As part of COP25 in Madrid last week, The Cities Programme in partnership with the UN Global Compact Local Network – Spain, CEiiA, UN-Habitat, RMIT Europe, Ecodes and the Observatorio la rabida de desarrollo sostenible y Cambio Climático para Iberoamerica presented a panel discussion on multi-stakeholder alliances for the effective Read more…
The Cities Programme along with co-organisers, ECODES, ODS Observatory San Carlos de la Rabida, and the Local Network of the Global Compact Spain will be hosting a panel discussion as part of COP25 on Multi-stakeholder alliances to facilitate institutional innovation, technologies, data and investment for effective localisation of the 2030 Read more…
From the XXIV Summit of the Latin American Platform of Cities Mercociudades in Asuncion, Paraguay, to the Urban Basque Agenda, Bulzatu 2050 in Spain, our Head of Local Engagement, Javier Cortes has been supporting cities to mobilise the Local 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Beginning last month, Javier attended the Read more…
The 6th UCLG Congress took place in Durban, South Africa between the 11-15 November, where 2,000 delegates including mayors, councillors, presidents of local associations and local and regional practitioners came together to renew the future of the international municipality movement and to discuss bottom-up continental and regional specific priorities, with Read more…
Pictured: The Metro Station University of Chile, the most extensive Metro Network in South America, powered by 60% renewable energy. Sadly 80 stations have been destroyed in the recent protests. About Santiago’s Metro. The words ethics and cities have recently been combined by philosophers and urbanists to focus on a Read more…
Coinciding with the SDG summit under the auspice of the UN General Assembly last month, The City of Leeuwarden was making its own commitments to further the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] at the local level. The City of Leeuwarden became an innovating city with the UN Global Compact – Cities Read more…
This article is an opinion piece written by Javier Cortes, Head of Local Engagement with the UN Global Compact Cities Programme, that first appeared in the online public journal of Portuguese daily newspaper, Público. Read the original article in Portuguese here. These days we are celebrating the 18th edition of European Read more…
A City of Newcastle led Taskforce through the City Partnerships Challenge, is working with Miromaa Language and Technology Centre to increase authentic local Aboriginal tourism products in the Newcastle local government area. The initiative aims to engender a deeper understanding of local Aboriginal history and culture with visitors and the Read more…
In 2017, the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme began partnering on a project with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, facilitating an Urban Liveability and Resilience Program focused on knowledge building and exchange. Two years on, what can Melbourne and Bangkok learn from each other to improve liveability and wellbeing for Read more…
On the 9-18 July, leaders gathered in New York for the 2019 High Level Political Forum [HLPF] under the auspice of Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The thematic explored in 2019 was “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality” which focused on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4 Read more…