Month: July 2022

UCLG ASPAC-SHRDC Webinar: Improving Public Transportation System for Sustainable Human Mobility

17-21 July 2022 | UCLG ASPAC joined forces with Seoul Human Resources Development Centre (SHRDC) in organising an online training for cities and local governments in the Asia-Pacific region entitled “Improving Public Transportation System as a Means to Achieve Sustainable Human Mobility towards the Resilient City.” The training was aimed at enhancing the local governments’ …

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KOREA SEED EXPO 2022: Promoting Korean Seed Industry Development On-Site

3-15 October 2022 | THE KOREA SEED EXPO 2022, will be held offline from October 13th to 15th and organised at K-seed Valley in Gimje City, Jeollabuk-do Province, Republic of Korea. The event will be hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), Jeollabuk-do Province, and Gimje City, and organised by the …

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ASEAN: Walking towards Smart Cities for Sustainable Urban Development

CITIES in the Southeast Asia region are preparing to transform into smart cities. What are smart cities, and how do smart cities work? Secretary General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, indicated that a smart city uses science, technology, digital solutions, and other innovative techniques to tackle urban challenges and raise the living standard of the society. …

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Seoul: Efficient Bike Distribution Leading to Ttareungi Ridership Spikes

JUNE 2022 | THE Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) recently conducted an analysis of Ttareungi ridership and data showed that the number of rentals from January to May 2022 was 14.14 million. This is an increase of 138.3% compared to 10.22 million over the same period last year. The city speculates this is a result of …

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Yiwu: Promoting Common Prosperity through Live-Streaming with Foreign Friends

1 July 2022 | YIWU city embraces the understanding that common prosperity is not only an economic issue and that it cannot be limited to economic income but should also take into account the people’s sense of access, happiness and security. Guided by the principle that common prosperity is the prosperity of all people, the …

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CRIC: Tackle Climate Challenges at Hand, Share the Solution, Spread the Awareness

JULY 2022 | UCLG ASPAC, under the framework of the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) programme funded by the European Union (EU), initiated a two-way (virtual) dialogue between CRIC pilot cities and the project’s global partners. The dialogue was conducted to provide updates on cities’ efforts in tackling climate challenges as well as to …

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MOVING BEYOND REPORTING: KEY TAKEAWAYS ON MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE AND MULTI STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION AT THE FIFTH LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS FORUM ON SDGS

As cities in the world are actualising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, Local and regional governments play an essential role in influencing, attracting, and implementing the SDGs agenda in their working area. Strengthening decentralisation to accelerate SDGs became the opportunity cities need to take, especially in the process of localising the SDGs. The …

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Voluntary Local Reviews and Voluntary Subnational Reviews: Key Policy Tools for the SDGs and part of the ‘Whole of Society’ Approach

Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are underway, and local governments and regional governments are key actors, in its achievement by 2030 – being responsible for delivering as much as 65% of the SDGs targets [1] This message was embodied at the fifth Local and Regional Governments’ Forum, on the occasion of the 2022 …

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