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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…
Download the full programme of the side-events organized by the Global TaskForce and local and regional governments partners! The debates on new local financing systems at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development…
“Challenges and Opportunities for Local Government in the New Global Agenda” in session on Local Government 2030: Achieving the Vision It is a great pleasure to be in Gaborone to address the 2015 Commonwealth Local Government Conference. Let…
Stakeholders have until 24 June to propose individuals and organizations for a mechanism that will have a substantial role in drafting the New Urban Agenda. The United Nations has extended by a week and a half an important cut-off point for…