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IN an effort to advance sustainability of urban mobility in Asia-Pacific region, SHRDC and UCLG-ASPAC jointly organized a five-day Sustainable Mobility training program for UCLG-ASPAC

28 June 2016, JEJU – A cozy café where young people frequently gather and have community activities, Art Space SangNEhang, was the venue for the first Capacity Building on Cultural Tourism Development. The training event was co-organized by UNITAR CIFAL Jeju, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and UCLG ASPAC which promotes the role of culture in sustainable development through its Culture Committee…

THE Exhibition during the Third Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development (PrepCom3) will be showcasing projects, innovations, and solutions

UCLG held its annual Executive Bureau meeting and other parallel events from 25 to 28 May 2016 in Kazan, Russia. During this 4-day meeting, several sessions were set for policy debate on Sustainable Cities and Living Together and other sessions for various working committees, including Urban Strategic Planning, Statutory Affairs and Financial Management Committee…

DELGOSEA Council once again had its annual network meeting on May 16 – 17, 2016, in Bangkok, Thailand. As the first meeting of the year, members of DELGOSEA came together and shared updates about their action plans as well as decentralization development within their countries…

UCLG ASPAC has been working on the mission to enhance inclusive Local Economic Development (LED), to build green and sustainable business, to enhance local government’s capacity in promoting Small and Medium Enterprises among ASEAN countries and to strengthen entrepreneurship within ASEAN…

NEW DELHI, India (6-7 May 2016) – UCLG ASPAC and All-India Institute of Local Self Government successfully held the 3rd South Asian Cities Summit 2016 – Smart Cities – Aspirations and Challenges. The event was graced by the Chief Guest and House Speaker, Lok Sabha, who set the tone of the conference in her address. Reflecting on city planning, she mentioned that it is worthy to look back on the development of India’s ancient cities which show that planning is not a new trend…

The Connected City Summit aims to develop, share and promote thought leadership and practical frameworks for the social and economic development and sustainable operation of the Connected City ecosystem for the long term benefit of all stakeholders…

THE training on Cultural Tourism Development promotes the importance of cultural tourism in the global aim to achieve sustainable development. Participants of the training will gain knowledge on the complex relationship of culture and tourism, learn from experts in the field and from case studies from around the Asia-Pacific region, and explore the ways they can develop policies that integrate culture and sustainable practices for tourism development…

After years of effort to realize this part of the constitution, local governments and their associations in Pakistan finally celebrated the launch of National Local Governments Association, “Association for Development of Local Governance” (ADLG) on April 30, 2016…