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New Report Finds that Stronger Bridge between Science and Policies is Needed to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
07/14/2016  

Roadmap for achieving the SDGs at local level
06/30/2016  

Regions are mobilising for biodiversity
06/27/2016  

Promoting good governance at the metropolitan level: ALDA launches the project MEANING
06/22/2016  

New publication : World Cities Report 2016
06/20/2016  Urbanization and Development - Emerging Futures

Projecting progress: The SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean
06/20/2016  

Informe Regional sobre Desarrollo Humano para América Latina y el Caribe 2016
06/16/2016  Progreso multidimensional: bienestar más allá del ingreso

En Cienfuegos, promoción del desarrollo territorial y creación de sinergias
06/15/2016  

Millions of Latin Americans risk sliding back into poverty; new generation of public policies crucial to prevent setbacks: UNDP
06/15/2016  

Habitat III Hearings for Local Authorities
06/14/2016  

Las redes de Gobiernos Locales debaten su papel en la Agenda 2030
06/14/2016  

7th Forum of the International Action of Local Authorities 2016
06/08/2016  Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals for Inclusive Societies

CGLU lanza una APP que relaciona Objetivos y Metas de Desarrollo Sostenible con Gobiernos Locales
06/07/2016  

Suscribe la Carta Europea contra el Desperdicio de Comida, y comienza a aplicar los ODS
06/07/2016  

Kazan hosts the last meeting of the UCLG Executive Bureau before the World Summit in Bogota
06/07/2016  

Launch of the Food Loss and Waste Protocol (FLWP) at 3GF 2016
06/03/2016  

At UN Environment Assembly Convening in Nairobi: Governments Agree to 25 Landmark Resolutions to Drive Sustainability Agenda and Paris Climate Agreement
06/03/2016  

The role of local development offices in Lebanese municipalities
05/31/2016  

Las diputaciones andaluzas animan a los ayuntamientos a protagonizar una movilización solidaria municipal con voz en el debate internacional
05/30/2016  

Capitalising EYD2015: LADDER special initiative investigates decentralized cooperation as a tool for good local governance
05/30/2016  

“Good practices for beekeeping and food security”
05/12/2016  In Ramallah, on the 25th and the 26th May, National Beekeeping Forum of Palestine

“El Desarrollo Económico Local es esencial para mejorar las condiciones de vida de las personas”
04/29/2016  

New Publication: the strategic role of territories and decentralized cooperation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
04/28/2016  

Integrated Framework to Support Local Governance and Local Development
04/19/2016  

El Proyecto del Qhapac Ñan comienza su camino
04/18/2016  

April 22 Paris Agreement Signing in New York : Over 130 Countries Confirm Attendance
04/18/2016  Update to Event, Guide to Subsequent Ratification

Habitat III Side Event : Making cities more equitable through inclusive economic development
04/16/2016   Government and local representatives, NGOs, local businesses and United Nations Development Programme gather to discuss on the role of inclusive economic development

La Asamblea del FAMSI aprueba una resolución sobre la población refugiada
04/12/2016  

Réseau MedNC : ‘ Réduire le chômage en Méditerranée. Les jeunes prennent la parole’ , le 14 avril à la Villa Méditerranée
04/11/2016  

La medición del desarrollo a nivel territorial, reflexiones desde Cuba
04/08/2016  

Finalization of the technical assistance for the handicraft promotion in the city of Chefchaouen
04/07/2016  Technical assistance to Chefchaouen is part of the project of Consolidation of MedCities' Knowledge Transfer Centers, aimed to reinforce municipalities of the Maghreb and Mashreq regions in the sphere of urban development strategies and the implementation of strategic projects

ICLEI Joins Campaign for IPCC Special Report on Cities and Climate Change
04/04/2016  ICLEI supports the proposal for the preparation of a Special Report on Cities and Climate Change (SRCC) as part of upcoming 6th Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Discuten especialistas y directores propuesta metodológica para promover el desarrollo municipal en el marco de la Plataforma Articulada para el Desarrollo Integral Territorial (PADIT)
03/24/2016  

The Council for Sectorial Coordination of Productive Development: an example of Local Governance and Multilevel Coordination in Bolivia
03/21/2016  

New Publication : 10 things to know about progress in international development
03/21/2016  

Localizing the SDGs: local and regional governments at the heart of the Global Agenda 2030
03/14/2016  

ILO: Large gender gaps remain across broad spectrum of global labour market
03/09/2016  New ILO report highlights the enormous challenges women continue to face in finding and keeping decent jobs around the world.

El Comité Nacional de Coordinación de PADIT reflexiona sobre el 2015 y proyecta la Plataforma en el 2016
03/04/2016  

Toolkit of GOOD PRACTICES on Citizen Participation!
03/03/2016  

MedCities supports the review of the Al Fayhaa Sustainable Development Strategy Plan
03/02/2016  

ALDA local democracy library - Decentralized cooperation in EaP in the spotlight in the first issue
02/26/2016  

“DEAR Student” project: two seminars on Education for Development
02/23/2016  

Dear Student reclama incluir en los centros la educación en desarrollo humano sostenible
02/22/2016  

25 years working for urban development in the Mediterranean
02/18/2016  

Urban innovation to implement the SDGs
02/16/2016  

Regional leaders the world over will gather at the VII World Summit of Regional Governments
02/11/2016  ORU Fogar is planning an international meeting of regional stakeholders in Rio de Janeiro on the 14th and 15th of April 2016.

Diploma en Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular en América Latina (on-line)
02/10/2016  

Putting people at the center of the new development agenda
02/09/2016  

Beekeeping: the engine of sustainable development.
02/06/2016   The National Beekeeping Forum of Algeria was successfully concluded

Las alianzas municipales refuerzan el desarrollo local y la cooperación internacional desde Andalucía
02/03/2016  

L’ONU approuve une large participation locale et régionale lors de l’Habitat III
02/01/2016  

13th PASCAL International Conference: Learning Cities 2040
01/29/2016  Global, Local, Connected, Sustainable, Healthy & Resilient

Global Call to Share Good Practices in Public Management
01/28/2016  

The National Beekeeping Forum among the desert bees
01/22/2016  The Mediterranean Beekeeping flies to Algeria and held the first congress of the Algerian professionals beekeepers

Nouvelle publication : Agir en coopération pour un développement local durable et inclusif
01/20/2016  Co-construire un Programme d’Inclusion Économique et Sociale à l’international

Online Book Presentation: Food Waste Recovery - Processing Technology and Industrial Techniques
01/15/2016  

Major Report on Global Citizenship and Youth Participation in Europe
01/14/2016  

Celebrating Youth and Peacebuilding: A Statement from UN-Habitat Deputy Executive Director, Aisa Kaciyra
01/12/2016  

Joint Declaration on the European Year for Development
01/11/2016  

Cities and migrants –implementing the Integrating Cities Charter
01/11/2016  

The regional dimension in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
01/08/2016  

SDG5: What local governments need to know
01/05/2016  

Sanitation becomes separate UN human right in enhanced fight against infection
01/05/2016  

Sustainable Development Goals kick off with start of new year
01/05/2016  

Second Busan Global Partnership Forum in Korea, November 2015
12/24/2015  

Malta and Paris: key milestones
12/23/2015  

Strengthening the Learning Agenda with Asian Local Authorities under the umbrella of the SDGs
12/22/2015  

Good Practices interchange among Pinar del Río and Artemisa about territorial development management.
12/22/2015  

Leverage climate finance to finance the sustainable city
12/20/2015   UCLG Committee on Local Finance for Development during the COP21 from December 2 to 8 in Paris

Countries adopt plan to use Internet in implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
12/20/2015  

EU policies and funds need to be shaped by local and regional experiences
12/18/2015  Europe's local and regional authorities explain their territorial vision in a report prepared by Oldrich Vlasák

Challenges and opportunities of public space as a generator of growth in African Cities
12/18/2015  

The ILS LEDA Resco methodology adopted in Siberian territories
12/16/2015  

Human Development Report 2015 to Launch 14 December in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
12/14/2015  

Historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change
12/13/2015  195 Nations Set Path to Keep Temperature Rise Well Below 2 Degrees Celsius

The closing ceremonies of the Course Civilizing paradigms, Climate Change and Restoration of the Mother Earth Balance in the Framework of the Live Well begin
12/12/2015  

The International Organization of La Francophonie and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) strengthen their collaboration
12/10/2015  

United Nations Security Council adopts ground-breaking resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
12/09/2015  

Observatorio Territorio Uruguay, territorial policy monitor
12/09/2015  

Successfully completed the 7th Forum of the Mediterranean Beekeeping : drafted the Charter of Honey Mediterranean
12/02/2015  The APIMED working group processes the document that for the first time defines the honey of the Mediterranean

COP21 conference on climate change
11/30/2015  Paris, 30 November to 11 December 2015

Cooperation and sharing can help combat climate change
11/30/2015  

Latin America and the Caribbean to create a regional alliance to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030
11/29/2015  

FMDV in Guadalajra: Joint Municipal Funding, basic for a Metropolitan Sustainable Development in Latin America
11/28/2015  

Planning for resilient urbanization
11/28/2015  

Puerto de Veracruz Declaration
11/26/2015   First Caribbean, Central American and Mexican Regional Meeting of the Universities Union of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL)

7th Africities-Africités Summit
11/25/2015  Johannesburg, 29th November- 3rd December

SDGs, LED, and the role of regions in building a better World
11/18/2015  

The Mediterranean Beekeeping Forum is back
11/17/2015  The 7° edition in Tunis

From Paris to your hometown: How climate action is going local
11/11/2015  Over recent years, climate negotiations have gotten more and more complex.

World Cities Day highlights design’s role in promoting sustainability, inclusivity
11/07/2015  Local governments use event, which bookended Expo 2015, to bolster recognition of the Habitat III process.

Human Development Report 2015 to be launched on 14 December 2015
10/29/2015  

First European Forum on Young and Local Authorities against Food Waste and for Global Right to Food
10/25/2015  Elaborated the “Don't Waste Our Future” Charter

Final Declaration of the Third World Forum of Local Economic Development
10/23/2015  

Third World Forum of Local Economic Development
10/21/2015  

First European Forum of Young and Local Authorities against food waste and for global right to food
10/20/2015  Young people and Local Authorities launch the European Charter against food waste and for the global right to food in Milan 21st and 22nd of October

CooBEEration Campaign: at ‘ Fa la cosa giusta Umbria’ the official launch of the international awareness initiative about the values of Beekeeping as a Common Good
10/03/2015  Umbria region, ANCI Umbria and the municipality of Foligno are the first supporters of the Campaign

The 3rd World Forum of Local Economic Development is approaching
09/30/2015  Turin, 13th-16th October

World leaders adopt Sustainable Development Goal
09/25/2015  

Launching of the International Campaign “CooBEEration”
09/24/2015  From the green heart of Italy the starts the awareness International Campaign on Beekeeping as Global Common Good

Minutes from the meeting among representatives of the Januaforum Association, State Secretary of Environment of Amazonas – Brazil and the EXPO National Commission of the Democratic Republic of São To
09/10/2015  

New publication: 2014 revision of the World Urbanization Prospects
09/01/2015  United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

New publication: UNDP ART Initiative - 2014 in Review is here!
08/25/2015  Read the newly published annual report of the ART Initiative

Paris Climate Change Conference: COP2130 _ November - 11 December 2015
08/24/2015  A bold and ambitious global climate agreement in Paris could launch a new era of sustainable development

Se presenta la Iniciativa Saemaul Undong en Tiquipaya y Sacaba
08/20/2015  Entre hoy y mañana, está teniendo lugar la presentación del “Proyecto De Desarrollo de Capacidades Locales en el Desarrollo Productivo del Área Metropolitana de Cochabamba: Iniciativa Saemaul Undong en Bolivia” en los municipios de Tiquipaya y Sacaba. Se trata de una ejecución del PNUD con financiamiento de Corea.

The business of food security: Profitability, sustainability and risk
08/12/2015  Parliament House, Canberra - 10-12 August 2015

New publication: Local Economic Development as a Mean of Implementing the Post-2015 Agenda and the SDGs in Africa
08/12/2015  A contribution towards the achievement of the SDGs

UCLG and Global Taskforce advocacy pays off in SDG Outcome Document ‘Transforming Our World’
08/10/2015  On August 3, U. N. Member States reached consensus on the Sustainable Development Goals and finalized the outcome document, “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.

Project DevelopMED: ALDA fosters local development & democracy in Tunisia
08/07/2015  

Consensus Reached on New Sustainable Development Agenda to be adopted by World Leaders in September
08/05/2015  Ambitious new agenda would end poverty by 2030 and universally promote shared economic prosperity, social development and environmental protection

APIMED is taking the first steps toward the creation of the Observatory of Mediterranean Beekeeping.
08/04/2015  Tangible support for beekeeping means supporting biodiversity.

Countries reach historic agreement to generate financing for new sustainable development agenda
07/15/2015  Addis Ababa Action Agenda

PADIT in its first National Coordination Committee
07/14/2015  Accompanying territorial development

Construir una marca, una herramienta básica para fomentar el Desarrollo Económico Territorial
07/07/2015  

Beexpo – Biodiversity and pollination: protection of bees and development of sustainable beekeeping”
06/17/2015  Milan, June 16th

New Publication: The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015
06/17/2015  Final assessment of global and regional progress towards the MDGs

Local and regional authorities discuss on the post-2015 agenda and the territorial approach
06/05/2015  4th Assises of Decentralized Cooperation

Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Territorial Economic Development
05/29/2015  May 18th to 19th, 2015, Quito (Ecuador)

National Beekeeping Forum of Lebanon, an important moment for reflecting and discussing the situation of the Lebanese and the Mediterranean beekeeping
05/25/2015  Beirut, 5-6th May 2015

National Beekeeping Forum of Lebanon
05/05/2015  Development strategies for Lebanese and Mediterranean beekeeping

New publication: Youth and Localisation of Knowledge
04/17/2015  Third Arab Knowledge Report

World Social Forum
04/11/2015  An edition which counted on the presence of more than 70,000 participants and over 5,000 organizations from 130 different countries

New publication: "Financing local and regional governments"
04/07/2015  Report on Financing for Development

Invitation to the Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Territorial Economic Development
04/01/2015  May 18-19, 2015, Quito - Ecuador

CONAMYPE: 12 years at the service of MYPEs
04/01/2015  Celebrating the National Confederation of Micro and Small Enterprises

New Publication: “Localizing the post-2015 development agenda”
03/23/2015  Final report of the dialogues co-facilitated by UNDP and UN-Habitat, on behalf of UNDG, together with the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments

World Social Forum
03/20/2015  The contribution of territorial actors to the promotion of social cohesion and sustainable development at local, national and global level

Agir en coopération pour un développement local durable et inclusif
03/13/2015  New publication on decentralized cooperation for economic and social inclusion and local development

Second Myanmar Good Governance Forum - Stocktaking of reforms and dialogue on priorities for the future
02/26/2015  Sharing experience from other regions

Catalogue of Decentralized Cooperation Actors
02/25/2015  New Publication published by the Technical Secretariat for International Cooperation of Ecuador

UCLG gathers its delegations and partners for its first retreat
02/24/2015  Building synergies for the future SDGs

Urbanisation and Food Systems:the role of City Region Food Systems in Resilience and Sustainable Development
02/12/2015  The International Sustainability Unit, a foundation established by HRH the Prince of Wales, hosted a one-day event on Urbanisation and Food Systems

Presentation of the PADIT Platform to decentralized cooperation actors
01/13/2015  Articulated Platform for integral Territorial Development in Cuba

The Territorial Experience on Sustainable Human Development and Peacebuilding
11/25/2014  New publication on the experience of the Department of Nariño, Colombia

Launching of the new framework programme for an integrated development of Cuba
11/03/2014  Workshop with Decentralized Cooperation

Signing ceremony of the new Framework Programme in Burundi
07/28/2014  Support to Territorial Development and Commitment to Human Development in Burundi - PACTE

Articulated Platform for Integrated Territorial Development in Cuba
07/17/2014  Workshop for the launching of the Framework Programme

UNDP ART Initiative - 2013 in Review
07/11/2014  Read the newly published annual report of the ART initiative

Comprehensive development of Cuban territories
06/15/2014  A new Framework Programme is signed in the city of Havana

Localizing the post 2015 agenda
06/15/2014  Join the e-discussion and have your say on how to implement the next development agenda

7th World Urban Forum
04/05/2014  Local Economic Development. Strengthening urban rural linkages for economic growth and sustainable development

The importance of Local Economic Development (LED) in the Post-2015 development agenda
01/10/2014  Side event of the 7th Session of the Open Working Group on SDGs: Local Economic Development for Sustainable Territorial Development

2nd World Forum of Local Economic Development
11/03/2013  The event gathered more than 4.000 people in order to advance the dialogue on Local Economic Development

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