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Good Gestures from Guangzhou Mission to Jakarta Authority

JAKARTA’s massive traffic congestion in a daybreak time in mid March 2015 did not hamper representatives from the Guangzhou Municipal Government to render a hospitality visit to the Jakarta Capital Cities Authorities.  Chaired by Deputy Secretary General Diao Ai Lin, the representation included the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government Foreign Affairs Office Deputy Director Huirong Zheng, …

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June and December 2015: Next Statutory Meetings will be in Porto Alegre and Paris

FOR  information: To the Presidency Barcelona, 17 March 2015 To the members of the World Council To the Secretaries General To the Vice-Presidents of United Cities and Local Governments To the Presidents of UCLG Committees and Working Group 2015 UCLG Statutory Meetings: Dates confirmation: 10-12 June 2015, Porto Alegre, Brazil 5-7 December 2015, Paris, France …

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Cooperation with UN ESCAP on Waste-to-Energy Project

TWO officials from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) directly from its headwuarters in Bangkok came to visit UCLG ASPAC’s Secretariat on mid March. UN-ESCAP’s Economic Affairs Officer from the Environment and Development Division, Lorenzo Santucci, along with his  colleague Joao Aleluia, Project Coordinator, came to Indonesia to …

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Hand-in-hand with UN-ESCAP

TOGETHER with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), our organization –the United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC)—has been actively promoting the so-calledIntegrated Resource Recovery Centers (IRRCs). This is an activity that both parties try to implement. The project is designed as a serial activity, following a …

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Jeju Special Self-Governing Province: Activity Report, September 2014-March 2015

September 2014-March 2015 1. UCLG Statutory Meetings: ASPAC Congress: 3-6 September2014, Taipei Governor Won Hee-ryong was elected as UCLG ASPAC President at the Taipei Congress and he stressed that he would put more effort into ASPAC member capacity building, and in motivating members to work together with more participation in UCLG World events. He will serve …

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CDIA Annual Reports 2014: Investing in Asia’s Urban Future

CITIES Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) released its recent Annual Report 2015 titled “Investing in Asia’s Urban Future”. CDIA’s first annual report sums up our noteworthy achievements in 2014: A motivated CDIA Team, eight new accredited National Partner Organizations (NPOs); a workshop with 10 CDIA partner cities that will become our Centers of Learning; a …

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Banda Aceh Mayor Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal Addressed 3WCDRR in Sendai, Japan

THIS is the official statement of Local and Regional Authorities Major Group at UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai, Japan, 17 March 2015, Dear Secretary General, Distinguished Ministers and Governmental Representatives, Dear Mayors and Local Officials from around the world, Dear colleagues and friends, As Mayor of Banda Aceh in Indonesia, it is …

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UCLG ASPAC’s President Won Hee-ryong Heads to Bilbao for Culture Summit

DOZENS of key actors, activists and stakeholders involved in the relationship between culture, cities, development and citizens are expected attend the first scheduled to take place in Bilbao of Spain, 18-20 March 2015. The first UCLG Culture Summit in Bilbao will also be the meeting place of cities, networks, CSOs civil and international institutions that …

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Asia-Pacific Local Governments: Empowerment Needed to Respond and Prevent Disasters

A regional  forum was just taking place in Sendai of Japan where dozens of mayors and local governments in Asia-Pacific region met and shared their ideas and hopes about things to do to address any potential danger in their region: natural disasters. Boosted by United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) as the …

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