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Recruitment - 25.06.2015

CGLU is looking for a junior Project Officer
For further information, have a look at UCLG's website.
UCLG - 17.06.2015

Summary of decisions and debates at the meeting of UCLG's Executive Bureau
Around 200 representatives of local government from 35 countries worldwide gathered in Porto Alegre (Brasil) from 10 to 12 June at the occasion of the UCLG Executive Bureau meeting.
The meeting aimed to discuss the organisation’s strategies to contribute to the international agendas that are currently being negotiated, including, the post-2015 development agenda, COP21 and a global urban agenda of Habitat III.

Read UCLG’s press release to further know about the outcome of the meeting.
Recruitment - 13.05.2015

UCLG Africa is recruiting
The Pan African organisation of local government, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) wants to strengthen its team by hiring several profiles: infographist, journalist and media specialist, programme officer, among other positions.

The deadline for application is Monday 25 May at 17h.
Recruitment - 07.05.2015

UCLG is recruiting a Webmaster
The webmaster will be the responsible for maintaining the organisation’s websites, by ensuring their proper functioning and creating new content for the website and blogs. She/he will also work on marketing promotions and social media.
Risk reduction - 20.03.2015

Read the local government's declaration to ensure resilience cities in an urban world
The Sendai declaration was adopted in the frame of the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai (Japan), from 13 to 18 March. European municipalities and regions were represented by the Mayor of Soest (The Netherlands) and member of our Dutch association (VNG).
UCLG Africa - 12.03.2015
UCLG Africa invites experts to register on database for consultancy services
The Pan African organisation of local government, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa), is calling on experts in various disciplines to register in order to fulfil the following purposes:
1. to create a reference database of African experts in the field of local governance for the UCLG Africa;
2. to enable the UCLG Africa, when necessary and appropriate, to make direct Calls to Tender for certain works to relevant experts;
3. to enable the UCLG Africa, when requested by local governments, their national associations; and development partners to provide information on available experts to support their initiatives / projects as they may demand.
The registration form is available from here. The deadline for subscription is 20 March 2015.
Urban innovation - 29.10.2014

Four European cities shortlisted for the Guangzhou International Award
The Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation aims to motivate cities and local authorities to further promote innovation and to improve city governance. The list of European cities shortlisted includes Bristol (United Kingdom), Hamburg (Germany), Linköping (Sweden) and Eskisehir (Turkey).

The awards ceremony will take place on 28 November in Guangzhou (China).
Habitat III - 19.09.2014

Read the recommendations we addressed to the UN for a sustainable urbanisation
Rural-urban connections, local culture or municipal cooperation at the international level are some of the key areas we recommend the UN to address in view to the future Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) to take place in 2016. The conference aims to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable urbanisation, with a special focus on the implementation of a “New Urban Agenda” at the international level.

This document was presented in New York last 17 September, by local and regional government organisations worldwide (including our global organisation UCLG and its regional sections) gathered in the Global taskforce.

Get to know more about the meeting with the United Nations you can have a look at UCLG website.
Local finances - 08.09.2014

Find out innovative finance resources with the new publication of the Global Fund for cities development
“Local innovations to finance cities and regions” compiles 9 case studies with strategies and financial instruments available for local and regional governments to foster their territories’ autonomy and resilience.

This publication was launched during the conference on “New funding models for local governments: how to effectively mobilise resources?”, co-organised by CEMR and several partners such as the Global fund for cities development (FMDV).