of the Rome Millennium Cities Prize
     
    New head of UNIFEM appointed
     
    3rd OIDP Distinction “Best Practice in citizen participation”
     
    Municipal elections in France: Bertrand DELANOË, World President of UCLG, re-elected as Mayor of Paris
     
    URB-AL III Programme of the European Commission: call for projects
     
    3rd World Forum on Human Rights, 30 June – 3 July 2008, Nantes Métropole (France)
     
    International Women’s Day 2008: “Investing in Women and Girls”
     
    CEMR: 25 Years working on Women’s Political Advancement at Local Level
     
    Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean 2008
     
    Bertrand Delanoë invites Bill Gates to exchange experiences with UCLG
     
    First World Conference on City Diplomacy, 11-13 June, The Hague, The Netherlands
     
    Third plenary session of the Alliance of Civilizations chaired by Kadir Topbas, Mayor of Istanbul
     
    Alliance of Civilizations: Formal Engagement of Local Governments
     
    World Mayors and Local Governments Climate Protection Agreement
     
    Local Authorities highlight their indispensable role in the new partnership policy between the European Union and Africa
     
    Local Governments from Europe and Latin America call upon the European Union for structural dialogue
     
    World AIDS Day: Local leadership committed to Stop AIDS
     
    New UCLG Presidency announced
     
    Financing Urban Explosion: UCLG Recommendations
     
    Opening of UCLG 2nd World Congress
     
    Quito welcomes the International Meeting on Climatic Change in Latin America.
     
    Mayors and local governments proudly STAND UP and SPEAK OUT for the Millennium Development Goals
     
    The City of Paris and the Clinton Foundation join forces to fight climate change…
     
    Fire reconstruction efforts in Greece: KEDKE appeal for support of Local Authorities
     
    City Diplomacy in Action: Conference in Barcelona and Montreal initiative for International Peace Day
     
    Second UCLG - CITYFUTURE workshop invokes the spirit of Nelson Mandela
     
    One thousand participants attend the 3rd Congress of the Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations
     
    2nd UCLG World Congress – Register on line now
     
    New: Atlas of UCLG Members!
     
    1st World Forum on Sustainable Mobility, 10-12 December, Nantes, France
     
    Launch of 2 Training programmes of the Hague Academy for Local Governance (Autumn 2007 )
     
    General Assembly of the AIMF – Hué, 24-27 October 2007
     
    First Millennium City Prize awarded to Kofi Annan
     
    The Urban Challenge: Give Local Governments Access to Finance!
     
    2nd edition of the “Best Practice in Citizen Participation”
     
    Founding Forum of the European City Network Cities for Children, Stuttgart 25- 26 June 2007
     
    First Session of the World Platform for the Reduction of Risks of Catastrophes, Geneva 5-7 June 2007
     
    Mid term evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals in Rome
     
    Cities for Mobility annual congress
     
    World Exposition Shanghai 2010: Cities in the spotlight
     
    UCLG members’ profiles available online
     
    Committee on Sustainable Development: local governments are already acting against climate change
     
    UNESCO signed a cooperation agreement with UCLG
     
    Palestinian Municipalities strike in protest at lack of financial resources
     
    Win the Best Practice in Citizen Participation Prize
     
    UCLG and Cities Alliance hold the « Cities Future » workshop in Rosario
     
    Capacity building for local representatives
     
    UN-Habitat Governing Council approves International Guidelines on Decentralisation
     
    Ivoiry Coast: Preparation of Municipal Days for Peace
     
    Paris Declaration on Climate Change
     
    CALL FOR CANDIDATES: 3rd UCLG World Congress 2010: The heart of local democracy in the 21st century
     
    Changing cities are driving our world
     
    Local governments adressing climate change
     
    200 mayors and local government representatives meet in Paris to prepare the future of cities
     
    INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2007: Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls
     
    UCLG Executive Bureau in Paris: World Mayors prepare the future of cities
     
    New financing opportunities for local authorities
     
    Mayors call on governments to adopt Guidelines on Decentralisation at United Nations
     
    Nominations invited for the 2nd World Citizen Prize

     
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