After serving her city as Vice Mayor for nine years, Mayor Joy Belmonte was elected to become the Mayor of Quezon City in June 2019. During her past public service, Mayor Joy Belmonte has shown great concerns and taken up actions to promote gender equality and upholding the rights of children, women as well promoting …
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2 – 6 December 2019 | GUANGZHOU – One of the key ideas for sustainable urban life is to allow city contextualise its various aspects and to reshape by considering the context of local people. Responding to this, UCLG ASPAC highly supports the initiative of Guangzhou City in organising the third Workshop for Thought Leaders …
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20 November 2019 | JAKARTA – Member cities of UCLG ASPAC, Dalian and Jakarta, fostered their bilateral exchanges through a courtesy visit of Mr. Xiao Shengfeng, Chairman of Standing Committee of Dalian People’s Congress, at the Jakarta Capital City this month. Dalian’s delegation was warmly welcomed by Mr. Sutanto Soehodho, Jakarta Deputy Governor, senior officials …
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28 October 2019 | BANGKOK – In order to foster mutual learning, Surabaya City Government conducted a technical visit to Bangkok on 28 October 2019. The visit took place within the framework of the ASEAN Mayors Forum (AMF), of which both Surabaya and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) are active members. Altogether forty-five people participated …
11-15 November 2019 | DURBAN – The World Summit for Regional and Local Leaders took place alongside the 6th UCLG World Congress, in Durban, South Africa, from 11 to 15 November 2019. The global gathering brought together over 3,000 delegates and other stakeholders to review and build on a legacy of UCLG’s commitments and advanced …
31 October 2019 | PADANG – Many cities along the Indian Ocean suffered the most disastrous earthquake and tsunami that took place on 26 December 2014. Nearly 230,000 were killed or went missing in 14 countries. Indonesia was mostly hit with 167,540 people, including many children, listed as dead or missing. The combined damages were …
During the Hamamatsu International Summit on Intercity Collaboration 2019 on “Sustainable Community Building through International Cooperation of Cities,” that Hamamatsu hosted in partnership with UCLG ASPAC from 23-25 October, UCLG ASPAC Secretariat had a chance to learn about the city’s vision and prominent work on SDGs directly from Mayor Yasutomo Suzuki. As one of Japan’s …
12-14 November 2019 | PALEMBANG – Palembang, the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra and one of the oldest cities in Southeast Asia, is embarking on an important step towards effective climate action through its development of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory. The effort is being made through an international collaboration called …
21-22 November 2019 | SEOUL – A city is the reflection of the spirit of its people. Therefore, any vision for the future of a city must be a reflection of the dreams and hopes of its people. This principle underlined the keynote speech delivered by UCLG ASPAC Secretary General Dr. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi at …
19-20 November 2019 | JAKARTA – Local governments have faced increasing challenges related to urbanisation, ranging from changing demographics, climate change, uncertain revenue sources and unequal economic distribution. As governing bodies that are closest to the people, local governments need to continuously adapt to these challenges, as well as spearhead the implementation of the Sustainable …
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