
Hand-in-hand with UN-ESCAP
TOGETHER with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), our organization –the United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG

TOGETHER with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), our organization –the United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG

ZERO waste is possible.This is not just a slogan, but in practice many cities have striven towards zero waste to ensure that all products are

September 2014-March 2015 1. UCLG Statutory Meetings: ASPAC Congress: 3-6 September2014, Taipei Governor Won Hee-ryong was elected as UCLG ASPAC President at the Taipei Congress and

CITIES Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) released its recent Annual Report 2015 titled “Investing in Asia’s Urban Future”. CDIA’s first annual report sums up our

THIS is the official statement of Local and Regional Authorities Major Group at UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai, Japan, 17 March 2015,

DOZENS of key actors, activists and stakeholders involved in the relationship between culture, cities, development and citizens are expected attend the first scheduled to take

A regional forum was just taking place in Sendai of Japan where dozens of mayors and local governments in Asia-Pacific region met and shared their

A capacity building training and workshop program on “Holistic Waste Management and Eco-Town Models for Sustainable Asia-Pacific Region” will take place in Jeju, South Korea,

SELAMAT Pagi (Good morning). A very familiar Bahasa Indonesia and Malay that I have also heard in Malaysia. Yet, this nice greeting, along with the

With thousands of different ethnicities and languages, the Asia-Pacific region is the world’s most diverse continent. United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) connects the dots of those differences towards peace and prosperity for the biggest continent. UCLG ASPAC links more than 7000 local government in this region representing over 3.76 billion people -approximately half of the world’s population, and it incorporates economically fast-developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia.