New Urban Agenda
Global Partnership on Effective Development Cooperation commits to empower local governments to localize the SDGs
01 December 2016
The Nairobo Outcome Document recognizes the role of local and regional governments in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and commits to build their capacities and include them in consultations on development policy.
The 2nd High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation was held from the 29th of November to the 1st of December in Nairobi, Kenya
Local leaders call for decentralization, financing for cities and the feminization of politics at Habitat III
16 October 2016
On 16th October 2016, on the eve of the Third UN Conference of Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), over a thousand representatives of local and regional governments gathered in Quito for the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments to celebrate the adoption of the New Urban Agenda and to commit to play their part in its achievement.
World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments adopts joint statement to present at Habitat III in Bogotá
13 October 2016
From Bogotá to Quito: local and regional governments celebrate the New Urban Agenda and call on UN Member States to #Listen2Cities at Habitat III
Local and regional governments at Habitat III in Quito
06 October 2016
Local and regional governments are set to make a splash at Habitat III with the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments, the Local and Regional Government Lounge, and a range of innovative side-events at this major global conference on housing and sustainable urban development in Quito.