New York, United States, 24 March – The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York culminated with a breakthrough response to the global water crisis, with national governments, regional and local governments, businesses and civil society committing to advance the water agenda.
The Platform on High-Impact for Localization Policies was launched in the framework of the UCLG Retreat 2023 on February 22. This is a tool to collect localization initiatives and projects to be showcased at the United Nations SDG Summit in September 2023.
Since 2017, the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments has facilitated a report to the High-Level Political Forum of the United Nations (HLPF) on the role of local and regional governments (LRGs) in the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The next report will be presented in July 2023.
Over 130 participants, including representatives from GTF member networks such as UCLG; CLGF; AER; Regions 4; ORU-FOGAR; ICLEI; C40, FMDV, UCCI, AL-LAS; CUF; the Resilient Cities Network; Metropolis; Platforma; CEMR; and UCLG-MEWA, and special partners from UN-Habitat, UN DESA, the FAO, Cities Alliance, and UN-Women gathered to discuss the GTF’s agenda and upcoming calendar for 2021 and to align priorities for the group’s upcoming annual meeting taking place in February 202
In the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, local and regional governments worldwide are launching their vision, laid out in the Report to UN75 on how Local and Regional Governments Envision the Global Future.
The Third Local and Regional Governments’ Forum, co-organized by the Global Taskforce and UN-DESA, UN-Habitat, UNDP, and the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General, took place within the framework of the 2020 High-Level Political Forum.