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Interview with Kadir Topbas, the Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG
Interview with Kadir Topbas, the Mayor of Istanbul and President of the United Cities and Local Governments Coping with a burgeoning urban populatio...
06.06.2015
On September 23, 2014, the Compact of Mayors was launched at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in New York City by the C40 Cities Cl...
23.04.2015
Meeting of the Middle East section of UCLG in Adana
В Адане 19 декабря 2014 года по любезному приглашению столичной мэрии Адана и при участии Союза муниципалитетов Турции состоялось заседание Исполни...
21.01.2015
Metropolis World Congress 2014
The 11th Metropolis World Congress of Metropolitan Section of UCLG was held on 6-10 October in Hyderabad (India). 130 cities in 50 countries were repr...
21.10.2014
World Habitat Day 2014: voices from slums
October 6, 2014 was World Habitat Day. This day is held by the United Nations to attract attention to the problem of homeless people and fight against...
09.10.2014
A delegation of local and regional leaders of the Global Taskforce, facilitated by UCLG, which included over 40 elected repr...
03.10.2014
The 6th World Regional Governments Summit
The 6th World Regional Governments Summit, which took place in Cartagena de las Indias, Colombia, within the framework of the General Assembly of the ...
03.09.2014
Vacancy in the UCLG Presidency
Dear Members, Due to the local elections that took place in Ecuador, there is a vacancy in the UCLG Presidency. The Executive Bureau in Liverpool agr...
07.07.2014
Anne Hidalgo elected as Paris's first female mayor
Miss Hidalgo claimed 54.5 per cent of second round votes in the capital, comfortably beating her centre-Right rival, former government minister Nathal...
31.03.2014
Local governments in Tunisia’s new Constitution
The National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia adopted a new Constitution on 26 January, taking another step towards real democracy and recognizing the ...
20.02.2014
The United Nations will celebrate the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) from 10 to 21 March 2014 in New York....
09.01.2014
nterview: 3 questions with Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG
1. What are your expectations for the Rabat 2013 World Summit? For us, 1996 (Habitat II in Istanbul) was an important milestone. This event marked th...
28.08.2013
Global Conference of Local Elected Women held in Paris
Gathering over 400 participants from 60 different countries, the Global Conference of Local Elected Women took place in Paris on 31-1 February. ...
25.02.2013
Iñaki Azkuna, Mayor of Bilbao, has been awarded the 2012 World Mayor Prize
It has been said that Bilbao’s transformation from a declining industrial city in Spain’s northern Basque Province to an international centre for tour...
29.01.2013
Kadir Topbash calls for provision of humanitarian aid for people of Syria
Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG Kadir Topbash asked the members and partners of the organization to be aware of tragic spiral of violence that...
26.10.2012
More than 250 billion dollars a year needed to provide basic services in the cities of the world
The Committee on Decentralization and Local Self-Government, chaired by Barcelona, and the UCLG World Secretariat organized a session at the World Urb...
17.09.2012
Rethinking Cities: Framing the Future
6th Urban Research and Knowledge Symposium 2012 Rethinking Cities: Framing the Future Barcelona, Spain | October 8-10, 2012 Leading urban researche...
14.09.2012
UN-Habitat announces Scroll of Honour Winners
The 2012 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award Winners UN-Habitat is pleased to announce the 2012 Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to the following recipi...
14.09.2012
Local and Regional Authorities gearing up to shape a new Development and Habitat Agenda
Over 200 Mayors and local practitioners gathered at the World Urban Forum called for the Third Conference of Sustainable Human Settlements (Habitat II...
10.09.2012
Muchadey Masunda, Co-President of UCLG, calls for in depth study of practices on local job creation
Muchadey Masunda, Mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe and Co-President of UCLG calls for in depth study of practices on local job creation. The UN Advisory Com...
10.09.2012