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Inking Partnership with BAPPENAS, KSI, BaKTI to Establish Knowledge Center

UCLG ASPAC began its first partnership with National Development Planning Agency Indonesia (BAPPENAS), KSI (Knowledge Sector Initiative), and BaKTI (an NGO from Makassar) to establish the Knowledge Center for Indonesia. A one-day workshop was held in Central Jakarta on 27 August 2015 by the four parties that aimed to design criteria on smart practices to …

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Uraia Call for Projects

THE Uraía platform seeks to support innovation in local public management by increasing efficiency and transparency thanks to the use of SMART technologies, particularly in the following areas: municipal finances, management of public services and infrastructure, and transparency and accountability. Uraía will support the start-up of two initiatives led by Platform partners. For this first …

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Cifal Jeju: Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, 14-17 Sept 2015

CIFAL Jeju will organize the 6th Workshop for 2015, titled “Developing Capacities on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Asia-Pacific Region” next on 14-17 September 2015. The application deadline is 28 July (Tuesday) 2015. Please inform that those who have previously participated in CIFAL Jeju’s workshop can only apply 5 …

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UCLG ASPAC Council Meeting and Conference

It is my great pleasure to host the Second Session of 2015 UCLG ASPAC Executive Bureau, 2015 UCLG ASPAC Council & Asia Pacific Conference “Local Government Voices Toward HABITAT III on a New Urban Agenda” from 5 – 7 September 2015 in Wakatobi, Indonesia.
Wakatobi, an UCLG ASPAC’s active member, is committed to support the HABITAT III which aims to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable urban development focusing on ways and means of the implementation of a “New Urban Agenda”

Eid Holidays: 16-21 July 2015

We would like to inform you that the Secretariat will be closed from 16-21 July 2015 for Eid.

For inquiries, you can contact desra@uclg-aspac.org.

The Secretariat family would like to wish a Happy Eid Mubarak to all of you who celebrates it.

UCLG ASPAC’s May-June 2015 e-newsletter

PORTO Alegre hosted more than 200 representatives of local and regional governments from over 35 countries in the UCLG Executive Bureau meetings, which took place from 10-12 June 2015. The meetings focused on the Post-2015 development programme, the New Urban Agenda of Habitat III and the Financing for Sustainable Development as well as the new international framework for the fight against climate change (COP21).

Banda Aceh at the Global Urban Consultation

BANDA  Aceh’s Mayor Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal, was invited to be one of the speakers at the Global Urban Consultation, co-hosted and supported by the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), UN-HABITAT, Global Communities, International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Department for International Development (DFID), and Global Communities from 22-23 June 2015 in …

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Secretariat’s New Staff

THE new arrival at the Secretariat is Aaman Sulchan. He is the Programme Consultant, principally taking care of the preparation for the ASEAN Mayors Forum, ASEAN Cities Expo 2015 and ASEAN Community Week 2015. He got his undergraduate degree on Human Geography and Urban Planning and his Masters on Urban Planning, both at the University …

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11th APKASI International Trade and Investment Summit, Indonesia

THE Association of all Indonesia Regency Governments (APKASI), member of UCLG ASPAC, organized its 11th International Trade and Investment Summit from 13-15 May in Jakarta, Indonesia. UCLG ASPAC was invited to have an exhibition booth during the event. The event was attended by regencies, municipalities, provinces, as well as by ministers, national and international businesses …

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Smart Cities Toward Urban Safety Seminar and UCLG ASPAC Coordination Meeting in Jakarta

AS massive urbanization has brought challenges in the environment and urban planning management, possessing key knowledge to understand these problems has become the people’s need. To address this, a seminar on “Smart Cities toward Urban Safety” was initiated by UCLG ASPAC in Jakarta on 27 May 2015. With its mission to promote sustainable urban development, …

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