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Local government association members of the Global Taskforce met in Barcelona from 9-10 February to define their joint action in the run up to the Habitat III Conference in Quito. The first day saw discussions on the Local Authority Hearings of…
Building on inputs provided by members, the Global Taskforce, facilitated by UCLG, has provided detailed feedback in response to the ten Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks published on 4 January. The Policy Paper Frameworks of each Policy Unit…
Article originally published on the ICLEI CityTalk blog on 26 January 2016. According to the Mayan calendar, 2015 was to be the year of the apocalypse. While the Earth did not stop turning, global achievements on sustainability in 2015…
4 January saw the publication of the Draft Policy Paper Frameworks produced by the ten Policy Units charged with providing inputs on the New Urban Agenda, the 20-year global framework on sustainable urban development to be adopted at the…
On 21 December, the UN General Assembly confirmed the specific rules and processes for the participation of local and regional governments and other stakeholders in the Habitat III process. Resolution A/RES/67/473 on the Implementation of…
On 10 November, representatives of fourteen local government networks of the Global Taskforce and their partners began an intensive three days of meetings in Barcelona, in the framework of the newly adopted 2030 Agenda and the run up to Habitat III…