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Dutch municipalities raise their SDG flags!

24 septiembre 2021

Municipalities play a pioneering role in realising the Global Goals in the Netherlands: more than 10...

Another success for the EDLS 2019!

6 diciembre 2019

More than 60 European cities and regions organised 60 events and activities during these 4th Europea...

CONNECT is looking for partners for a selection committee!

13 diciembre 2017

Now that the CONNECT mechanism has entered its second phase (October 2017-October 2018), VNG Interna...

El primer intercambio de conocimientos de CONNECT tiene lugar en Agona West (Ghana)

El primer intercambio de conocimientos facilitado por CONNECT ya es una realidad. Del 15 al 19 de ma...

EU financial rules for development should be on local governments’ side

23 febrero 2017

On 6th February PLATFORMA brought the voice of local and regional governments to the European Parlia...

Democracia local

Democracia local

Oss and Utrecht are Netherlands’ “Most inspiring Global Goals municipalities”

13 febrero 2017

The award ceremony for the “Most inspiring Global Goals municipality” has been a tradition for m...

Democracia local

Democracia local

“Dialogue with citizens is the best strategy to deliver transparent and ethical governance”

In December 2016, local and regional government associations from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, disc...

Democracia local

Democracia local

Participatory Cartography to peacefully draw villages’ borders in Benin

Like in many parts of Africa, land rights in Benin are largely undocumented, resulting in land rela...

Desarrollo Urbano

Desarrollo Urbano

Localising the SDGs & delivering the 2030 Agenda? Local governments are already taking actions!

21 diciembre 2016

While global and EU leaders are looking for ways to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...

Cleaning up the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon: an important first step

29 noviembre 2016

Work has started on removing the 20 meter high waste dump in the Lebanese town of Ghazze. The entire...

PLATFORMA defends the role of local and regional governments in humanitarian assistance

18 noviembre 2016

This year, AidEx conference focused on the “localisation” of aid. PLATFORMA and its members were...

Desarrollo Urbano

Desarrollo Urbano

At Habitat III, the EU commits to increase support to city-to-city cooperation

20 octubre 2016

The EU Commissioner announced that the EU would “boost cooperation between cities around the world...

Desarrollo Urbano

Desarrollo Urbano

Our shortlisted events for Habitat III

17 octubre 2016

Habitat III is the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. Twe...

Desarrollo Urbano

Desarrollo Urbano

UCLG Congress starts today: our 7 shortlisted events

12 octubre 2016

The 2016 edition of UCLG World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders starts today in Bogotá, capita...

Cambio climático

Cambio climático

Success in Nantes

The world’s largest climate stakeholders summit has just taken place in Nantes, France. Key non-st...

International municipal assistance to improve living conditions in refugee settlements

VNG International (PLATFORMA’s member) and the city of Amsterdam are jointly implementing a techni...

CONNECT: it’s all about sharing local expertise

Are you looking for an expert from another country? PLATFORMA and VNG International are presenting C...

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...

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...

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...