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SDGs
SDGs

Dutch municipalities raise their SDG flags!

24 September 2021
Municipalities play a pioneering role in realising the Global Goals in the Netherlands: more than 10...
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EDLS
EDLS

Another success for the EDLS 2019!

6 December 2019
More than 60 European cities and regions organised 60 events and activities during these 4th Europea...
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CONNECT
CONNECT

CONNECT is looking for partners for a selection committee!

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

The first CONNECT knowledge exchange takes place in Agona West

14 June 2017
The very first knowledge exchange facilitated by CONNECT is now a reality. From 15 to 19 May, all lo...
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EUDevConsensus
EUDevConsensus

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

23 February 2017
On 6th February PLATFORMA brought the voice of local and regional governments to the European Parlia...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

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

13 February 2017
The award ceremony for the “Most inspiring Global Goals municipality” has been a tradition for m...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

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

9 February 2017
In December 2016, local and regional government associations from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, disc...
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Local democracy
Local democracy

Participatory Cartography to peacefully draw villages’ borders in Benin

17 January 2017
Like in many parts of Africa, land rights in Benin are largely undocumented, resulting in land rela...
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Urban Development
Urban Development

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

21 December 2016
While global and EU leaders are looking for ways to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...
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Migration
Migration

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

29 November 2016
Work has started on removing the 20 meter high waste dump in the Lebanese town of Ghazze. The entire...
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Migration
Migration

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

18 November 2016
This year, AidEx conference focused on the “localisation” of aid. PLATFORMA and its members were...
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Urban Development
Urban Development

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

20 October 2016
The EU Commissioner announced that the EU would “boost cooperation between cities around the world...
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Urban Development
Urban Development

Our shortlisted events for Habitat III

17 October 2016
Habitat III is the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. Twe...
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Urban Development
Urban Development

UCLG Congress starts today: our 7 shortlisted events

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

Success in Nantes

7 October 2016
The world’s largest climate stakeholders summit has just taken place in Nantes, France. Key non-st...
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Migration
Migration

International municipal assistance to improve living conditions in refugee settlements

17 August 2016
VNG International (PLATFORMA’s member) and the city of Amsterdam are jointly implementing a techni...
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CONNECT
CONNECT

CONNECT: it’s all about sharing local expertise

15 June 2016
Are you looking for an expert from another country? PLATFORMA and VNG International are presenting C...
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Migration
Migration

Local governments are at the forefront of humanitarian crises

26 May 2016
Participants to the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (Turkey) made it clear that local actors a...
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Migration
Migration

PLATFORMA brings the voice of decentralised cooperation to the World Humanitarian Summit

23 May 2016
The first World Humanitarian Summit just kicked off today in Istanbul (Turkey) with high expectatio...
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Migration
Migration

Local authorities should be involved in evaluating humanitarian programmes

20 May 2016
The Council conclusions on forced displacement and development are positive but the role of local an...
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