#CitiesAreListening

Shaping the future, shaping the narrative

The unprecedent challenges and emerging crises the world is facing today require political commitments to shift the direction ...

A strategic blueprint for the future

The Pact for the Future is the key outcome document of the 2022 World Congress. It defines the strategic ...

Care, Trust and a Common Feminist Future

The 7th UCLG World Congress and Summit of Local and Regional Leaders closed on 14 October 2022 with the participation ...

LOCAL LEADERS, PLEDGE AS ONE!

The world’s largest meeting of mayors, local and regional leaders and their associations closed on 14 October 2022 in ...

Towards a New Social Contract: Rebuilding Trust in Local Government

Trust is essential to building healthy societies; however, recently citizens’ trust in government institution has been declining. In ...

The Pact for the Future of Humanity: Embracing Transformative Governance

Through social movements and civil society, citizens are increasingly calling for governing systems to be more inclusive and ...

Climate action and resilience: Early action and investments saves lives

No conference involving aware leaders can take place in today’s times without acknowledging climate change. Considering that ...

A proposal for a participatory approach to caring systems: Accessible and inclusive social care

“Caring systems” are the core of the Pact for the Future of Humanity. On 12 October 2022, a Town Hall ...

GOLD VI report: A fundamental contribution to the urban and territorial equality

The GOLD VI Report is an essential contribution to the Pact for the Future of Humanity, the expected ...

Local and regional governments breaking through as one

Enthusiasm was in the air on Wednesday afternoon in Daejeon. “Local and regional governments: Breaking through as one” ...

UCLG Presidency Pledge on the Pact for the Future for Humanity

UCLG urges to implement Pact for the Future: Striving for equality and care

The three key elements of the Pact for the Future of Humanity -- people, planet, and government -- ...

An Intergenerational Social Contract: Youth in Urban Processes

Youth are the main constituents of the future; they will be the ones to experience the effects of ...

Accessibility in cities: Highlighting voices from civil society

The UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG11) – which calls for more inclusive, safer, and more sustainable cities -- reflects ...

Daejeon sets the stage for global impact

The central city of the Republic of Korea combines tradition and modernity, being considered the science and research ...

A new partnership model for cities and civil society: The ‘Town Hall’ process

The Town Hall was one of the key processes leading to the 2019 United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) ...

The World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders and World Congress kicks off in Daejeon

The World Summit is the largest gathering of mayors, presidents of associations, local elected officers, and practitioners from ...