Newsletter – n°44 – October 2016
Headlines
Our Handbook to Quito and Bogotá
The UCLG World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders in Bogotá (Colombia) and the UN Conference on Sustainable Urban Development “Habitat III” in Quito (Ecuador) are around the corner. Let’s have a look at our suggestions to plan your participation!
News from the Secretariat
Success in Nantes
The world’s largest climate stakeholders summit has just taken place in Nantes, France. Key non-state players from around the world, including PLATFORMA and several of its members gathered to find concrete solutions to one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change.
Fighting inequalities with the local and regional perspective
In a document based on PLATFORMA's contribution to the European Commission Public Consultation on the Future of EU Development Policy, PLATFORMA calls on the European Union to base the new European Consensus on Development on 2 pillars.
The European Parliament calls for major reforms in ACP-EU relations after 2020
The Cotonou Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the EU needs to be reformed in order to improve its effectiveness, MEPs said in a resolution adopted this month in Plenary.
News from partners
Mayors are not lobbyists, expresses EU Commission
Good news for local governments - the Commission has issued a proposal on a mandatory EU lobby register from which local governments and their representative associations are excluded.
The Cities for Life Global Summit in Paris
The second edition of the Cities for Life Global Summit, created in 2015 by the city of Medellin (Colombia), is to be held at Paris City Hall (21-22 November 2016). This major international event will place Paris at the centre of a network of cities committed to social inclusion, resilience, and innovation for the greatest number of people.
New dates for Franco-Beninese Assises
Considering the request of the Ministry of Decentralisation and Local Governance in Benin, the Assises of decentralised cooperation organised by Cités Unies France (CUF) will take place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th of November.
Join the Urban Journalism Academy in Bogotá
The world at a glance
Nominate your candidate for the World Mayor Prize 2016!
This year, the theme for the World Mayor Prize is migrants and refugees. The winner will be a mayor “whose city has done the most to welcome immigrants and has used their skills to enrich and diversify society culturally, economically and socially.”
Initiative worth following
Municipalities hosting refugees create network to exchange best practices
The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) just launched a private Facebook group to offer a space for municipalities hosting refugees to exchange and learn from each other’s experiences, challenges and best practices in order to ensure the common welfare of refugees and host communities.
Transforming cities: from industrial centres to sustainable urban areas
Connective Cities organises from 5th to 7th December 2016 a dialogue event on the topic "Transforming cities: from industrial centres to sustainable urban areas" in Bocholt, Germany.
Calendar
UPCOMING
- 11-12 October (Dunkirk, France): 15th ARRICOD Universities
- 12-15 October (Bogotá, Colombia): World Summit of Local and Regional governments - UCLG Congress and 2nd World Assembly (Second session)
- 12 October (Bogotá, Colombia): CUF - Seminar to promote decentralised cooperation between France and Colombia
- 13 October (Bogotá, Colombia): Workshop – Model City Council, 9.00-10.30 (UTC/GMT-5), organised by PLATFORMA during UCLG Congress
- 13 October (Bogotá, Colombia): UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize Finals, 18:00-19:30 30 (UTC/GMT-5), organised by UCLG, VNG & DIBA during UCLG Congress
- 16 October (Quito, Ecuador): 2nd World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments (Third session), 15.00-18.00 (UTC/GMT-5)
- 17-20 October (Quito, Ecuador): Habitat III Conference
- 18 October (Quito, Ecuador): Capacity of local and regional governments to implement the new Urban Agenda – decentralisation, local autonomy and municipal finances, 8.00-9.00 (UTC/GMT-5), organised by PLATFORMA & CEMR during Habitat III Conference
- 3-4 November (Rome, Italy): PLATFORMA Steering Committee
- 4-5 November (Cotonou, Benin): CUF – 2nd Assises of decentralised cooperation in Benin. These 2nd assises will have a pan-European dimension
- 7-18 November (Marrakesh, Morocco): COP 22
- 17-18 November (Tbilisi, Georgia): 2nd PLATFORMA Eastern Partnership Seminar
- 1-2 December (Yerevan, Armenia): CUF – Assises of decentralised cooperation in Armenia
- 8-9 December (Marrakesh, Morocco): CUF – Assises of decentralised cooperation in Morocco