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The Global TaskForce of Local and Regional Governments was invited by the organizers at the Closing Plenary of the Civil Society Organization Financing for Development Forum to present its perspectives on the Third…
The final draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit to adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda has just been made available by the Co-Facilitators of the Intergovernmental Negotiations. This document will be discussed during the upcoming…
With the UN Conference to approve the Post-2015 Agenda on the horizon, June saw the inaugural meeting of the Interagency and Expert Group (IAEG-SDG) charged with drawing up proposals for indicators to measure progress towards the 17 goals and 169…
While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be inked by the United Nations General Assembly in just a few months, a key component of those goals won’t be agreed upon until early next year. That’s when the U. N.…
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 was launched in Oslo, Norway by the Secretary-General on 6 July 2015. The report provides a final assessment of global and regional progress towards the MDGs since their endorsement in 2000. It shows…
UCLG President, Mayor Kadir Topbaş, will represent local and regional authorities of the Local Authorities Major Group and the Global Taskforce at the opening plenary of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on the 26th of…