Month: September 2020

8 September 2020 | The COVID-19 pandemic has spread across cities and countries with increasing speed globally. The contagion has moved from East Asia to Southeast Asia, US, Europe, South Asia, Africa and Latin America. Responding to that, UCLG ASPAC, AIILSG and Cities Alliance collaborated to organise the webinar taking the theme “Cities’ Response to …

Creating an Interactive Platform for Cities in Global South Webinar Series: Cities’ Response to Containing and Mitigating the Impact of COVID 19 A Collaboration of UCLG ASPAC, AIILSG and Cities Alliance Read More »

DAEJEON, host of the upcoming UCLG World Congress 2022, continues innovating. The city recently held the 9th Robot Fusion Festival online from 5 to 6 September 2020 which involved participants from different countries. This initiative received positive responses as reflected on the diversity of participants coming from 14 countries including Korea, India, Algeria, Colombia, and …

Innovative Online Festival in Daejeon – 9th Daejeon Robot Fusion Festival Read More »

8-9 September 2020 | Balochistan – UCLG ASPAC’s LEAD for SDGs Pakistan, a programme with funding support from the European Union (EU), organised a Policy Dialogue on Empowered and Effective Local Government System and Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Quetta on 8 September 2020. The policy dialogue aimed to discuss how local …

Policy Dialogue for Empowered and Effective Local Government and Achievement of SDGs in Balochistan Province Read More »

DURING this COVID-19 Pandemic, local governments are highly expected to develop immediate initiatives that can solve emerging challenges. Most particularly is securing food for local people amid the hardly hit local economy and businesses. For some member cities of UCLG ASPAC in the Philippines, urban gardening is viewed as one of solutions. Local government of …

Seeds of Hope: Urban Gardening as a Food Resiliency Initiative during the COVID-19 Pandemic Read More »

UCLG ASPAC has been serving as the Secretariat of the Global Covenant of Mayor (GCoM) for Southeast Asia since 2018. It connects the commitment of partners with needs of its city network, particularly in climate matters. UCLG ASPAC ensures selected cities and partners reach their shared goals. Most importantly, UCLG ASPAC consistently cultivates possibilities to …

Sustaining Positive Climate Portfolio of Cities and Partners for Long-Lasting Climate Impacts Read More »

15 September 2020 | UCLG ASPAC Secretary General Dr. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, in her capacity as PFD member, joined the Virtual Global Meeting on Policy Forum on Development (PFD). This meeting was attended by Mr. Koens Doens, the European Union’s Director General (DG) for International Cooperation and Development, representatives from Local Authorities (LAs), Civil Society …

Asia-Pacific Perspectives for People-Centered EU Programming Read More »

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Result WebShare #17: “LOCAL COOPERATION WITH THE CHINESE CITIES: LESSON LEARNT AND POST-COVID STRATEGIES” Read More »

UNITAR CIFAL JEJU organises the second round of its webinar on the resilient livelihoods of the urban poor in the COVID-19 context. This webinar takes its foundation from  the ‘UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19’ paper published in April 2020: women, older persons, children and youth, those working in urban informal sectors, …

Resilient Livelihoods of the Urban Poor during the Pandemic from a Gender Perspective Read More »

Join Our Webshare #17th: “Local Cooperation with the Chinese Cities: Lesson Learnt and Post-COVID Strategies” Date: 25 September 2020 Time: 13:00 – 15:00 (Jakarta Time) | 14:00 – 16:00 (Beijing Time) Registration: http://bit.ly/WebShare17 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing a Zoom Cloud Meeting link. Please note that the number of participants for …

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