New Urban Agenda

Local and Regional Government Contributions to the Habitat III Preparatory Process

23 Feb 2016
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 Hab...

Global Taskforce feedback on Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks

07 Feb 2016
Building on inputs provided by members, the Global Taskforce, facilitated by UCLG, has provided detailed feedback in response to the ten Habitat III P...

UCLG and Global Taskforce advocacy pays off in SDG Outcome Document ‘Transforming Our World’

10 Aug 2015
On August 3, U. N. Member States reached consensus on the Sustainable Development Goals and finalized the outcome document, “Transforming Our...

Urban SDG and Habitat III safe as marathon negotiations reach consensus

05 Aug 2015
Final SDGs text, likely to be adopted in full at September summit, seen as bolstering local authorities. A marathon weekend negotiating session rea...

Noting Habitat III in the SDGs text would have "enormous meaning" for implementation

03 Aug 2015
Language around next year’s cities conference is under discussion during the final week of negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals text. ...

Local and regional governments at PrepCom2 of Habitat III

16 Apr 2015
Local and Regional Government organizations, in their capacity as governmental stakeholders and gathered as part of the Global Taskforce for Post-2015...