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UCLG ASPAC Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) programme is proud of Samarinda and Banjarmasin (Indonesia) receiving the recognition from Directorate General of Climate Change, Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry for their efforts in implementing the Climate Village Programme (Program Kampung Iklim/Proklim). Samarinda and Banjarmasin are two of CRIC’s pilot cities, currently supported under …

Samarinda and Banjarmasin: Accolades on Climate Actions Read More »

7 November 2022 | UCLG ASPAC, as the Secretariat of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) Southeast Asia, brought together key speakers from three Southeast Asian countries to share experiences at the InfoPoint Conference, “Strengthening Asian Cities’ Capacity for Robust Climate Action Planning.” They were Mayor Edi Rusdi Kamtono (Pontianak, Indonesia), …

GCoM Cities and Partners in Asia: Sharing Experiences at InfoPoint Conference of European Commission Read More »

October 10, 2022 | UCLG ASPAC’s Humanitarian Development Peace (HDP) Nexus Committee, led by Gyeonggi, successfully held a committee meeting in conjunction with the UCLG World Congress 2022. It was the third committee meeting since its first establishment in September 2021 and was attended by a total of 50 local government officials from 12 countries …

HDP Nexus Committee Meeting: Making Progress through Peace Project Read More »

THE ASEAN Mayors Forum (AMF), a local government entity associated with ASEAN, gladly welcomes the grant of observer status of East Timor by ASEAN following the ASEAN Summit 2022. The announcement made East Timor as the organisation’s 11th member and officially ended the country’s 11-year campaign for membership that President Jose Ramos-Horta submitted in 2011. With …

East Timor: Towards ASEAN’s 11th Member Read More »

THE 2022 Daejeon UCLG World Congress will be held at the Daejeon Convention Centre (DCC) area from October 10 to 14. In addition to the official meeting involving 2,500 cities from 110 countries, K-Pop concerts, World Citizen Festival, and Smart City Exhibitions will be held around the city. With the ASPAC Networking Night on the …

2022 Daejeon UCLG World Congress: Insights, Festivals, and K-Pop Concerts Read More »

September 19-22, 2022 (Brisbane) | UCLG ASPAC led the coordination of local authorities, ensured their voices were amplified, and space was created for learning in the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) 2022 through 1) a UN Pre-conference Stakeholders Meeting Session: “Local Authorities Stakeholder:  Towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable Cities” which produced …

Leading Cities Paving Ways towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable in APMCDRR 2022 Read More »

September 2022 | UCLG ASPAC programme contributing to the localisation and achievement of the SDGs in Pakistan, targeting the districts of Sindh and Balochistan funded by the European Union (EU), LEAD for SDGs, pushed forward the efforts from advocacy and lobbying with national level influencers to district-level leaders and practitioners for mainstreaming and localisation of …

Prioritisation of Actions to strengthen Parliamentary Taskforces on SDGs and Mapping Policy gaps for accelerating SDGs Progress in Sindh & Balochistan provinces Read More »

August 2022 | UCLG ASPAC, the Secretariat of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy Southeast Asia (GCoM SEA), ensures smooth facilitation of cities’ commitment toward climate action under the framework of the GCoM Asia Project. In close collaboration with our network in the region, we set out the needs to ensure cities …

A Covenant of City Leaders to Expedite Climate Actions: The Progress Read More »

WONJU, a city of some 350,000 residents, once home to several military bases, has now become one of the fastest growing cities in the province of Gangwon-do in South Korea. This transformation was enabled by the city government’s continued and unwavering efforts to revamp and revitalise the local economy through investment in infrastructures in various …

Wonju: Towards a Fresh, New, Happier City, and a Good International Partner Read More »