Attend Women Mayors Forum (Public Forum) – Parallel Events in Preparatory Committee 3

The session provides women mayors from all regions, an opportunity to highlight and celebrate their achievements. The Forum will focus on how women mayors have managed their cities regions differently, and provide a platform to share experiences of best practice. The Forum aims to emphasize that more woman mayors are critical for the transformational New Urban Agenda to be implemented at local level…

Attend Women Mayors Forum (Public Forum) – Parallel Events in Preparatory Committee 3

The session provides women mayors from all regions, an opportunity to highlight and celebrate their achievements. The Forum will focus on how women mayors have managed their cities regions differently, and provide a platform to share experiences of best practice. The Forum aims to emphasize that more woman mayors are critical for the transformational New Urban Agenda to be implemented at local level…

Workshop on Waste Management for Resilient Cities

Nowadays, it is increasingly important for cities, especially in the developing region, to be equipped with capacities to survive, adapt and grow whilst coping with unpredictable challenges posed by climate change, disaster events, rapid urbanization and the economic downturn. This means that cities will need to become more resilient in a sense that they can readily respond to and deal with abrupt shocks and stresses that emerge. Studies show that building urban resilience involves multiple interventions which encompass different perspectives, scales and entry points…

Curious about Culture: Capacity Building on Cultural Tourism Development

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…

UCLG ExBu Meeting: Sustainable Agendas for All

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 Meeting: Networking and Action Plan Sharing

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…

Inclusive Economy: Reaching Locals in Ways Governments Cannot Do

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…

Empowering Local Bodies Key to Building Smart Cities

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…