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United Cities and Local Governmente. We are the global network representing the interests of #LocalGov & regions on the world stage #CitiesAreListening #Local4Action
- 📅 Mark your calendars! The 2025 UCLG World Council will take place in Xi’an. 🌍 For 3 days, #LocalGovs will come together to shape communities for current and future generations. 🔗 The full program: www.uclgmeets.org/conferences/... #UCLGMeets
- Reposted by United Cities"Culture is not a passive victim of climate change; Culture is an active driver of solutions." Isaac Eseet, Coordinator for CHN's Africa and Arab States Region, speaking this morning at the @uclg.bsky.social Climate Summit in Barcelona #climateheritage #cop30 #wemaketomorrow #imaginingfutures
- Reposted by United Cities🌍 Learn how to localise the #SDGs through decentralised cooperation! Free 2-month online course by @uclg.bsky.social & @platforma4dev.bsky.social with tools, practices & mentoring for Local and Regional Governments. Certificate included. Register now 👉 learningwith.uclg.org #LocalizingSDGs
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- 📍#UCLGTownHall 💬Policies must affect territories, and cities have a voice. - @emiliasaiz.bsky.social Day 2 started with a call to put care at the 💜 of public policy, shaping the New Essentials and inspiring a new generation of service provision. #LocalSocialCovenant
- 🗓️ Today & over the next 3 days, we'll host the UCLG Town Hall 🏠 Day 1: Housing & Transformative Local Finance 🤝 Together with #LRGs, civil society & partners, we will co-create solutions for adequate housing & stronger local finance within the #LocalSocialCovenant.
- Reposted by United CitiesAnother heartfelt thank you to our friends & colleagues @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr for inviting us to participate in this important event — and for reminding us that “proximity is first and foremost about intent” @uclg.bsky.social #UrbanHealth
- 💡Curious to know more about how to design and implement a strategy for #DecentralizedCooperation and #SDGs? 🌍 Applications for the Moderated Online Course about the #DC & #SDGs are open until October 5th! Apply in your preferred language below! 🇬🇧 t.ly/i7COH 🇪🇸 t.ly/347TW 🇫🇷 t.ly/WtKet
- 💼 2 new job opportunities at #UCLG! 🚀 Join our team in Barcelona as a Program Manager or Policy Officer! 👉 Policy Officer: t.ly/btK8q 👉 Program Manager: t.ly/p8jsU Apply now to advance the role of #LocalGovs globally! #NowHiring #JobOpening #Careers
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- 📢 Just launched! The 9th GOLD Report, Towards the Localization of the SDGs, is out! 🌍💼💙 Explore how #LocalGovs are advancing #SDG3 (health), #SDG5 (gender), #SDG8 (decent work), & #SDG14 (life below water) 📘Read the full report + 4 deep dives gold.uclg.org/sites/defaul... #HLPF2025 #Listen2Cities
- Reposted by United CitiesPour la 4ème Conférence du développement organisée par l'ONU à Séville, l'Assemblée Mondiale des gouvernements locaux et régionaux s'est réunie pour faire entendre sa voix. En tant que co-chair du Conseil politique sur les finances de @uclg.bsky.social, je fus honoré d'en avoir été le porte-parole.
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- Reposted by United Cities🤝 The UN Local2030 Coalition was proud to partner on the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments, held on the margins of #FFD4. We reaffirmed our commitment to elevate local leadership and solutions in global financing dialogues. 📈 Localizing finance is not optional — it’s fundamental.
- 🥝 How are #LocalGovs addressing food insecurity? 👩💻 Discover our new MOOC with Let's Food: a free online course to explore the role of territories in building fairer food systems. 🕒 2–3 hours of practical tools, local stories & action-oriented insights. 🔗 t.ly/AZp85
- This #WorldRefugeeDay, we stand in solidarity #WithRefugees & all people on the move. Via our new Local Coalition w/ UN partners, we commit to advance Global Compacts while building a safer future, centered on territorial solidarity & rights, for & by all communities. 🔗 t.ly/KeH3- #NotABorderTale
- 📍 At #U20SouthAfrica, UCLG ASG of Partnerships @pablofmarmissolle.bsky.social highlights the Local Social Covenant to rebuild multilateralism: placing housing, local finance, and public health at the 💜, while embracing solidarity, feminist leadership, and #ClimateJustice from the ground up.
- Reposted by United Cities🤝 The EU Commission & CEMR reaffirm commitment to empower LRGs in global cooperation. 🌍 President of @uclg.bsky.social met with Commissioner Jozef Sikela to explore how to make initiatives like #GlobalGateway more effective on the ground.
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- 🟣Future Envisioning Exercise on Care @emiliasaiz.bsky.social, UCLG’s SG 💬 Care is both an aspiration & an inspiration. It’s the prism through which we can imagine the public service of the future. To build a new economy, care must be at its 💜: shaping new essentials, new ways of serving. #GOLDVII
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- Reposted by United Cities🕊️ We represented European municipalities at the @uclg.bsky.social #CitiesAndTerritoriesOfPeace Forum in #Montevideo CEMR's Secretary General moderated a session on the role of city diplomacy in advancing peace amidst today's complex geopolitical landscape #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz
- 👏¡Empieza el 5º Foro Mundial de Ciudades y Territorios de Paz en Montevideo! 🕊️Evento coorganizado por la Intendencia de Montevideo y CGLU, nos reunimos para compartir ideas, políticas y experiencias desde los territorios que construyen paz, inclusión y justicia. #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz
- 🌟 ¡Día 2 del 5º Foro Mundial de #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz🕊️ en Montevideo! 🌐 Seguimos compartiendo experiencias territoriales que construyen paz, inclusión y justicia. Los gobiernos locales y regionales se unen por un futuro más equitativo. #Listen2Cities
- 👏¡Empieza el 5º Foro Mundial de Ciudades y Territorios de Paz en Montevideo! 🕊️Evento coorganizado por la Intendencia de Montevideo y CGLU, nos reunimos para compartir ideas, políticas y experiencias desde los territorios que construyen paz, inclusión y justicia. #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz
- ✨La paz empieza en nuestras ciudades y territorios En el 5.º Foro #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz, exploraremos cómo las ciudades lideran el cuidado, la convivencia y la solidaridad. 📆 2-3 de mayo, Montevideo 🔗 t.ly/wOadt
- 🕊️ El 2 y 3 de mayo, Montevideo será epicentro del 5º Foro Mundial de #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz, co-organizado con @uclg.bsky.social. 🌍 Las ciudades debatirán sobre diplomacia local, cuidados, igualdad, migraciones y más. 🔗 El programa: forodepazmvd.uy #DiplomaciadeCiudades
- Reposted by United Cities💬 Ms. Emilia Sáiz, Secretary General, @uclg.bsky.social, emphasized that efforts toward #FfD4 must go beyond access to finance for local and regional governments and stakeholders—they should also focus on what gets financed, prioritizing local public services. @fmdv.bsky.social
- 🟢 Une perspective de l'économie territoriale @pierrehurmic.bsky.social, maire @villedebordeaux.bsky.social, souligne que l'ESS est au 💚 de la stratégie pour une économie durable & solidaire. La ville déploie des outils concrets : accompagnement à l’emploi, plateforme RSE & coopération territoriale.
- 🟠 @pablofmarmissolle.bsky.social, ASG for Partnership at UCLG, underscores that #WSSD2 is a milestone, but the path to the post-2030 agenda starts now. 💬 We need inclusive multilateralism that strengthens local public services. Without real commitments, a new global pact won’t be possible.
- Reposted by United Cities📍We are at @uclg.bsky.social Executive Bureau in #Sevilla, bringing the European perspective to these debates: 🌍 The state of the global municipal movement 🏛️ #LRGs at the forefront of democracy 🤝 Building a new social contract 💰 Local finances, key to multilateralism #UCLGMeets
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- 🟡 #UCLGMeets Our Executive Bureau Business Session is about to begin! On the agenda: 🌍 The state of the global municipal movement 🏛️ #LRGs at the frontline of democracy 🤝 Forging the new social contract 💰 Local finance as a pillar of development & multilateralism #SevillaWorldForumLED
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- 🟠 #UCLGMeets ExBu 2025 - Day 2 Today's sessions focus on: 💜 Care-based approaches to local economic development 💰 Just territorial financing for development 🟡 UCLG Executive Bureau Business Session @worldledforum.bsky.social #Listen2Cities
- 🟢 Official opening of the World Forum on Local Economic Development 📍Last night, in the courtyard of the Diputación de Sevilla, a space for dialogue took place to promote the @worldledforum.bsky.social as a driver of sustainable and inclusive development. #SevillaWorldForumLED
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- Reposted by United CitiesHow can local leaders accelerate progress towards #UniversalHealthCoverage? As part of #GOLDVII, @uclg.bsky.social 's global process on economies of equality & care, our Co-Chairs Magda Robalo & Pamela Cipriano urge local leaders to build caring cities that put health at the center. 👉 bit.ly/42en2IL
- 🔴 Capacity building & local co-responsibility for endogenous development @emiliasaiz.bsky.social, SG UCLG 💬 We need to create a wide UN system for localisation of the Pact of the future. We can't understand localisation without talking about finance for development. #SevillaWorldForumLED
- 🟠 We are very excited to start the first day of our 2025 #UCLGMeets Executive Bureau in Seville, happening during the 6th @worldledforum.bsky.social 🌍 Our motto: Local and Regional Governments, Engines of Development #SevillaWorldForumLED
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- 🟠 #UCLGMeets ✨ Muchas ganas de reunirnos con nuestra red en Sevilla para nuestro Bureau Ejecutivo (1-4 de abril) bajo el lema « Los #GLRs, motores del desarrollo.» 🙌 ¡Daremos forma a nuestra visión y agenda política para 2025 y más allá! 🔗 Programa: t.ly/alfLK @worldledforum.bsky.social
- 🚀 Exciting news! The first 50+ contributions for #GOLDVII Economies of Equality and Care are live! From local & regional govs, civil society & academia, explore links between Care & democracy, public services & local governance, and more! 📖 t.ly/jJdOv #CaringCities
- Reposted by United Cities🔹 Local govs are key to advancing gender equality! "Cities that signed the European Charter for Equality are strengthening frameworks to prevent violence, support survivors & fund services like shelters & crisis centres" - Gunn Marit Helgesen at #CSW69 #Listen2Cities @uclg.bsky.social
- Reposted by United Cities🏙️ "As a local leader, I carry democracy in my hands because we are the safeguard of justice and human rights. Yet, our role is often overlooked. " – Carola Gunnarsson at #CSW69 @uclg.bsky.social #Listen2Cities
- Reposted by United Cities"The next step should be to educate men to be feminist leaders as well. This will benefit everyone, not only women." - Broberg Emil at #CSW69 #Listen2Cities @uclg.bsky.social
- Reposted by United Cities"Allyship and true support are not about being crowned a champion but about dismantling the structures of privilege and power that sustain inequalities at all levels." - @internationalidea.bsky.social ’s Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu at #CSW69 @uclg.bsky.social side event. #DemocracyForAll
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- 💦 Training Academy on Climate Resilience & Local Water Management has just finished! 🌍 We explored innovative solutions, learned from valuable case studies, & emphasized the importance of collaboration in building climate-resilient water systems. @ccre-cemr.bsky.social @platforma4dev.bsky.social
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- 💦 Academy on Climate Resilience & Local Water Management 🟣 Jean-Baptiste Buffet, Manager of Policy at UCLG, reminds us that water must also be seen through the lens of care—ensuring equitable access, sustainable management, & community well-being. @ccre-cemr.bsky.social @platforma4dev.bsky.social
- 💦 Day 2 of the Online Training Academy on Climate Resilience & Local Water Management has begun 🌍 We'll dive into the role of #LRGs in the fight against #ClimateChange, and water management. #LocalGov play a key role in protecting water resources. @platforma4dev.bsky.social @ccre-cemr.bsky.social
- 💦 Day 1 Online Training Academy on Climate Resilience & Local Water Management 🌍 Fabrizio Rossi, @ccre-cemr.bsky.social SG, opens the session highlighting the growing pressure on water systems as droughts, floods & water scarcity intensify worldwide. #Listen2Cities @platforma4dev.bsky.social
- 🟣 #IWD2025 From #CSW68 to #CSW69 #Beijing30 How are women leaders worldwide shaping the Feminist Municipal Movement? ➡️ Check out the publication Rivers of inspirations, waves of transformation: Generations of local feminist leaders for #GenderEquality 🔗 women.uclg.org/sites/defaul...
- ⚧️ On our way to #CSW69 to share key perspectives on #Beijing30: 🟣 Localizing Feminist Policies 🟣 Gender-Responsive Public Services 🟣 Women’s Political Leadership & Participation 🟣 Care Economy & Just Transition 🟣 Combating #GBV 🟣 Intersectional Feminism 🟣 Women & Peace #IWD2025
- 📢 El lunes 3 de marzo es el último día de solicitudes para nuestro curso online moderado para acelerar la localización de #ODS, en inglés. 🔗 No olvides inscribirte aquí: learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati... 📊 Para descubrir los variados materiales y debates que promueven los #ODS a nivel local.
- 🟡#UCLGMeets 🌍 As the Retreat 2025 comes to a close, we reflect together on new ways to collaborate and keep on strengthening our World Organisation. 👏Thank you all for being part of this week! #Listen2Cities
- 💫Our ASGs hold a dialogue with the nods of our network, highlighting our #UCLGMeets Retreat as a safe space for: 💡knowledge co-creation 💜bonding 🫱🏼🫲🏾inclusion & announcing another edition of our Municipal Forecast with Urban Journalism Institute 🗞️
- 📢Don’t miss the final day of #UCLGMeets 2025 Retreat! 🌍Join the live discussions shaping the future of local governance and global action. Tune in now! ⬇️ 🎥Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24F...
- 🟡 The final day of #UCLGMeets Retreat 2025 is here! 🔑 Enhancing trust & capacity to deliver, the municipal movement is redefining governance in response to today’s crises. 🌐 It'll be a day for our constituency to push for a future where #LocalAction drives global change.
- 📽️ En nuestro Retiro #UCLGMeets 2025 presentamos un teaser de "Todas las Voces", el cortodocumental sobre el impulso de @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social para construir una ciudad diversa, donde todas las personas puedan vivir plenas y felices, a propósito del Foro de @unesco.org sobre Anti-Racismo🌍🏙️
- 💜 High-Level Commitments 👏 Linda Tino, @unesco.org, stresses the need to reach beyond existing allies & reinforce a 🌎 community of practice against racism. UNESCO has been engaged since the 1950s, working w/ cities, regional coalitions & youth councils. #WorldSocialJusticeDay
- 🟡 #UCLGMeets 2025 Retreat @pablomarmisol.bsky.social, ASG of Partnerships, & Sara Höflich, ASG of Service Innovation, open the segment “Outlining the High-Level Commitments” 🛠️Co-creating and defining the essential priorities in preparation for the 2nd World Summit for Social Development
- Reposted by United Cities🎥 United Cities and Local Governments posted a video 🏢 https://unjobs.org/organizations/uclg
- #UCLGmeets 📹 Nous sommes en direct ! ✨Suivez notre session de cet après-midi et assistez à nos discussions concernant la Coalition sociale locale ! 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=osh1... #WorldSocialJusticeDay
- 🟡 During our 2025 #UCLGMeets Retreat, we take a moment to honor our dear friend, Professor Yves Cabannes His legacy and remarkable contributions to the municipalist movement will continue to inspire us. Our deepest gratitude for his enduring impact✨
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- 💜 #WorldSocialJusticeDay 🦋 Preparar el Futuro con los Nuevos Esenciales Sandra Moreno destaca el impulso de @ripessinter.bsky.social a municipios para promover políticas complementarias en favor de la igualdad y las transiciones justas, con el cuidado al centro de las poblaciones rurales
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- 💜 #WorldSocialJusticeDay Public service workers are the backbone of caring cities & must be included in care-based plans. As unions, we reject social injustice & trust collective bargaining to build resilient services & strengthen new essentials. Daria Cibrario @psiglobalunion.bsky.social
- 💜 #WorldSocialJusticeDay 🌼 New Essentials "Time is now a collective problem, and #LRGs need to tackle this problem through policies. At the moment more than 30% of women are time poor." Marta Junque, @timeuseinitiative.bsky.social
- 💜Les nouveaux essentiels : Les priorités des #GLRs 💬 On doit revenir à nos fondamentaux, la dignité humaine. Il est essentiel de construire nos partenariats sur cette base. @anthony-berthelot.bsky.social, @nantesmetropole.bsky.social
- 💜Our SG, @emiliasaiz.bsky.social, kicks off Day 4 of our Retreat #WorldSocialJusticeDay: "Our movement believes justice is🔑to a sustainable future. We want renewed partnerships & multilateralism that foster high-level dialogue for all—this is the #LocalSocialCovenant"
- 🟡La journée commence ! #UCLGMeets 💜Les nouveaux essentiels : Les priorités des gouvernements locaux et régionaux #GLRs ✨Des réponses innovantes aux changements radicaux imprévus à travers la prestation de service public. #WorldSocialJusticeDay
- 🟡 4e jour du Séminaire 2025 de #UCLGMeets 💜 #WorldSocialJusticeDay, axé sur l'avancement du pacte social local 🌼S'assurer que le leadership local & régional reste au cœur d'un nouveau contrat social fondé sur les #DroitsHumains, les systèmes d'entraide & l'antiracisme.
- 💜 As part of our #UCLGMeets 2025 Retreat, participants took part of a peer learning visit to Francesca de la Bonnemaison, a public library and the site of the @diputaciobarcelona.bsky.social for Feminisms and Equality
- ✨ @berryonline.bsky.social, UCLG Co-President & Mayor of #Kitchener, shares his experience on our UCLG Retreat 2025: 💬 "I feel resilience, hope, and opportunities emerging from this event—where #LRGs can take on an even greater role." #UCLGmeets
- 🟡Closed Presidency Meeting Jan van Zanen, Mayor of @gemeentedenhaag.bsky.social Den Haag, President of UCLG ✅ As we move forward, it's 🔑 that we, as a collective of local leaders, continue to focus on solidarity, diplomacy, local efforts for peace to face these global shifts & challenges
- ✨ Expresamos nuestra gratitud a Antonia Sabartes por su compromiso y labor incansable en nuestro movimiento municipalista. Su trabajo ha sido un pilar para fortalecer la perspectiva regional en CGLU y la gobernanza 🌎 Un orgullo que culmine su carrera con nosotras. ¡Gracias, Antonia!
