UN-Habitat

Mayors of Europe and beyond, take part to the Mayors’ Action Platform!

Publish your own success stories, read case studies by other municipalities, and get directly in tou...
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Local government takes a seat at the UN table

75 years already! That’s how long it’s been since the creation of the United Nations, an organis...
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Innovation, Proximity & Solidarity: Local Economic Development as Immediate Response

Local and regional governments are playing a key innovative role in giving impetus to the maintenanc...
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World Urban Forum: Here’s where Europe’s local and regional governments will play an active role

Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and this proportion is expected to incr...
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World’s first ever UN Habitat Assembly promises local-friendly future

We all live somewhere. And we all want the place we live in to provide a good quality of life. At th...
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PLATFORMA will be at UN-Habitat 1st Assembly meeting in Nairobi

Three local elected representatives will attend the first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly in Na...
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Venice 2030: the conclusions of the multi-stakeholder dialogue are online

The conclusion of the  November ‘Venice City Solutions 2030-Financing the SDGs at the local l...
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“Cities for girls and young women = cities for all” High-level panel at the European Development Days 2018

PLATFORMA/CEMR, Plan International, UN HABITAT, and United Cities and Local Governments–Africa are...
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#EDD18: attend our Auditorium session «Cities for girls and young women = cities for all»

PLATFORMA/CEMR, Plan International, UN HABITAT, and United Cities and Local Governments – Afri...
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Líderes locales y regionales se reúnen con el secretario general de la ONU

«Hay grandes expectativas en los objetivos establecidos por la ONU para los gobiernos locales y reg...
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Cuando la localización de los ODS se comparte en un entorno creativo y participativo

El Global Taskforce facilitado por CGLU, junto con el PNUD y ONU HABITAT, han elaborado una caja de ...
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Los gobiernos locales somos cruciales para la implementación de las agendas globales de desarrollo

Representantes de las redes de gobiernos locales y regionales se reunieron el 24 de abril en Estambu...
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5 questions on the New Urban Agenda: Citiscope interviews PLATFORMA

Citiscope, a leading media on local issues, interviewed PLATFORMA Policy adviser Wouter Boesman on t...
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At Habitat III, the EU commits to increase support to city-to-city cooperation

The EU Commissioner announced that the EU would “boost cooperation between cities around the world...
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Our shortlisted events for Habitat III

Habitat III is the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. Twe...
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UCLG Congress starts today: our 7 shortlisted events

The 2016 edition of UCLG World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders starts today in Bogotá, capita...
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Local governments are at the forefront of humanitarian crises

Participants to the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (Turkey) made it clear that local actors a...
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PLATFORMA brings the voice of decentralised cooperation to the World Humanitarian Summit

The first World Humanitarian Summit just kicked off today in Istanbul (Turkey) with high expectatio...
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Local authorities should be involved in evaluating humanitarian programmes

The Council conclusions on forced displacement and development are positive but the role of local an...
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