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CIFAL Jeju/Jeju International Training Center(JITC) Enhancing Human Security: Developing Capacities to Protect and Assist Victims of Human Trafficking Seogwipo City, Jeju Province, Republic of Korea 28-30 March 2012 Human trafficking, the largest slave trade in history, is a crime against humanity that poses perennial threats to human security. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, …

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THE Local Development Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva, Switzerland will run a new online course on Governance in Urban Sanitation. This E- Course aims to enhance the capacity of local decision makers and sanitation professionals to make the most enlightened decisions and investments in the area of …

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WITH the Earth Summit now 186 days away, preparations for the summit are due to intensify in the coming weeks. The second inter-sessional meeting for Rio+20 took place in New York on 15-16 December. This circular aims at explaining the main outcomes of the gathering whose main objective was to discuss the content and structure …

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Safe Cities Safe Cities is a specialization course that provides an overview of sound disaster risk management practice for local government policymakers, urban managers, planners, and disaster management professionals. It discusses the inter-linkages of the social and physical parameters of vulnerability in cities and municipalities with their local government development, organization, and management. It explains …

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AS we all know, our friends and colleagues in Bangkok are now suffering from the devastating floods which hit the city for two weeks now. On behalf of all UCLG ASPAC members and partners, we would like to send our sincere condolences and sympathy to the people of Thailand for the loss of life and …

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THE third UCLG Congress that was held in Mexico from 17th to 20th November 2010 saw the renewal of the Presidential team and of the governing bodies of the World Organisation. Founded in 2004, UCLG enters into a new period, with the election of Kadir Topbas, Mayor of Istanbul, as the new President of the …

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THE  3rd UCLG ASPAC Congress themed “Responding to Globalization” was successfully held from 19-22 October 2010 in Hamamatsu, Japan. The congress was hosted by the City of Hamamatsu and also supported by Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Including Japan, there were 332 participants from 20 different countries and regions at the congress. …

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