The UCLG World Congress closed in Tangier with a democratic handover and a new political roadmap for the municipal movement.
After two days of General Assembly and World Council deliberations, delegates elected Uğur İbrahim Altay, Mayor of Konya, as President of UCLG for the 2026–2029 mandate. The new Co-Presidency brings together Bheke Stofile, President of SALGA; Aysen Nikolaev, Head of the Sakha Republic; Jan van Zanen, Mayor of The Hague; Cristian Zamora, Mayor of Cuenca; Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener; and Fatimetou Abdel Malick, President of the Nouakchott Region, President of UCLG Women and Chair of the Standing Committee on Gender Equality. Fatiha El Moudni, Mayor of Rabat and President of Metropolis, continues in her role as UCLG Treasurer.
The vote brought to a close an intense institutional process that had opened the previous day with debates on the post-2030 agenda, local multilateralism for peace, everyday essentials, housing, care and the future of public services. Before the election results were announced, delegates approved the Tangier Outcome Document, which will guide the municipal movement from 2026 into 2027 and beyond. With its official approval, several mechanisms for collective action, accountability, learning and implementation were adopted.
The roadmap emerging from Tangier builds on the Pact for the Future adopted in Daejeon, the achievements of the previous mandate, and priorities reaffirmed throughout the Congress. At its centre is the principle of care: care for people, care for the planet, care for democratic governance, and care for the UCLG network.