The nine Major Groups are:

Women
Children and Youth
Indigenous Peoples
Non-Governmental Organizations
Local Authorities
Workers and Trade Unions
Business and Industry
The Scientific and Technological Community
Farmers

In contrast to the other Major Groups, the LAMG is a governmental, rather than a civil society, constituency:

Local or municipal governments, responsible for the administration of cities, towns and villages
Plus
Subnational governments, which include organized territorial authorities above the municipal level, such as federal states, regions, provinces, and counties

The Local Authorities Major Group gathers a number of networks of local and sub‑national governments working on sustainable development policies and programmes that are willing to engage in the international negotiation processes. Through its links with the Global Taskforce it reaches all relevant networks (thematic, regional and global) working for local governments internationally.

In UN wording, "Local Authorities" includes local and regional governments, and cities and their associations. Our constituency is also referred to as "local and sub‑national governments".

Global Taskforce members ICLEI, Regions4 Sustainable Development and UCLG are the Organizing Partners for the Local Authorities Major Group, and work to link up the constituency with the UN.

UCLG facilitates the flow of information between the LAMG and the Global Taskforce members and gathers inputs from them to develop position papers and statements for the negotiations. UCLG also ensures wide representation of local and regional authorities through the GTF.

LAMG
The Global Taskforce supports the work of the Local Authorities Major Group (LAMG) to
facilitate the participation of our constituency in UN processes related to
sustainable development.

LAMG Statements and Position Papers

UNACLA reaction to Zero Draft

UNACLA on the Habitat III Zero Draft, May 2016

Global Taskforce Recommendations

on the Habitat III Zero Draft, May 2016

Initial GTF Reaction

to the Habitat III Zero Draft, May 2016

Habitat III Zero Draft

Zero Draft of the New Urban Agenda, 6 May 2016

Statement of Local & Regional Gove

Habitat III - Open-Ended Informal Consultative Meetings

Contributions on Civic Engagement

Statement of Local and Regional Governments Habitat III - Open-Ended Informal Consultative Meetings

Organizing Partners

UCLG

World organization of United Cities and Local Governments and its Thematic Committees

ICLEI

Local Governments for Sustainability

Regions4 Sustainable Development

Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development