Announcement of Eid Holidays
On the occasion of the 2014 Eid (the end of the month of Ramadan), we are announcing to our members that the holidays of the UCLG ASPAC Secretariat will
be from July 28 to August 1.
Liverpool 2014 – the Executive Bureau Meeting
The 2014 UCLG Executive Bureau was held in Liverpool on 19 June 2014. Major decisions included choosing Paris as the host city for the 2015 UCLG Executive Bureau, this will coincide with the COP 21 meeting in December next year and Bilbao was chosen as the host of the first Culture Committee Summit in 2015. …
6th Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR)
The Royal Thai Government in collaboration with United Nation Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has organized the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) on 22-26 June, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting has brought countries, organizations and individual practitioners to meet and to discuss the Post 2015 framework of disaster risk …
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New Interns and Secondee
We are excited to announce some new faces to our Secretariat family!
From the left: Ms. Wendy Huang, Secondee from the Guangzhou Municipality. She is the Deputy Head at the Department of Science, Technology & Education of the Bureau of Health of Guangzhou Municipality.
Ms. Fang Zhou, is an intern at the Communications and Information Division. She comes from Hanghzhou. At the moment she is doing her Masters at the Sciences Po Lille and she is studying Cultural Institution Management.
Biodiversity Summit for Cities and Subnational Governments 2014
In support of the 194 signatory Parties (193 countries and the European Union) of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in fulfilling their commitment with the Convention and, in particular, the implementation of the Aichi Targets. The Biodiversity Summit for Cities & Subnatioanal Governments 2014 will be held in Gangwon Province, Republic of Korea, which contains …
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2014 UCLG ASPAC Executive Bureau and Council Meetings in Hamamatsu
We would like to thank everyone most sincerely for attending the Executive Bureau Meeting in Hamamatsu. The participation of each one of you is very important for the UCLG ASPAC cause.
For the Executive Bureau Meeting of UCLG ASPAC, a total of 57 members participated-a most commendable turn-out.
For the International Conference, the total was 244 participants, from 11 countries and regions, with 77 people from overseas.
E-Procurement System in Surabaya
Since 2003 onwards, our partner, the Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast Asia (DELGOSEA) has identified 24 good governance best practices (BPs) which can assist local governments in advancing their public services. The implementation of E-Procurement system in Surabaya City is one of the highly innovative best practices, which aims to increase effectiveness, efficiency …
Conclusions of the 4th World Human Rights Cities Forum
We are pleased to send you the two documents containing the conclusions of the 4th World Human Rights Cities Forum (Gwangju, 15-18 May 2014), which the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion
WISS and Global Alliance for School Safety
The Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools is led by UNISDR with the active support and contribution from the Global Alliance members. It promotes a three-pillar approach to school safety: Disaster resilient learning facilities. School disaster and emergency management. Risk reduction and resilience education. WISS is also mobilizing the political commitment of a growing number of …
UN Consultation on Localizing the Post 2015 Agenda
As part of the global discussion on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the UN launched in April 2014 a new round of global consultations on the “means of implementation”, i.e. how the Post-2015 Agenda will be implemented. Six themes have been proposed through the consultation: Localizing the post-2015 agenda; Participatory Monitoring for Accountability; Partnerships with Civil …
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