Month: February 2016

Proyek ‘Block by Block’: Keterlibatan Masyarakat untuk Ruang Publik yang Lebih Baik

UCLG ASPAC, UN-Habitat dan Pemkot Surabaya akan memulai sebuah proyek ruang publik unik di Surabaya, Indonesia, awal tahun ini. ‘Block by Block’ merupakan pelopor, proyek khas yang dibandingkan dengan banyak hal, berkat sifat partisipatifnya yang menempatkan masyarakatnya untuk berkontribusi dalam proses merancang ruang public. Yang membuat ‘Block by Block’ semakin special adalah pelaksanaan metode berkonsultasi …

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UCLG Retreat dan Campus ke-2: Menghubungkan Gagasan, Penetapan Ulang Aksi

Setelah keberhasilan edisi tahun lalu, UCLG Retreat&Campus Tahunan mengajak kembali perwakilan dari seksi UCLG, daerah maupun komite. Mulai dari pembentukan kembali program Kongres UCLG World di Bogota mendatang, sampai mempertimbangkan pertanyaan seperti “apa yang akan luput jika UCLG tidak ada?” Retret telah membuka jalan untuk jaringan UCLG yang lebih kuat. Perwakilan Asia Pasiik dari Provinsi …

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Pangkalpinang: Terinsipirasi oleh Hubungan Global

Ketika kedinamisan internasional menyentuh kehidupan harian perkotaan secara kuat, Kota Pangkalpinang di Indonesia mengambil langkah awal untuk membangun jaringan globalnya. Melihat cara dimensi internasional UCLG ASPAC memberi kesempatan kepada pencapaian globalnya, kota ini menyoroti partisipasi aktif dalam organisasi. “Partisipasi kami di UCLG ASPAC merupakan bagian dari seluruh usaha kamu untuk memiliki pandangan yang lebih luas …

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‘Block by Block’ Project: Community Engagement for Better Public Spaces

UCLG ASPAC, UN-Habitat and the Surabaya City Government will embark on a unique public space project to be held in Surabaya, Indonesia, early this year. ‘Block by Block’ is the first of its kind, a unique project compared to so many others, due to the participatory nature in which local communities have the opportunity to …

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2nd UCLG Retreat and Campus: Connecting Ideas, Redefining Actions

FOLLOWING the success of last year’s edition, the UCLG Annual Retreat and Campus brought for the second time the representatives of UCLG sections, regions and committees. From reshaping the programme of the upcoming UCLG World Congress in Bogota, to contemplating a question like “what we would miss if UCLG did not exist?” the retreat has …

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Taking a Lead towards Gender Equality: The Case of Quezon City, Philippines

WITH gender equality is still a huge issue in many Asian and Pacific countries, Quezon City, Philippines, celebrates gender mainstreaming in various dimensions. Quezon, the most populated city of the Philippines archipelago and part of Metropolitan Manila, created a Gender and Development (GAD) Resource and Coordinating Office in 2002, then signed the Quezon City Gender …

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New Report to Look into Indonesia’s Strategy on Supporting the Implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda

IN an effort to identify channels to improve the participation of civil society organizations and local authorities in the implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, a collaborative group is set to commence an Inception Report on Indonesia. The Policy Forum on Development (the European Commission), in collaboration with UCLG ASPAC and led by Dr. Wicaksono …

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Territorial Approaches to Local Development: A Paradigm Shift in Policy-Making

AS a political process, decentralization has existed for decades. In Asia, a number of countries have some history of decentralization and democratization, while others have had little experience. Unfortunately, over the years, many reforms that followed decentralization failed to promote local development because they were not designed to do so. With decentralization has been done …

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