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The Global Taskforce will meet in Barcelona from 10-12 November to prepare for the Second World Assembly of Local and Regional Authorities, and to coordinate its joint advocacy strategy for the Habitat III Conference.

UCLG has been invited to co-lead Policy Unit Four on Urban Governance, Capacity and Institutional Development with

"We, the local and regional leaders gathered in United Cities and Local Governments and the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, have been here this week to make everybody aware that the Sustainable Development Goa

New York, USA -  The Sustainable Development Goals represent a transformative agenda. The objective is to transform the economies and societies of developing countries with a view to eliminating poverty by 2030.

The main international networks of local and regional government gather in New-York to celebrate the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Much political attention is focussed on the growing migration and refugee crisis in the Mediterranean and the Middle East , the Indian Ocean, the US-Mexican border and elsewhere.