Month: May 2022

Namyangju City: Ice Pack Recycling Practice, Initiative for the Environment

Namyangju City is located in the Northeast Gyeonggi-do, the Republic of Korea (about 18 km northeast of Seoul). Its area is approximately 3/4 of Seoul and home to 730,000 residents. For Namyangju, environment has a lot to do with the city’s future survival. It is reflected on one of the city’s core-values: “environmental innovation.” Namyangju …

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Daejeon: Showcasing Korea’s First AI-based Civil Service Provider

DAEJEON will start providing an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based civil service called Nurion for the first time in the country from May 16. “Nurion,” an unmanned information terminal designed to make it easier to apply for general civil services, is an evolved version of the earlier system known as “Nuriview.” Nurion allows users to file civil …

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21CMCC Committee: The Second General Assembly and Forum on Smart Ocean

17-18 May 2022 | UCLG ASPAC’s 21st-Century Maritime Cooperation Committee (21CMCC), Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), and Fuzhou Municipal People’s Government, together with Silk Road Think Tank Association, and Foreign Affairs Office of Fujian Provincial People’s Government, convened the Second General Assembly of 21st-Century Maritime Cooperation Committee and Forum on Smart …

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Launching of Public Space and Memorial Wall in Palu: Celebration of Collaboration for Disaster Recovery

28 May 2022 | THE Cites Unies France (CUF), UCLG World, and UCLG ASPAC together with the local government and local people of Palu City celebrated the collaboration on the support to the recovery of Palu City from Tsunami, earthquake, and liquefaction disasters occurred in 2018 through the launching ceremony of public space and memorial …

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CRIC Programme: Lively Discussions through the Presence of Multi-Stakeholders

May 2022 | UCLG ASPAC’s Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) is a five-year collaborative project funded by the European Union to help the cities and local governments enhance climate resilience through climate mitigation and adaptation, good governance, and inclusion. The implementation of this project is carried out through various steps, one of them is …

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Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: A Contribution to Making Cities Resilient

23-26 May 2022 | UCLG ASPAC, together with the City of Denpasar, UCLG ASPAC as the Secretariat of the Global Covenant of Mayors Southeast Asia (GCoM SEA) participated in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR 2022) organised in Bali (Indonesia). In collaboration with the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Indonesia National …

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The Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy: Financing Sustainable Urban Development

17 May 2022 | UCLG ASPAC, a permanent member of the Academy’s Advisory Board, held the Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy Module 6 “How to Finance is Sustainable Urban Development.” The topic is a response to the fact that access to finance is a crucial factor in implementing sustainable urban development strategies, projects and programmes. This module …

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LEAD4SDGs: From Capacity Building, Collaboration, to Awareness Programme

May 2022 | UCLG ASPAC LEAD for SDGs Localisation in Pakistan Programme funded by the EU conducted more varied activities this month to support the programme’s goal on accelerating SDGs localisation in the country.   District Level Trainings on Mainstreaming SDGs on Local Development Planning, Monitoring, and Reporting across Sindh and Balochistan Wednesday, May 11, …

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