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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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Save the Date: First Session of UCLG ASPAC Executive Bureau 2016 and Third South Asian Cities Summit

THE First Session of 2016 UCLG ASPAC will be held on 5 May in New Delhi, India, in conjunction with the Third South Asian Cities Summit “Smart Cities – Aspirations and Challenges” that will take place on 6th and 7th May 2016. Brochure of the event can be downloaded here. More information on the Summit …

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