A moment of silence to pray for the deceased and quake-survivors in Nepal following a huge earthquake that hit Katmandu last week is performed today in Makati where scores of mayors members of the UCLG ASPAC convene its executive bureau meeting in the Philippines. The move of showing sympathy and empathy is done earlier today, …
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OUR prayers and thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by the dreadful disaster. As part of the international community, the Executive Bureau of UCLG ASPAC has recently released the statement during the meeting held in Makati to facilitate the support of members for immediate rescue and relief, to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation …
A two-day Asia-African Smart City Conference took place in Bandung on 22-23 April, with 446 participants, 26 mayors and dozens of foreign delegations from 39 countries. The forum also generated a Bandung Declaration on smart cities, consisting of five points of agreement to strengthen development between cities in the Asia-Africa region. The commitment is to …
THE Second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom2) of Habitat III held in Nairobi from 14 to 16 April 2015 gathered key stakeholders to prepare and discuss issues leading to the Third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development (Habitat III) that will take place in Quito next year. ASPAC’s region was represented by the Secretary General and …
WITHIN the past three months, I have been involved into two solid waste management projects, both related to biogas processing, converting waste into renewable energy/gas. One project I was involved with was a Baseline Survey in coordination with UNESCAP and the consultancy team Solid Waste in Indonesia (SWI). The baseline survey is carried in four …
WE are happy to have onboard a new intern. The twenty two-year-old student Xie Yuanli (Shirley), is staying at the UCLG ASPAC Secretariat from March until June. She was born in Guangzhou, China and currently she is pursuing her final year study in International Business as a full time student in Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Her desire to work in UCLG ASPAC has grown from her three years staying in Malaysia, which aroused her interest in the topic of promoting equality and fighting racism in the society. She believes business and social initiative can coexist in equilibrium.
ASIAN-AFRICAN strategic partnership is inked in Indonesia where the 60th Asian-African Conference Commemoration is now underway. 60 years after the successfully held Asia-Africa Conference or locally known as KAA in Bandung in 1955
UCLG ASPAC Secretary General was invited by Municipal Association of Bangladesh (MAB) and delivered her speech at the 2nd International Conference on Local Government, held in Dhaka, on 27 March 2015. She highlighted the crucial role of local governments and their associations in advocacy to have their voices be reflected in national policies and strategies, …
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UCLG ASPAC Secretary General has recently attended the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (3WCDRR) in Sendai in March 2015, held from 14 to 18 March 2015. Banda Aceh Mayor, Ms. Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal on behalf of cities and local governments all over the world addressed to member states and thousands of other …
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AFTER hosting the two-day long international interactive conference on Public Space and Partnership in the New Urban Agenda, which took place last February, Makati will host again three meetings, the UCLG ASPAC Executive Bureau Meeting, the European Voice of Local and Regional Authorities for Development (PLATFORMA) Meeting and the Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast-Asia (DELGOSEA) Meeting. All members of UCLG ASPAC are invited to attend the Executive Bureau and PLATFORMA Meetings. The UCLG ASPAC DELGOSEA Standing Committee will be attended by members of DELGOSEA Standing Committee. The events will take place on 28-30 April.
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