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European Mayors strengthening their engagement at UN High-Level Political Forum

A delegation of European Mayors and councillors is heading to New York to defend the key role of loc...
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United Nations Pact for the Future: A Seat for local and regional governments

On 22-23 September 2024, the United Nations will organise the Summit of the Future where the UN Pact...
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Romania presents climate action at UN event

ACOR, NALAS member from Romania, presented the climate action taken in 2023 under SDG 13 as reflecte...
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Historical step: the Advisory Group of the UN Secretary-General on Local and Regional Governments takes off

On 6 October, 2023, the long-awaited Advisory Group of the United Nations Secretary-General on Local...
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Mayors mobilise in New York to accelerate the implementation of the Global Goals

Over the weekend, a dozen of European mayors and local and regional leaders are taking part to the S...
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Discover our new study on progress made by local governments in promoting the Global Goals

The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and PLATFORMA are releasing today (12 July...
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UCLG & NALAS cooperate to support the Voluntary Subnational Review on SDGs in Romania

UCLG World Secretariat and NALAS supported ACOR (NALAS member) in Romania and the Romanian Associati...
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Gender justice is justice for all: UN event highlights the importance of local and regional action and cooperation

At the 67th edition of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), four local government represe...
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Join us at UN CSW67 Parallel event on gender justice

Four local government representative networks are joining forces at the 67th edition of the UN Commi...
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Valérie Dumontet to represent Cités Unies France in New York

President of Cités Unies France SDG group and Vice-president of the Aude department, Valérie Dumon...
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Local and regional governments are taking part in HLPF 2021!

The meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is held from Tuesday...
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Discover the RFSC: a tool to plan, deliver and monitor local sustainable development

How can we turn our cities into more liveable environments? How can our territories make progress to...
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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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Watch out – Upcoming activities around the UN & the SDGs

While 2020 has been so far a challenging year for all of us, it also marks the 75th anniversary of t...
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HLPF 2020: everything virtual but real talks with local and regional governments

The 2020 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) of the United Nations on Sustainable Development was offi...
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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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Local and regional elected leaders attended Sustainable Development and Climate Action summits in New York

A joint PLATFORMA-CEMR delegation was in New York last week to attend the UN summits and high-level ...
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Nine local and regional elected officials will represent PLATFORMA at UN SDG & Climate Summits

A PLATFORMA-CEMR joint delegation of local and regional elected officials is attending the United Na...
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Dive into the perfect summer: our top six reports to read at the beach!

Your suitcase is almost full and you don’t yet know what book to read this summer on the beach? Yo...
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A global push to localise SDGs: Local leaders meet UN Secretary General

PLATFORMA and CEMR’s joint delegation of  local and regional elected officials was everywhere in ...
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