LOCAL DEMOCRACY REBUILDS TRUST

On the third day of the UCLG Annual Retreat in Barcelona, the municipal movement turned to a strategic question shaping its international engagement: how to operate politically in a global order where universal multilateralism is increasingly complemented — and in some cases bypassed — by plurilateral, multi-actor coalitions. The session on Democracy and Plurilateralism examined how cities and regions can engage in these shifting formats without diluting democratic values or fragmenting the movement internally.