Preparation for Africitites 9 and future partnerships

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The World Urban Forum also provided a framework for UCLG Africa to hold working sessions and bilateral meetings.   Thus, an update was given on the preparations for the Africities 9 summit scheduled for 16-20 November 2021 in Kisumu, Kenya. Mr Anyang’ Nyong’o, Governor of Kisumu, Mr Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General of UCLG Africa and Mr Mpho Moruakgomo, President of BALA, UCLG Africa Vice-President for the Southern African region, took part in the exchanges. It was agreed to start the mobilization of local and regional authorities as of now.  The proposed wording for the theme of the summit is: “Implementing Agenda 2063 for real: the role of African intermediate cities”.

The working session with the Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union (AU), Ms. Minata Samaté, focused on the upcoming organization of an African forum on urbanization by the AU. The collaboration of UCLG Africa was requested for this project. UCLG Africa agreed to participate and also proposed that the theme of one of the next AU Heads of State Summits should be “Managing urbanization in the transformation of the continent’s local and regional authorities“.  In this perspective, the African forum on urbanization would be a first step.  The Commissioner was also re-launched on the elaboration of the Charter on Urban Development by CTS No. 8. She gave the assurance of her committee that the latter charter would be drawn up by CTS No. 8 alongside the two existing charters: the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development and the African Charter on Housing and Urban Development.

During his audience on 10 February with General Mahmoud Shaarawy, Minister of Local Development of Egypt, the Secretary General of UCLG Africa, Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, proposed the organization in Cairo of an international conference on waste management as part of the celebration of World Cities Day followed by an exhibition fair showing good practices made on the continent.  The Minister took into account the proposal whose feasibility will be studied by his services with a view to a response in March.

The two parties will meet in March in Cairo for the signing of the headquarters agreement for the UCLG Africa office for the North Africa region.

A meeting was also held between UCLG Africa and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for future collaboration on sanitation issues.

Second Call for expression of Interest for the African Cities Without Street Children Campaign

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The Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) brings together women members of political bodies responsible for the governance of African cities and local authorities. This REFELA was created in Tangier, Morocco in 2011. Since 2016, it has constituted the Permanent Commission for Gender Equality of UCLG Africa. It has bodies, the Elective Commission, 45 members and the Executive Bureau, 15 members, distributed among the five sub-regions of Africa. It includes national chapters, (REFELA-Pays), which are intended to be the gender equality commission of the national associations of communities, members of UCLG Africa.

REFELA works in favour (i) of the development of women’s leadership in African cities and local authorities, (ii) the integration of women’s concerns and gender equality in the definition and implementation of policies and strategies of local authorities in Africa. To this end, in its three-year action plans, REFELA has planned the implementation of three (3) campaigns, which have been documented through 3 analytical reports on the issues (street children, violence against women, limits to women’s economic empowerment), on which these Campaigns intend to act with African cities and communities:

  1. The Campaign of African Cities without Children in Street Situations, already launched under the effective Presidency of Princess Her Royal Highness, Lalla Meryem of the Kingdom of Morocco during the Africities Summit in Marrakech (November 2018), a toolbox has been developed, which will support the member cities, for the implementation of this Campaign, in partnership with the Moroccan National Observatory for the Rights of the Child (ONDE); it is this Campaign which is the subject of this call for expressions of interest;
  2. The campaign of African cities with zero tolerance of violence against women and girls has received the UNESCO-Paris-France IdealKent Award for its planning;
  3. The campaign of African cities for the economic empowerment of women has an agreement between REFELA-UCLG Africa and the Federation of Andalusian Municipalities (FAMSI) to support its implementation.

The call for expressions of interest has already been launched in 2018 and more than 60 Cities/Communes have already signed up to the campaign, including those that signed up during the Africities Summit in Marrakech (even municipalities that do not really have this problem, but out of interest in the campaign and in prevention).

This 2nd call for expressions of interest, launched for a period of 3 months, is once again addressed to to mayors and councils of the big cities of Africa, which have this problem of children in street situations and which have not yet joined this Campaign), so that they voluntarily adhere in consequent numbers to the Campaign of African Cities without Children in Street Situations.

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WUF 10- The Abu Dhabi Declared Actions

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Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation
1. We, the participants of the tenth session of the World Urban Forum, represent national, subnational and local governments, international and regional organizations, parliamentarians, civil society, older persons, women, youth, children, persons with disabilities, grassroots groups, indigenous peoples and local communities, professionals, the private sector, foundations and philanthropies, academia, professionals and other relevant stakeholders. Together we gathered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to dialogue on the theme “Cities of Opportunities, Connecting Culture and Innovation.” Now, at the conclusion of this World Urban Forum we declare our voluntary actions and commitments for the next two years and beyond. We do so in support of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda as an accelerator to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this Decade of Action.

2. We recognize that an increasingly urbanized world constitutes a transformative force whichcan be harnessed and steered for more sustainable development. Cities have the opportunity to take the lead to plan and design as well as manage transitions towards inclusion, resilience, sustainability, economic growth and shared prosperity. At the same time, cities are addressing many global challenges including poverty, gender inequalities, human rights violations, unemployment, health emergencies, loss of social cohesion, threat to cultural heritage and cultural diversity, environmental degradation, migration, disaster risk and climate change.

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Understanding Africa’s urban geography is a top priority: New SWAC/OECD report

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Addis Ababa, 7 February 2020 – Fuelled by rapid population growth Africa is experiencing the fastest urban growth anywhere in the world: the continent’s population is projected to double between now and 2050 and in the next 30 years, its cities will be home to an additional 950 million people. Policy makers should fully appreciate the profound urban transformations occurring in Africa in order to seize the new opportunities offered by an already urban continent, recommends a new SWAC/OECD report launched today at an event jointly organised with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) on the margins of the 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

H.E. Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, AUDA-NEPAD’s CEO and Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) Honorary President, urged participants at the launch to think about the continent’s urban geography differently, stating that policies need to catch up and be more multi-dimensional and inclusive. His sentiments were echoed by Angolan Minister for Social Affairs, H.E Carolina Cerqueira, who remarked that, “In planning for urbanisation in Africa, we need to ensure that our public policies are inclusive of everyone.”

A key challenge is the lack of available data and evidence to better inform policy-making. The spatial approach adopted in this report identifies and tracks the transformations taking place on the ground and describes the underlying forces behind local, regional and continental urbanisation. Based on the Africapolis geo-spatial database (www.africapolis.org) mapping 7 600 urban agglomerations in 50 African countries, the report provides detailed analyses of major African urbanisation dynamics placed within historical, environmental and political contexts. Covering the entire spectrum of the urban network — from small towns and intermediary cities to large metropolitan regions — it develops more inclusive and targeted policy options that integrate social and environmental dimensions, and acknowledge the role of urban agglomerations as economic and social drivers.

It is against this setting that H.E Josefa Sacko, African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture declared that, “We need to change the narrative on African cities. The report Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics constitutes an important tool for urban planning on the continent.” A point that was taken up again by H.E Sarah Anyang Agbor, African Union Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, who asserted that identification and contextualisation of urban realities is key to achieving “The Africa We Want” vision of Agenda 2063.

The report highlights the existence of thousands of urban agglomerations that are not recorded in official statistics, in areas generally considered rural. The extent of this phenomenon is striking, and does not only concern small towns, or the suburbs of big cities, but agglomerations of all sizes. Some have more than one million inhabitants: Onitsha (Nigeria); Sodo and Hawassa (Ethiopia); Kisii and Kisumu (Kenya); Bafoussam (Cameroon); and Mbale (Uganda). Their emergence is driven by rural demographic transformations, which lead to widespread in situ urbanisation and, as a result, blur the lines between rural and urban.

During the report launch, Mr Philipp Heinrigs, Head of Unit at the SWAC/OECD Secretariat, stressed that Africa is already urban. “Africa’s urban planning and realities therefore need to be included across the whole range of sectors,” he said.

According to the report, the continued emergence of small and intermediary cities — 210 million Africans live in one of the continent’s 1 400 intermediary cities — is driving a fundamental shift in Africa’s urban landscape. This trend is challenging the primacy of the African megacities that have until now attracted a large share of human and financial capital, leading to uneven economic growth at the expense of secondary cities and rural areas.

Africa’s small and medium-sized urban agglomerations are developing most often without the necessary policy support or investments to render this growth sustainable and translate it into better social and economic outcomes for its citizens. Yet, medium-sized cities and small towns are vital in structuring the African urban network and connecting the local and regional to the continental and global levels. There is an urgent need for socio-economic and financial policies to reflect their growing importance in programming and planning decisions, suggests the report.

The diverse and multifaceted nature of Africa’s contemporary urban transition gives rise to novel forms and
scales of urban development. In several countries, new settlement and mobility patterns lead to the emergence of large metropolitan regions around metropoles with high urban concentration. As assessed by the report, this structure of urban dynamics, sometimes across borders (e.g. the Greater Ibadan-Lagos-Accra corridor), displays strong potential for regional integration, while at the same time creating a disconnection from the rest of the national territory.

High level panellists at the report launch included: Prof Sarah Anyang Agbor, African Union Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology; H.E Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa; Mr Ahmed Aziz Diallo, MP-Mayor of Dori, Burkina Faso; Ms Wanjira Mathai, Vice President and Regional Director for Africa, World Resources Institute; Ms Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Director of Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division, GPSPD, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; and Ms Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, who sent a video message.

In conclusion, Dr Francois Yatta Director of the UCLG Africa programmes and the SWAC/OECD Secretariat
announced the next meeting to continue discussions will take place in Paris at the end of June.

Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2020: Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography raises questions on expanding spontaneous urbanisation, densification of territories, strong demographic growth and protection of the environment, and suggests the urgent necessity of developing adapted new policies to reconcile urban and sustainability concerns. Nevertheless, the design of appropriate and efficient policy interventions depends on better understanding and recognition of these realities.

Download the full report

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Shaping Africa’s Urban Future Together

For further information, journalists should contact:
SWAC/OECD Lia Beyeler | Lia.BEYELER@oecd.org  / AUDA-NEPAD Mwanja Ng’anjo | MwanjaN@nepad.org

First issue of the Newsletter of the Local Economic Development Network of Africa (LEDNA)

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The year 2020 is the year of the launch of the first issue of the new version of the newsletter of the Network for Local Economic Development in Africa – LEDNA. It will be published every two months with the main objective of sharing with all the African protagonists of Local Economic Development (LED) the innovations, experiments, programs and projects in progress in African countries.

This newsletter is therefore yours ; it will also collect and disseminate your experiments and experiences in terms of Local Economic Development, in addition to the rich information already disseminated by our  www.ledna.org website which we strongly invite you to visit.

Aimed at the greatest number of people, the LEDNA website has several objectives: to provide a world-class knowledge hub whose access is free and with impartial and analyzed information; to promote the sharing of knowledge and experiences using the latest communication and networking techniques; to allow users to have access to their LED counterparts and establish communities of practice; and to capitalize and disseminate lessons learned from LED experiences in Africa.

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Participation of UCLG Africa in the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

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THE GOVERNANCE OF MIGRATION IN CITIES CROSSED BY MIGRATORY ROUTES: RESPONSES AND ATTITUDES OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES IN AFRICA

In the framework of the 12th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held in Quito, Ecuador, from 20-24 January 2020, which for the first time since its organization, integrated the Mayors’ Mechanism on Migration (composed of UCLG, IOM and the Council of Mayors for Migration). UCLG Africa organized a session on the Governance of migration in cities crossed by migratory routes in the framework of the 7th Forum of Mayors. This session, organized with the support of the partners of the mayors’ mechanisms, aimed to share the experience of cities in West Africa (Gao Mali, Agadez-Niger) and North Africa (Tunis-Tunisia and Arbaoua-Morocco) in terms of the reception and management of migrants in the light of their national context.

Ms. Fatna El Khiel, Mayor of Arbaoua, and President of the Network of Locally Elected Women of Morocco; Mr. Rhissa Feltou Mayor of Agadez, Niger, whose city recently suffered a serious fire at a UNHCR migrant camp, following the anger of its occupants; Mr. Ben Maouloud Mohamed, Deputy Mayor of Gao, Mali, with whom the municipal team strongly opposes the construction of a migrant detention centre on its territory; and Mr. Mounir Srarfi, Deputy Mayor of Tunis, were the continent’s main speakers at this session. With them, Ms. Darla America Anguiano of the Youth Forum presented the youth perspective for the improvement of policies for the inclusion of young migrants.

The elected representatives present, whose cities are considered to be veritable crossroads of migration routes in the Western Mediterranean (Spanish coasts) and Central Mediterranean (leading to the Italian coasts), each gave a presentation on the situation of their respective cities and countries (challenges, opportunities and prospects), highlighting the benefits of governance based on respect for human rights.

Three key elements emerged from these exchanges to enable the implementation of governance capable of ensuring the conditions for a dignified reception of migrants:

Partnership with civil society organizations and UN organizations specialized (UNHCR, IOM) in the field of migration, as is already the case for example in Morocco, Niger, Mali and Tunisia. This partnership implies a quadripartite dialogue between the State, UN agencies, local authorities and associations at the local level, for the emergence of effective and sustainable solutions;

Solidarity between local and regional authorities, which implies the search for solutions among peers and the sharing of experiences. In this regard, it was recalled the creation of various solidarity movements of cities on the issue of migration in Africa as in Europe and in Africa, the cities that have signed the  Charter of local and subnational governments of Africa on Migration constitute the first network of its kind on the continent;

The respect of commitments whether at the international, regional, national or territorial level. Each commitment made by the State must be respected. Decentralization laws, for example, should be aligned with the content of the Global Compact on Migration and enshrine the responsibility of local authorities in the management of migration.

The session made some recommendations and key messages to the Mayors’ Forum, including the following:

  • Include the Charter of local and subnational governments of Africa on Migration in the advocacy tools, as well as the declaration of the Mayors of Marrakech, for the implementation of local policies on migration;
  • Facilitate the access of cities located on migration routes to the projects and support programmes of NGOs and international organizations;
  • Strengthening local diplomacy through exchange programs and sharing of experiences between cities;
  • Secure migration routes and the rights of migrants and refugees, especially those of vulnerable people (women, children, people with disabilities, etc.);
  • Make cities safe places where all persons without distinction have access to basic services and preservation of their dignity.
  • Promote the inclusion of migrants in cities and end their exclusion and stigmatization (migrant and refugee holding centres).

 

Africa’s’ Ubanisation Dynamics 2020: A New Look Into The Urban Realities of The Continent 

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Africa will continue to have the fastest urban growth in the world. The continent’s population is projected to double between now and 2050 and two-thirds of this growth will be absorbed by urban areas. This means that in the next 30 years Africa’s cities will be home to an additional 950 million people. This urban transition is profoundly transforming the social, economic, environmental and political geography of the continent. This offers great opportunities, but also challenges for African citizens, businesses and governments.

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD) are co-organising an event on “Africa’s Urban Realities: Better Cities for an Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Continent.”

Held on the margins of the 33rd African Union Summit, the event will launch the new flagship report, Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2020: Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography. Produced by SWAC/OECD, the report highlights the diverse and multifaceted nature of Africa’s contemporary urban transition a diversity which is rarely captured in existing analyses and narratives.

When: 7 February 2020

Time: 10h00 to 12h30

Where:Radisson Blu Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Kazanchis Business District Kirkos Subcity 17/18)

 

Speakers:
The launch of the report will be followed by a high-level panel session with government representatives and local authorities as well as stakeholders from international organisations. Speakers will include:

 Dr Ibrahim Mayaki – CEO of the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD
 H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko –Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Comission
 H.E. Vincent Biruta – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rwanda
 Mr Philipp Heinrigs – Senior Economist, Sahel and West Africa Club
 H.E. Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi – Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Government Africa
 Mr Ahmed Aziz Diallo – MP, Mayor of Dori, Burkina Faso
 Ms Wanjira Mathai – Vice President and Regional Director for Africa, World Resources Institute

To register for the event, please send an email to africapolis@oecd.org 

BACKGROUND

The pace of urbanisation in Africa is without precedent. In 2015, 567 million Africans lived in an urban agglomeration, compared to 27 million in 1950. Africa will continue to have the fastest urban growth in the world. The continent’s population is projected to double between now and 2050 and two-thirds of this growth will be absorbed by urban areas. This means that in the next 30 years Africa’s cities will be home to an additional 950 million people. This urban transition is profoundly transforming the social, economic, environmental and political geography of the continent. This offers great opportunities, but also challenges for African citizens, businesses and governments. Urban agglomerations are developing most often without the benefit of policies or investments as well as the data and evidence able to meet these challenges. Urban planning and management are therefore key development issues. Understanding urbanisation, its drivers, dynamics and impacts is essential for designing policies that are connected to the realities of urban Africa.

SWAC/OECD’s new report, Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2020: Africapolis, Mapping a New Urban Geography, highlights Africa’s urban realities and diversities rarely captured in existing analyses, official statistics and narratives. The continent-wide analysis is based on the Africapolis database (www.africapolis.org) that maps 7 600 urban agglomarations across 50 countries from 1950 to 2015. Combining census data, satellite and aerial imagery and other cartographic sources, it is designed to enable comparative and long-term understanding of Africa’s urban dynamics. Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2020 offers a novel perspective that aims to contribute to the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for Africa’s transformation, SDG 11 (“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”) and UN Habitat’s New Urban Agenda.

KEY INFORMATION

The report will be available online on 7 February at www.oecd.org/swac/ and www.nepad.org
Advance copies will be available for media upon request.

Social media hashtags: #RealUrbanAfrica, #Africapolis, #AUSummit and #AfUD2020

Media contacts:
SWAC/OECD
Lia Beyeler | Lia.BEYELER@oecd.org

AUDA-NEPAD
Mwanja Ng’anjo | MwanjaN@nepad.org

UCLG Africa adopts the Territorial Approach to Local Development (TALD)

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The training workshop on the Territorial Approach to Local Development (TALD), organized by the General Secretariat of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa,) brought together the main officials of the organization from both the headquarters and the regional offices. This training workshop had several objectives:

-Responding to the new guidelines for European cooperation, which now recognize the place and roles of cities and local authorities as state actors and as development actors;

– Strengthen the role of National Associations of Local and Regional Authorities (and networks) as an institutional interface in the political dialogue with the EU Delegations in the future programing of cooperation and its implementation;

– Strengthen the Associations’ capacities to actively support their members, in particular with a view to making territorial development a major focus for the mobilization of local resources (human, financial and natural) and the transition towards sustainable development and the achievement of SDGs.

Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General of UCLG Africa, stated that the world today is torn between the dynamics of globalization, which has shown its limits, and territorialization. This situation puts local and regional authorities in the front line, hence the question of the territorial dimension of development and the need for dialogue between the members of UCLG Africa, the States and the actors of social transformation. Mbassi further stated that there is a demand from the European Union on this subject, but also a legitimate demand from local and regional authorities, hence the need for UCLG Africa to understand and take ownership of the territorial approach to local development. The Secretary General concluded his remarks by specifying that this approach requires a change that UCLG Africa must, first of all, integrate in order to bring its members to adopt this approach.

The program was as follows:

– Day 1: Local and territorial development;

– Day 2: * The role of National Associations and UCLG Africa in promoting development and the role of local and regional governments in partner countries;

* Link between the role of the Associations and UCLG Africa in promoting the role of local and regional governments in development, in cooperation with the European Union at national level;

– Day 3: Involvement in the work of UCLG Africa.

Focus on Decentralization in Africa

Devolution in decentralization refers to three traditional aspects: fiscal, political and administrative. It is a transfer of power to the local level which induces a reorganization of the entire power system. Decentralization is a constantly evolving process.

The question arises as to whether decentralization produces development. At this level, it should be noted that all decentralization reforms have been designed for political, rather than developmental, reasons. The nature of the decentralizing State is also a crucial element to consider insofar as there are predatory States, States that do not consider local and regional authorities as partners.

The current trends in decentralization in Africa are:

Rapid urbanization.

Global agendas;

Rapid metropolization of cities;

Territorialization of public policies;

Reforms under way in several countries;

Sectoral decentralization.

Lessons learned include the following:

The irreversibility of decentralization.

The need for reform to bring decentralization into line;

The principle of subsidiarity;

The African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralization, Local Governance and Local Development;

The African Day of Decentralization and Local Development.

The following challenges were identified:

To set decentralization in stone.

Strengthen local leadership;

Principle of subsidiarity to empower local authorities;

Coalition of actors at the territorial level;

Innovative financing mechanism and integration of green financing;

Define the relationship between decentralization-democracy, then decentralization-transparency.

Don’t miss UCLG Africa sessions at the World Urban Forum (#WUF10)

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The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (#WUF10) will be held from 8-13 February 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This will be the first time that an Arab country will host the world’s most important conference on cities and human settlements.

WUF 10 is convened by UN-Habitat in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, General Secretariat of the Executive Council, and the ultra-modern Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.

The theme of the Tenth Session is “Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation”.

The World Urban Forum is an important milestone for Local and Regional Governments due to the fact that every two years as it connects the urban and development agenda offering an unparalleled opportunity to meet member states and other partners.

During this important gathering, UCLG Africa will organize 05 mains sessions and participates to others sessions of partners.

On 10 February, UCLG Africa will lead the session on “Local strategies for financing local actions” (Voice from Cities, Room A, 12:30-13:30).

On 12 February, the Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) of UCLG Africa will conduct the session on “Role of REFELA in the successful implementation of Sustainable Development Objectives (SDGs)” (Voice from Cities Room A,15:00-16:30 ).

UCLG Africa will organize three other sessions on:

  • “African Capitals of Culture” (12 February Voice from Cities Room A,14:00-15:00 ).
  • Door of Return – A New Pan-African Era (11 February UCLG Africa Stand ,10:00-11:00).
  • “Creating an Enabler Environment and a Supportive Framework  at African Local Level to protect, promote and enchance Heritage and Culture” (10 February UCLG  Stand ,12:00-13:00).

UCLG Africa will also have a stand in the exhibition area. It will be a place for interactive activities: roundtable discussions and one to one meetings with partners, members and all the key stakeholders .

Don’t hesitate to join us!

Picture Day 1 

Picture Day 2 

For more information visit the website here. 

Apply for the PLATFORMAwards before 31 January 2020

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If your town or region contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals, if you want to win a video to promote your development cooperation project, apply before 31 January 2020 for the PLATFORMAwards and win a free entrance to CEMR Congress in Innsbruck!

All the information you need, as well as the application form, are available on the PLATFORMAwards website and flyer.

Discover the PLATFORMAwards in video!

The aim of the PLATFORMAwards is to reward excellence in cities and regions’ internal action. This time, the PLATFORMAwards will focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their implementation at the territorial level.

The award ceremony will take place on 8 May 2020 at the CEMR Congress in Innsbruck (Austria) where the three finalists will be invited.

Discover the trailer of the of Dogbo-Roeselare partnership, winners of the 2018 edition!

If you need more information, contact us at awards@platformawards.eu

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