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The Pikine Declaration for Inclusive Metropolises
Friday, 20 May 2011
It is now available in several languages the final declaration of the International Assembly of the Peripheral Cities Forum (FALP), which was held in Pikine (Senegal) during the 8th Local Authorities Forum (FAL) and the 9th World Social Forum (WSF). With the participation of many peripheral cities from the host country and from other countries, such as Brazil, Spain...
New policies available in the Social Inclusion Observatory
Friday, 20 May 2011
In 2007, the Committee laid the foundations for the creation of an International Observatory on Local Social Inclusion Policies. The initiative aimed to place a consultation tool for the design and implementation of local social inclusion policies at the disposal of the members of the Committee and UCLG cities. On the basis of this empirical data, the Observatory...
The president of UCLG chair UNACLA
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
The regular annual meeting of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) took place on Sunday 10 April. This was the first regular meeting of UNACLA Chaired by the new Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Joan Clos. He expressed the need to strengthen the ties between local authorities and UN-Habitat. He also stressed the need to provide proper...
Minutes of the Committee meeting in Dakar
Sunday, 20 March 2011
The 1st Biannual Meeting 2011 of the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights was held in Dakar on 10 February. The meeting was chaired by the President of the Committee and Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Mr. Ricard Gomà. 34 people participated in the session on behalf of 26 cities or institutions from Africa (Madagascar, Mozambique,...
Reports by the FAL working groups held in Dakar
Sunday, 20 March 2011
A total of 6 working groups were held in Dakar on 8 February 2011 during the 8th Forum of Local Authorities for Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy (FAL). Based on the theme of "Local power and global crisis," the sessions covered various issues in order to offer local solutions to the current global crisis. Reports available:   Participatory democracy and...
9th FAL in Dakar: The engagement of local authorities towards the African peoples
Friday, 18 March 2011
More than 1,000 participants and 300 delegates attended the meeting gathering local governments in favour of another possible world. During the journey, different working groups (6) have been searching for local solutions to the global crisis from a sectorial point of view, in a meeting focused on the problems of the African continent, the global crisis, the...
11th Conference of the IOPD, Lleida / 6 - 8 April 2011
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The 11th Conference of the IOPD will take place in the city of Lleida, Spain, from 6 to 8 April 2011, and will deal with the issue of "ICT Technologies and Citizen Participation. Civil society and communication tools". The main goal of the meeting will be to discuss the role of information and communication technologies in the design of citizen participation policies...
Application for the post of Secretary General of UCLG
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Deadline: 1 March 2011 After six years of consolidation as the united voice of local and regional authorities worldwide, UCLG is looking for a new Secretary General to drive it into a new phase. One of UCLG´s main objectives is to ensure that the interests of local governments, and of the citizens they represent, are fully taken into account in the global governance...

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