Our Vision & Mission
“To promote decentralization and African local government as a distinct and autonomous sphere of government while building African unity and driving African development through the grassroots.”
WHO WE ARE ?
United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa)
The umbrella organization for African local governments, was founded in 2005 in the City of Tshwane, South Africa as a result of the unification of three continental groups of local governments, namely the African Union of Local Authorities (AULA); the Union des Villes Africaines (UVA); and the Africa Chapter of the União das Ciudades e Capitães Lusófonas Africanas, (UCCL AFRICA).
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Our History
- 1975
- 1988
- 1996
- 1998
- 2000
- 2003
- 2005
- 2006
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2022
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1975
Creation of the Union of African Cities (UVA) with headquarters in Dakar (Senegal)
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1988
Transfer of the UVA headquarters from Dakar to Rabat (Morocco)
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1996
Creation of the Coordination of World Associations of Cities and Local Authorities (WACLAC) during the Habitat II Summit in Istanbul (Turkey)
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1998
First Africities Summit in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
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2000
The Lomé Summit adopted the Constitutional Act of the Union.Creation of the Council of African Municipalities and Regions (CCRA) bringing together the three groups of local authorities according to the official language of their countries of origin (English-speaking, French-speaking, Portuguese-speaking)
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2003
Establishment of the Council of African Municipalities and Regions (CCRA) at the Africities 3 Summit in Yaoundé (Cameroon), later renamed United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA)
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2005
Founding Congress of UCLGA in Tshwane (South Africa)
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2006
Launch of the LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa)
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2008
First extraordinary general assembly of UCLG Africa in Abuja (Nigeria)
Adoption of the GADDEPA, strategic plan 2008-2020 of UCLG Africa
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2009
Creation of the AfricanLocal Government Academy (ALGA)
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2010
Meeting of the Pan-African Council of UCLG Africa in Cairo (Egypt)
Participation of UCLG Africa in the 2nd World Congress of UCLG in Mexico City (Mexico)
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2011
Launch of REFELA in Tangier (Morocco)
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2012
Ordinary General Assembly of UCLG Africa in Dakar (Senegal), putting an end to the crisis that started in 2006 and consecrating the return to unity within the UCLG Africa family
Launch of the Peer Review program
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2013
Launch of the Territorial Coaching program
Creation of the African Observatory on Local Finance
Creation of the Africa MAGNET (Network of city managers) and Africa FINET (Network of city Financial Directors)
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2014
Adoption by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union of the African Charter of Values and Principles on Decentralization, Local Governance and Local Development
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2015
Establishment of UCLG Africa Regional Offices
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2016
Adoption of the new constitution of UCLG Africa in an extraordinary General Assembly: the acronym retained is UCLG Africa instead of UCLGA
Launching of the African Observatory on Human Resources of Subnational and Local Governments
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2017
Establishment of the Knowledge Hub, the Resource Centre UCLG Africa
First African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes targeting Local Governments (FAMI)
Launch of the Climate Task Force
Creation of the Africa TECHNET (Network of city Technical Directors)
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2018
African Forum of Regions
Adoption of the Charter of African Local Authorities on Migration
Official launch of the Campaign on "African cities without street children " by its Patron, Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco
8th edition of the Africities Summit in Marrakech (Morocco) which coincided with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Africities
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2019
Proposal of the program on territorializing the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to accelerate the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement
Establishment of the African Committee of Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) whose declaration lists UCLG Africa among the organizations responsible for supporting the implementation of the Climate Agenda on the African continent
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2020
Adoption of GADDEPA 2.0, the strategic plan 2021-2030 of UCLG Africa
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2022
First Africities 9th edition summit in an intermediary city, Kisumu City - Kenya.
‘The Role of Intermediary Cities of Africa in the implementation of Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063’.
UCLG Africa Network
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North Africa Region
UCLG Africa Headquarters
22 Essaadyine Street,
Hassan, Rabat
KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
Tel: +212 53 726 0062
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North Africa Regional Office
UCLG Africa
North Africa Regional Office (NARO)
CAIRO, EGYPT
3
Central Africa Region
UCLG Africa
Central Africa Regional Office (CARO)
LIBREVILLE, GABON
4
East Africa Region
UCLG Africa
East Africa Regional Office (EARO)
NAIROBI, KENYA
East Africa Regional Office (EARO)
NAIROBI, KENYA
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West Africa Region
UCLG Africa
West Africa Regional Office (WARO)
ACCRA, GHANA
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South Africa Region
UCLG Africa
South Africa Regional Office (SARO)
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +255 27 250 4703