General Assembly 2016
Bogota, 14 October 2016 16:00 – 17:30 Corferias Convention Centre Gran Salón
#UCLGCongress
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BOGOTÁ, 14 OCTOBER 2016 16:00-17:30
Item 1 For adoption
DRAFT AGENDA
1. Adoption of the agenda
2. Report from the President on UCLG activities and policy priorities
3. The Peace Prize
4. Report of the Committee on Statutory Affairs on Sections’ nominations for the World Council and appointment of the UCLG World Council
5. Highlights of the activities of the Regional and Metropolitan Sections by the UCLG Vice-Presidents
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BOGOTÁ, 14 OCTOBER 2016 16:00-17:30
Item 2 For information
REPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT ON UCLG ACTIVITIES 2013-2016
Summary and recommendations
This document presents and highlights the major milestones and achievements of the World Organization from 2013 to 2016. It is not an exhaustive document, but features some of the main highlights of the World Organization over the three past years.
A full-fledged and detailed report for 2015 is available and a report for 2016 will be published next year.
This triennial report showcases in particular the relevance of the agreement with the European Union and the achievements within the framework of the New Urban Agenda and towards Habitat III.
The General Assembly is invited to:
1. Take note of the report from the President on UCLG activities.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BOGOTA, 14 OCTOBER 2016 16:00-17:30
Item 2 – Annex 1
TRIENNIAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENCY 2013-2016
MAIN ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHTS FROM RABAT TO BOGOTA
This document highlights the major milestones and achievements of the World Organisation from 2013 to 2016. The triennial report follows the logic of the strategic priorities of the World Organisation, and its four main pillars: Institutional Relations and Advocacy, Intelligence, Strengthening the Network, Leadership and Governance, Cooperation and Learning.
CONTENTS:
I. INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS AND ADVOCACY II. INTELLIGENCE III. STRENGTHENING THE NETWORK, LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE IV. COOPERATION AND LEARNING
I.INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS AND ADVOCACY
UCLG is, by nature, an organization that aims at the broad representation of local and regional governments. This pillar has seen special activity during 2013-2016 due to the various international policy processes that have converged in this period.
AN UNPRECEDENTED constituency before the international community. AGREEMENT WITH THE The GTF pioneered the movement pushing for EUROPEAN UNION the integration of the Post-2015 development process and the follow up of the Rio+20 As a result of the structured dialogue with Conference on sustainable development, the European Commission over the past few originally conceived as two separate years, and the Communication on international agendas. It also continues to call Strengthening Local Authorities in 2013, for links between the SDGs and the Habitat UCLG has been recognized as the key III and the Financing for Development representative institution of local and agendas. regional authorities.
Discussions culminated in the signature of a A GOAL ON CITIES IN THE Strategic Partnership between both 2030 AGENDA institutions.
The partnership is based on shared strategic The work of UCLG on bringing local voices to priorities, including support for ongoing the global debates on the sustainable decentralization reform processes; the development agenda culminated with the capacity development of local authorities; adoption of the 2030 Agenda in 2015. As sustainable urbanization; and the facilitator of the Global Taskforce, UCLG has reinforcement of associations of local not only successfully campaigned for the authorities operating at national, continental inclusion of a goal on cities and human and international levels. It aims to empower settlements (SDG 11), we have advocated local authorities in partner countries for for the localization of all 17 goals of the enhanced governance and more effective agenda, pointing out that all goals have development outcomes. targets that are local responsibilities, and highlighting the potential of local The acknowledgement of UCLG as a strategic leaders to transform abstract goals into partner of the European Union is a recognition action on the ground. of the work carried out at global level by the international municipal movement. This UCLG and the Global Taskforce participated, partnership is also an important incentive to via the Local Authorities Major Group, in the strengthen UCLG as a network of networks. It monthly Post-2015 Intergovernmental supports our responsibility to develop and Negotiations. In this and other fora, we expand this movement, which is associative, advocated for the inclusion of SDG 11 on inclusive, plural, and built on local democracy. Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements, the localization of the implementation and monitoring of all goals and targets, THE CONSOLIDATION OF disaggregated territorial indicators, the THE GLOBAL TASKFORCE essential role of urban-rural linkages in territorial development, the need to improve disaster risk management at local level, and From 2013 to 2016, UCLG has continued to for a stronger recognition of local and coordinate and amplify the political voice of regional authorities in the New Global local and regional governments in the Partnership for Sustainable Development. consultations and debates on the 2030 Agenda through the Global Taskforce (GTF), Our advocacy work culminated with the 2015 which has seen its position as the main Sustainable Development Summit, where the convener of international local and regional 2030 Agenda was adopted. Sixty elected local government networks consolidated during the officials from around the world went to New past year. The Global Taskforce is currently York as part of the local and regional acknowledged as the reference point for the government delegation, to celebrate the advocacy and representation of our
inclusion of SDG 11 and highlight the role of participation of local government networks in local and regional governments in the the United Nations Advisory Committee for achievement of all 17 goals. Local Authorities (UNACLA), and especially during the three PrepComs of Habitat III. UCLG drew up concrete proposals for localized indicators for SDG 11 and other SDGs with a UCLG, on behalf of the Global Taskforce and strong local dimension. The proposals called in coordination with partners, was appointed for targets and indicators that are suitable for by the Secretary General of the Conference to both urban and rural contexts. UCLG used this co-lead the Policy Unit on Urban Governance, report to provide inputs to the UNSDSN Capacity and Institutional Development with indicator report and the UN Statistical LSE Cities. UCLG gathered experts and the Commission’s technical report on indicators. networks to agree on the contributions. Most of the proposals for SDG 11 indicators have been included in the UN Statistical Building on the First World Assembly of Cities Commission recommendations. and Local Authorities, organized in the framework of Habitat II in 1996, where local During 2015 and 2016, we reiterated authorities committed to build UCLG as the commitment of local and regional a “single voice for local governments and their governments to actively contribute to the associations”, the constituency offered to implementation of the 2030 Agenda, organize the Second World Assembly of emphasizing the direct relevance of all 17 Local and Regional Governments through SDGs to the daily responsibilities of local the Global Taskforce. authorities. It is estimated that 65% of the SDG targets relate to local and regional The Second Assembly is the process and governments. coordination mechanism through which our constituency will participate in the formal LOCAL AND REGIONAL Habitat III process. It will aim to orientate our positions and inputs to the New Urban GOVERNMENTS Agenda. The proposal of organizing the Second Assembly has been recognized by the ACKNOWLEDGED AND Bureau of Habitat III. The Second Assembly REINFORCED IN THE NEW met in New York in May, in Bogota in October and in Quito during Habitat III. URBAN AGENDA An enhanced agenda before the UN In 2016, the advocacy work of UCLG and the system Global Taskforce has turned to the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at Habitat III in Quito in October 2016. It is important to UNACLA: Following a proposal made by the highlight the role of Habitat III as the first Chair of UNACLA, Dr. Kadir Topbas, also UCLG implementation conference after the President, a new structure for UNACLA was adoption of the 2030 Agenda, and the adopted in 2014. The new structure highlights importance of strengthening the links the global and regional membership of the between SDG 11 and the New Urban organization and enables local government Agenda. associations to be more hands on in contributing to global policies and designing With the role of urbanization and cities in sustainable structures. development now widely recognized, UCLG continues to advocate for a territorial ECOSOC: As an outcome of Rio+20 and the approach to development, taking into ECOSOC reform, a new segment has been account both urban centres and their created within the UN Economic and Social Council to include policy feedback from surrounding regions and rural areas. different actors in the UN deliberations, and to
discuss transversal topics of relevance to the An organized constituency, ready to sustainability agenda. The first session of this contribute kind was devoted to Sustainable Urbanization was organised in 2014. UCLG, CLGF, ICLEI, Inputs to the Habitat III conference were ORU-FOGAR, nrg4SD, FCM, CEMR, drawn up by UCLG and the Global Taskforce, PLATFORMA, CIB, the Culture Committee and who led the Second World Assembly of Cities UCLG Africa were part of the Local and and Local Governments process, ensuring the Regional Government delegation. The participation of local government leaders and Secretary General of the United Nations experts in the Habitat III consultations and expressed strong support for local formal processes, particularly through the governments at the event.
Partnership with UN Habitat: A partnership Climate Action: renewed coalitions of between UCLG and UN-Habitat was finalized networks, stronger alliance with civil at the World Urban Forum in 2014. The society partnership aims to support the full participation of local governments and their UCLG has worked within the framework of the associations in the 2030 Agenda and Habitat Local Government Climate Roadmap, III. The results of the partnership should facilitated by ICLEI, to enhance the influence reinforce the increased recognition of local of members in the international negotiation governments as essential players for process through two key strategies: sustainable development, as well as the enhancing the formal role of local authorities assignation of resources and capacities so in the negotiation process and developing the that they can fulfil their role in the delivery partnership between local authorities and civil and equity of access to basic urban services. society.
An encouraging New Urban Agenda UCLG called for a strong and effective global climate regime and a global climate The draft document agreed in the last round community that will ensure implementation at of negotiations in New York on 10 September all levels. We invited all Member States 2016 is an encouraging document for the local participating in the UNFCCC to start working and regional government constituency. The on an Action Plan to engage local and work of the World Assembly of Local and subnational governments in climate change Regional Governments is acknowledged in policies on mitigation and adaptation, paragraph 8. Most importantly, paragraph 169 supported by capacity building, finance and calls for continued collaboration with the technology. World Assembly in the follow-up and review of the New Urban Agenda. Even if our ambitions The first Summit on Climate and Territories, were greater when we started this road, the held in Lyon in July 2015, pushed for the results are worth celebrating and open acknowledgement of the need for a territorial important possibilities for a greater role for approach involving and to ensure our constituency. The challenge now is to collaboration among all non-state actors at make proposals for concrete action in the local and subnational levels. coming period and to continue working together to ensure not only that our voice is The first ever World Summit of Local Leaders heard but that our experiences actually on Climate Change, held in conjunction with influence policies. UCLG World Council in Paris, gathered around a thousand mayors and local leaders. The LOCAL ACTION AND UCLG network of Regional Sections, Committees and partners all mobilized for the ALLIANCES IN THE success of the event. The Summit showed CLIMATE AGENDA that the local level is the most appropriate level to tackle climate change, which is not about technical solutions but making choices Local and regional governments have a long about the type of development model we track record of innovating locally and need. It’s also about learning to adapt to collaborating internationally to tackle the environmental challenges, and developing causes and consequences of climate change, sound governance mechanisms to put particularly since the launch of the Local citizens’ needs at the heart of all we do. A Government Climate Roadmap in Bali in 2007. second edition of the World Summit of Local Leaders on Climate Change is being prepared UCLG and the Global Taskforce have built on for the COP22 in Marrakech, on 14 November the success of the Compact of Mayors, 2016. adopted by city networks and associations, and focused their advocacy work on the The strong presence of local and regional preparations for the COP21 Climate governments at COP21 was important to Conference and the Climate Summit for Local showcase the huge potential of our Leaders in Paris in December 2015, to be constituency to implement practical solutions reiterated in Marrakech in November 2016. to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as to foster sustainable development with Our advocacy work aims to broaden the a strong social dimension based on citizen debate beyond climate adaptation and participation. mitigation to include the social and human rights aspects of global sustainability.
From the Compact of Mayors to the regulatory and financial means, to strengthen Global Covenant the capacities of local authorities to find alternatives for people living in disaster-prone Local and regional governments, answering areas. the call of the UN Secretary-General, have set up the Compact of Mayors under the A Global Alliance on Urban Crisis leadership of UCLG, ICLEI, C40 and the Compact of States and Regions. The Compact A Global Alliance for Urban Crises was has merged with the European Covenant of officially launched during the World Mayors, making it the largest initiative for the Humanitarian Summit that took place in May reduction of local greenhouse gas emissions 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Alliance brings enhance resilience to climate change, and together UN agencies, urban professionals, track their progress transparently. The Global the development community and the private Covenant has the ambition to become a truly sector on a common platform for advocacy, global initiative. It is supported financially by lobbying and action to respond to the growing Bloomberg Philanthropies and the European importance of urban humanitarian assistance. Union. UCLG, as the representative of local UCLG, as largest network of local and regional governments, together with a wide variety of governments, supports this global initiative organizations, has committed to form a and is sharing information about the merger platform that creates effective and efficient among its members. The role of UCLG and its partnerships to prevent, prepare for and Sections will grow in the future in response to better respond to urban crises, building on the the more active recruitment of cities. long-standing work of the membership in this field and in particular the work of the UCLG CEMR and UCLGA are also starting to Working Group on Local Government Disaster implement the Covenant in Sub-Saharan Response. Africa. Increased solidarity of local SOLIDARITY AND governments
RESILIENCE: URBAN Following the humanitarian crisis and the ALLIANCES AT THE arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees that affected many local governments this CENTER OF PREVENTION, year, UCLG and its Sections called on ACTION AND international institutions, the European Union and its Member States to take into account RECONSTRUCTION the aid that local governments are providing in the management of this crisis, and for the A greater role acknowledged at the mobilization of existing specific assistance Sendai Conference on Disaster Risk funds, making these funds accessible to those municipalities most directly affected by the Reduction mass arrival of asylum seekers in their territories, as well as those wishing to The United Nations World Conference on contribute to the reception of refugees. Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, from 14 to 18 March 2015, resulted in an agreement by the international community INVESTMENT IN URBAN to strengthen commitment and actions to DEVELOPMENT: KEY TO reduce disaster risk. The Conference recognized local authorities, who were STRENGHTEN CITIES’ strongly represented at the Conference, as essential to reducing these risks. CAPACITIES
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk The Addis Ababa International Conference on Reduction 2015-2030, recognizes, for the first Financing for Development in 2015 was an time, that local authorities have a crucial role opportunity to highlight the essential role of to play in disaster risk reduction. Unlike the financing at local level in the achievement of Hyogo Framework, the text adopted in Sendai the 2030 Agenda. Our advocacy has focused asks States and partners to work with local on the urgent need to finance infrastructure authorities. In the Sendai Framework, investments in rapidly expanding urban areas, Member States commit to empower local strengthening local capacities, promoting fiscal authorities and communities through decentralization, and channelling global
savings towards the local level to leverage political representatives from 75 cities and 69 public investments. local, national and international organizations from every continent. The highlight of the first As part of its contribution to the Global UCLG Culture Summit was the adoption of Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, ‘Culture 21: Actions’, a global declaration and UCLG, with the support of our Committee on toolkit that builds on the Agenda 21 for Local Finance and Development, chaired by Culture and promotes expertise, peer learning the Mayor of Rabat, led subnational and exchanges on culture in sustainable cities. governments’ contributions to the “Financing The second Summit will take place in Jeju for Development” process. Other members of (Republic of Korea) on 5-7 April 2017. the GTF actively supported these advocacy efforts. NEW LEARNING AND UCLG welcomed the Addis Ababa Action CAPACITY-BUILDING Agenda as an indispensable tool to implement the Post-2015 Agenda. However, we PROGRAMMES ON highlighted the lack of attention paid to the CULTURE challenges and opportunities of rapid global urbanization in the agenda. We also warned of Using ‘Culture 21: Actions’ as a basis, the an excessive dependence on private sector UCLG Committee on Culture has established infrastructure investments, and of the two new peer-learning and capacity-building potential negative effects on social inclusion programmes, which aim to enable cities and environmental protection of such a policy. committed to culture and sustainable development to assess and improve their work The issue of financing was also at the heart of in these areas, and to exchange experiences debates on the climate agenda at the COP21 and good practices with one another. The ‘Pilot and the summit of non-state actors in Lyon Cities’ learning programme involves local (WSCT) in 2015. UCLG advocacy focused on awareness-raising, international peer-review, the issue of strengthening local governments’ capacity-building, and pilot local projects, structural resources, and facilitating their among others. The ‘Leading Cities’ programme access to climate finance to invest in basic gives support to cities that have more infrastructures and services. experience in the implementation of policies on culture and sustainable development. In order to support UCLG advocacy on local finance further, the Finance Committee has been conducting two main studies. The first is RECOGNITION OF THE a study on the conditions for the mobilization RIGHT TO THE CITY of local resources for sustainable urbanization, based on six case studies of cities and in close UCLG and the Global Taskforce have led the collaboration with chief financial officers, to global debate among local governments on the gain a concrete understanding of the key inclusion of the Right to the City in the New factors in the successful mobilization of local Urban Agenda and other global agendas. finances. The second study reviews the Advocacy work was based on the long-term situation of local finances worldwide, in work of the UCLG Committee on Social collaboration with the OECD and with the Inclusion, Human Rights and Participatory support of AFD; it is a first step towards a Democracy in this area, in coordination with global observatory on local finances. Such an the Global Platform for the Right to the City. observatory is expected to be a crucial tool for improving transparency and dialogue between The final version of the United Nations Human levels of government, and for ensuring Rights Council report that was presented financial capacities of local governments to during the 30th Council in 2015 acknowledges implement the SDGs. the crucial role of decentralization for localizing democracy and human rights and A FIRST UCLG reaffirms the shared and complementary duties of States and local government to CULTURE SUMMIT respect, protect and fulfil human rights.
The first-ever UCLG Culture Summit, organized by the UCLG Committee on Culture, DEVELOPMENT was hosted by the city of Bilbao in March COOPERATION 2015. The summit gathered 300 key stakeholders from the world of culture, Although local governments’ involvement in including activists, local practitioners and development cooperation dates back decades,
the participation and engagement of local LOOKS AFTER FAIRER DISTRIBUTION OF government has increased recently thanks to WEALTH increased policy dialogue with donors and international organizations. UCLG and its Working Group on Local Economic Development were organizing The work of UCLG and our members, partners of the Third World Forum of Local especially the UCLG Champions, both in the Economic Development in Turin. The 2015 Global Partnership for Effective Development edition counted on 2000 participants. UCLG Cooperation and in the UN Development members met the UN Secretary General, Cooperation Forum has contributed to greater leading NGOs, Mr Ban Ki Moon and an enjoyed awareness and recognition of the important an address from Pope Francis. role that local governments play in development cooperation. The Forum recognized and valued the local economic development approach as a valid The Capacity building platform CIB has put means for the effective and sustainable their focus on tools for monitoring and implementation of the SDGs at the local level, evaluating decentralized development offering a comprehensive framework for cooperation, and the critical role of ‘integrating’ and ‘localizing’ the SDGs. It associations for Aid effectiveness, supporting highlighted the crucial role of local and Southern members to engage, own and regional governments as initiators and drivers negotiate in development cooperation of effective local economic development programs processes, building ownership and consensus on the development potential of the territory, WORLD FORUM ON LOCAL promoting wide partnership arrangements and facilitating coordinated action and synergies. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The working group has developed a policy position that will be launched in Bogota.
II. INTELLIGENCE
BUILDING A GLOBAL The development of our own agenda also contributes to our international relations and AGENDA OF LOCAL AND advocacy goals, allowing us to identify and express our own priorities and concerns, as REGIONAL well as reacting and contributing to GOVERNMENTS international processes and debates.
In 2013, UCLG decided to develop a Global The global agenda of UCLG is built on the Agenda of Local and Regional Governments knowledge created by the membership and for the 21st Century as a contribution to the avoids merely reflecting and responding to ‘New Urban Agenda’ of the United Nations the agendas developed by the states and for Habitat III. It was also decided that the international community. Instead, it is based next Global Report on Local Democracy and on practice and proximity. At the same time, Decentralization (GOLD IV) should develop it provides a new narrative for the future of and support this Global Agenda. This process local and regional authorities, based on the contributes to three of our strategic shared values and lessons learnt over the objectives. past century. It challenges some of the assumptions that exist concerning the The GOLD IV Report will be presented to the limitations of local and regional governments members and partners during the Fifth UCLG as transformative actors and provides a World Congress. voice to innovative initiatives that can contribute to addressing global challenges The GOLD process, through its rigorous through local action. research and analysis, provides intelligence to support and strengthen UCLG members’ Last, but not least, we have been developing contributions to EC development policies and the agenda in a more participatory way, thus the global development agenda. contributing towards our strategic goal of “Strengthening the Network, Leadership and Governance”.
The recommendations of the IV GOLD Report right to the city, re-democratizing democracy, have inspired the Bogotá Commitment and strategic regional planning and tackling Action Plan which will serve as basis of inequalities, among others. A strong political UCLG’s actions for the implementation of message from the sessions was the need to Habitat III and the 2030 Agenda. build integrated and cohesive metropolitan areas, based on multi-polarity and the “right A RENEWED to the centre”, that is, the right to equal treatment for all cities that are part of the CONSULTATION OF THE metropolitan area. Another important debate took place on how to reconcile CONSTITUENCY competitiveness and social inclusion. A full report is available from the World Secretariat Given the wide diversity of UCLG members upon request. and the challenges and opportunities they face in ensuring sustainable development, it Representatives of territories, including was decided to use the Strategic Toolkit small municipalities, regions, and rural areas developed in late 2014 to hold a series of were also consulted. Having in mind an consultations to explore the contributions of integrated territorial development that is different kinds of local and regional regionally-balanced and takes into account governments to the Global Agenda: the importance of strong and constructive rural-urban linkages, this meeting covered a Intermediary cities range of issues and challenges such Metropolitan and peripheral cities as: equitable and inclusive economic growth Territories (regions, rural areas and small with empowered citizenry; networks of self- municipalities) sufficient regional governments within a framework of multi-level governance; This constituency-based approach allowed an redistribution, equalization and subsidiarity integrated vision of development that is more within an enabling framework of in line with the realities of local governments’ decentralization; long-term planning to experiences on the ground than any sectorial ensure territorially-balanced and integrated approach. sustainable development; territorial regeneration and multilevel governance built The consultations aimed to identify issues that on rural-urban linkages; and the potential of are of shared interest to local governments, the human scale, participation, endogenous civil society and other stakeholders, in order development and co-responsibility for small to forge alliances in preparation for the municipalities. Habitat negotiations.
The main debates in the consultation with LOCAL GOVERNMENTS intermediary cities were centred on the POLICY ON PUBLIC unique development challenges and opportunities of the intermediary scale, its SPACE “human scale”, and the need to reposition intermediary cities in the national and global A cornerstone of the implementation of the economy. The main political messages New Urban Agenda will be public space. The focused on raising their status and profile UCLG committee on strategic planning has both nationally and internationally. A full nurtured critical debates and tools, and has report is available from the World Secretariat opened a wide range of partnerships upon request. promoting the opportunities around public space. Public space is full responsibility of The consultations with metropolitan and local government, and will be a powerful peripheral cities covered areas ranging from tangible layer for the New Urban Agenda and the governance of metropolitan areas, the the SDGs.
III. STRENGTHENING THE NETWORK, LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE
The World Secretariat has been experimenting with new communication formats to share our knowledge across the network. Internal and external tools have been developed. The aim is to create greater cohesion of activities and prepare the network to contribute to the World Congress in a more orchestrated way, with increased ownership and participation.
EXPERIMENTING NEW COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNING FORMATS FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS
NETWORK The #urbanSDG campaign was launched by UCLG. The campaign was promoted during New communication formats to enable international and United Nations events, and knowledge-sharing knowledge across the the number of signatories has grown from network are being implemented in the World 110 in 2013 to 300 towards the Post-2015 Secretariat, such as illustrated reports of the Summit, and includes cities and regional Global Agenda consultations, and booklets of governments of all sizes. Furthermore, an advocacy messages for key events, such as urban SDG selfie campaign to include local the Financing for Development Conference and regional leaders was organized to keep and the second Habitat III PrepCom. We have the momentum on the Urban Goal campaign. also produced a publication “The SDGs: what local governments need to know”, which has The flagship action in this respect has been been well-received by member networks and the #listen2cities campaign, launched by the governments. Global Taskforce and powered by UCLG. It has mobilised up to 2.000.000 people, Regular briefings between the World coinciding with the Habitat III Local Authority Secretariat and Sections and Committees Hearings and the first session of the Second have been put in place to ensure exchanges World Assembly in New York. The goals of the before major activities. campaign were to
The World Secretariat began testing the new Highlight the official recognition of UCLG Network online platform, designed to international networks of local enhance horizontal day-to-day communication governments in the Habitat III process and collaboration across the organization. The Call on national governments to take our UCLG Network should serve as a space to recommendations into account in the launch joint initiatives and consultations in the negotiations on the New Urban Agenda future, including the content of the Congress. Harness the online conversations about Habitat III to share our recommendations In line with UCLG’s aim to strengthen the on the New Urban Agenda (by combining connections between our different areas of the #Listen2Cities and #Habitat3 work and improve the communication of our hashtags) knowledge across and beyond the network, the UCLG World Secretariat is reorganizing the team to include the roles of connectors SUCCESSFUL EDITIONS OF between areas and facilitators of the UCLG Network. THE UCLG RETREAT
Building on the networking exercise UCLG’s Strategic Priorities for 2010-2016 mentioned above, special efforts have been signalled the importance of further made to develop UCLG’s presence on social consolidating the existing UCLG network media, and all communication actions have while seeking ways for further expansion. been supported and enhanced by those tools. The report of the Secretary General in Significant enhanced visibility has resulted Haikou explicitly mentioned that the from these efforts, which can be best resilience of the organization will depend on appreciated in the considerable growth in a stronger and more diversified membership, social media followers.
adapting to new contexts and greater Governing Bodies have congratulated newly involvement of the political leadership. elected local officials, and the re-elected leaders. The first and second editions UCLG Retreat and Campus took place in 2015 and 2016. UCLG Governing Bodies acknowledged They identified concrete actions and Fatallah Oualalou the Mayor of Rabat and synergies to foster collaboration within the UCLG Treasurer, Chen Jianhua the Mayor of UCLG network. Members expressed their Guangzhou and UCLG Co-President, satisfaction with the exercise and confirmed Annemarie Jorristma the Mayor of Almere and their interest in institutionalizing it, with a UCLG Vice-President, Jean-Paul Huchon the view to making the Retreat an annual President of Région Ile-de-France and UCLG exercise. Vice-President for their dedication and commitment. STRENGHTENING PARTS UCLG Governing Bodies also congratulated OF THE NETWORK: A President Topbaş and Co-Presidents Alain Juppé and Anne Hidalgo for their re-elections LISTENING EXERCICE and elections respectively.
In 2014, a Support Group was set up to meet During the renewal of Governing Bodies UCLG members and assess the situations and towards Bogota, special consideration was needs in different parts of the organization. made for the inclusion of women in the new governing bodies of the organisation. An action plan was approved at the meeting in Haikou 2014. Several bilateral meetings with Sections took place in Haikou and the UCLG AWARDS AND following missions were carried out during COLLABORATIVE 2015: INITIATIVES - Washington: A delegation led by Richard Kemp, Councillor for Liverpool and UCLG International Guangzhou Urban Deputy Chair of the European & Innovation Award International Board of the Local Government Association, and Berry The second edition of the UCLG International Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener and UCLG Guangzhou Urban Innovation Award took Deputy Treasurer, travelled to place in Guangzhou in 2014, and awarded the Washington on the occasion of the Winter city of Bristol, Antoquia, Chirstchurch, Dakar meetings of the US Conference of and Hangzhou for their outstanding innovative Mayors. Meetings also took place with the projects. A series of field study tours in 15 leadership of the National League of cities whose initiatives had been shortlisted at Cities. the 2nd Guangzhou Award has been put in - Doha: A delegation led by the Mayor of place. Furthermore a Workshop for Thought Rabat attended the Executive Bureau of Leaders: Learning from Urban Innovation took the Arab Towns Organization in Doha. place in Guangzhou on 2-6 November 2015. - Porto Alegre: A Pan-Latin American This event was aimed at policy and decision meeting took place in Porto Alegre, on makers and provided a unique opportunity for the occasion of the Executive Bureau. city leaders to engage with leading experts, - Kazan: Cllr Richard Kemp visited Kazan practitioners and urban leaders in learning during the Eurasia Local Governments from best practices in solving urban challenges Congress in July. and in making cities work for their citizens. - Important progress has been made in this respect among the Latin American UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize membership where a new coordination group has been created CORDIAL and 2016 will see the first edition of the UCLG City renewed representation and active of Bogotá Peace Prize, coordinated by the participation is expected for the coming UCLG Committee on Development period. Cooperation and City Diplomacy powered by VNG International. The Peace Prize will RENEWAL OF THE celebrate successful initiatives undertaken by local governments and stimulate others to GOVERNING BODIES follow suit and generate international public attention to the role local governments play in Following local elections held in many ensuring sustainable and peaceful countries throughout the three years, UCLG’s development.
contributing to inclusive and prosperous First and second editions of the UCLG societies, the necessary link between growth Mexico City Culture 21 Award and equality, and how to localize the Post- 2015 Agenda were the key topics on the Resulting from a partnership with the City of agenda. The UCLG Executive Bureau also saw Mexico, the biennial International Award meetings of the UCLG Committees on Urban “UCLG – MEXICO City – Culture 21” was Health, Development Cooperation and City launched in late 2013. The Award is granted to Diplomacy, Urban Governance and the Middle cities and individuals that have excelled in East. fostering the relationship between culture and sustainable development. The 1st edition These meetings reaffirmed that the spirit of (2013/14) recognised the City of Belo the municipal movement is to promote Horizonte, as well as Manuel Castells and learning and create the conditions to better Farida Shaheed in the ‘Individual’ category. In serve citizens, as well as to bring the the 2nd edition (2015/16), the Award was experience of local and regional leaders to the shared by the cities of Timbuktu and international debates. The Global Summit also Vaudreuil-Dorion in the ‘City’ category, and by included panel discussions, including one Jon Hawkes and Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui in the on the “Role of Culture in a City Economy”. ‘Individual’ category. HAIKOU 2014: THE Urban Governance Survey INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL The UCLG Committee on Decentralization and Local Self-Government worked with LSE Cities AGENDA FOR LOCAL to launch the online platform of the Urban LEADERS AND URBAN Governance Survey. The initiative is an attempt to address a general lack of data on INNOVATION how cities are governed around the world. The results of this survey have been developed UCLG World Council was held in Haikou in into a new global database that explores November 2014 at the kind invitation of current models of urban governance, which is Mayor Ni Qiang, in conjunction with the now available online. Guangzhou Award. During the Executive Bureau and the World Council meetings in Modernization of Municipal Management Haikou, members of UCLG debated the key issues that will define the international global Finally, with the aim of encouraging agenda for local and regional leaders in 2015. knowledge exchange and collaboration Around 400 representatives of local and between cities, the Committee on Digital and regional authorities and their partners from Knowledge-based Cities organized an annual 49 countries attended the event. thematic and event that enabled exchange of experiences and knowledge, as well as PORTO ALEGRE 2015: debates among participants, on topics related to the use of new technologies, innovation and SOLIDARITY AT THE knowledge to make cities more efficient and HEART OF UCLG sustainable with the title “2nd Seminar on the Modernization of Municipal Management”. MEMBERSHIP
LIVERPOOL 2014: The Executive Bureau meeting in Porto Alegre, held in June 2015, discussed the SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC organization’s strategies to contribute to the international agendas being negotiated this GROWTH year and Habitat III: the Post-2015 Development Agenda, including the Financing Over 250 representatives from 48 countries for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, gathered in Liverpool in June 2014 for the the new international framework for the fight UCLG Executive Bureau at the invitation of against climate change (COP21), and the New the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Joe Anderson, and Urban Agenda of Habitat III. the Local Governments Association (LGA), on the occasion of the International Festival of Latin American members of UCLG and their Business. networks ensured their commitment to work to strengthen the presence of the region The UCLG Global Agenda priorities were within the framework of the World discussed and two key open debates Organization, committing to develop an organized. The importance of public spaces in
articulation mechanism. The UCLG unprecedented number. With the climate programme on decentralized cooperation to negotiations between UN Member States democratize cities of Brazil and Mozambique underway, Paris City Hall became a showcase members, evidenced the knowledge acquired for the political leadership of mayors and local in the region. It was valued by all leaders on ensuring a sustainable future. participants, seen as a priceless good that Together with other networks of local and must be nourished in other regions, as well as regional authorities, UCLG demonstrated the in the global agenda. The networks presented increased power of coalitions of networks to proposals to start working towards a renewed fight against climate change. structure that would ensure ownership and allow the effective representation of all types KAZAN 2016: of members in UCLG. They proposed to set up a dialogue mechanism, with the aim of GOVERNANCE, DIVERSITY reaching concrete agreements by the end of 2015. AND SUSTAINABILTY OF CITIES PARIS 2015: STRONGER UCLG Executive Bureau took place in Kazan in ALLIANCE OF NETWORKS May 2016, at the kind invitation of Mayor FOR CLIMATE ACION Metshin, UCLG Co-President, with the participation of over 200 representatives from
some 90 cities and local and regional Local and regional leaders from around the authorities from all around the world, along world gathered at Paris City Council at the with important figures from the urban world. invitation of Mayor of Paris and UCLG Co-
President, Anne Hidalgo for the celebration of The Executive Bureau covered all policy items the UCLG World Council and Climate Summit developed by the World Organization. It also of Local Leaders and for the UCLG Executive included open debates with cultural, religious, Bureau on the 5th December. economic and political representatives from
Eurasia and with Eurasian members. The UCLG World Council and the Climate
Summit of Leaders Summit gathered over
1,000 mayors, governors, local officials and councilors from all regions of the world, an
IV.COOPERATION AND LEARNING
The “Fostering Cooperation and Learning” part of our strategic work plan aims to increase UCLG’s capacity to become a learning network and foster local and regional government’s capacities to engage in effective decentralized cooperation in partner cities (both South-South and triangular).
UCLG also supported the implementation of EC development policies and worked to strengthen the capacities of LRA networks to respond to capacity building demands.
UCLG LEARNING contribute to a cohesive network with tangible result for the knowledge of members. Peer
learning is an investment in building trust and Peer learning within the World Organisation relationships by fostering dialogues and aims to improve the management and understanding between participants. planning of local urban development, under a perspective of good governance, sustainability As we move towards the implementation of and participation to extend the right to the city the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable to the local population. Learning exchanges Development, the hands-on experience of were consolidated in this period with concrete UCLG’s members will be instrumental to practices and the development of South-South achieving the goals set by the international peer-to-peer collaborations and learning community. The UCLG Learning Agenda offers opportunities. a space for members and partners to test new
ideas and methodologies and develop learning UCLG’s Learning Agenda has been enhanced spheres and communities of practice to since the adoption of UCLG’s strategy for the address the specific interests of our members. period of 2013 to 2016. One factor that all learning events have in common is that they
The Decentralized Cooperation to democratize flexible structure. Participants agreed on the cities project has had a particular impact on importance of incorporating the SDGs as a cooperation between Brazilian and general umbrella for the learning agenda. The Mozambican cities and to give a space and outcome of the forum is the City-to-City credit to the knowledge of Southern cities and publication launched during the Executive their place in South-South and Triangular Bureau in Kazan. cooperation. UCLG, the National Association of Local Authorities of Mozambique (ANAMM) and Since 2015 and under the umbrella of the the National Front of Mayors of Brazil (FNP) SDGS, four learning events have taken place. have developed various initiatives through A learning event for ASPAC member of South political coordination between municipalities, West Asia on SDG 8 was celebrated in and by identifying the significant needs of the Negombo in partnership with ILO, while the cooperation. The project was financed by the public space learning in partnership with UN European Union, the Norwegian Government, habitat focused on goal 11. This was followed Cities Alliance and the City of Barcelona. The by learning event on SDG 11 and SDG 16 project contributed to the establishment of a (sustainable institutions), where 8 Sri Lanka platform for decentralized cooperation regional governments and their heads of between cities, as well as to the strengthening administrations got together with the of the role and capacity of the national Metropolitan governments of Durban and associations. Development partners and Johannesburg. The performance management academic institutions are being attracted to turned out of highest relevance for SDG 16. A contribute to and analyse the processes and learning among Latin American regional results of the partnerships. governments gathered intermediary cities in Santa Fe to discuss SDG 8. Collaboration with the International Labour Organisation, with which an MOU was signed MIGRATION AND in 2013, has intensified, particularly on topics related to decent work and intermediary cities TERRITORIAL COHESION under the umbrella of the SDG 8, through a series of peer learning events and joint Cities play a significant role in facilitating the knowledge products. The South-South and inclusion of migrants by creating an enabling Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) programme environment for their contributions to cultural became partner to City to City learning events, and economic urban life. Some cities with a and ILO also looks for involved of UCLG and long migration history have extensive cities in their annual meetings on SSTC experience in mainstreaming migration in strategy, at ILO Academy on Development relevant policy areas such as housing, health- Cooperation in Turin in 2015 and 2016. care, education, community participation, urban planning, labour and employment, All learning activities celebrated between 2013 whereas for other cities this migration is a and 2015 were aligned with one of the rather new policy area. A project supports to following topics: intermediary cities, public develop activities, evidence and suggestion in space and local economic development. Since a moment of open question on national and 2015 a project on city to city cooperation regional policies particularly in Europe, enable peer learning on migration. Since 2015 learning events are under the umbrella of the UCLG is known for their city to city learning SDGs addressing the goals 8 11 and 16. All and was selected as a key partner of the learning events are reported through the UCLG project "Mediterranean City-to-City Migration format of “peer learning notes” that provide ", launched and led by the International context and a critical evaluation of practices Centre for Migration Policy including information on evidence, Development (ICMPD), and co-financed by the transferability and political impact. European Commission, with the involvement of UN-Habitat and UNHCR. The main goal of In 2015, the Second Learning Forum gathered the project is to contribute to and promote the active members to define the key criteria that integration of migrants at local level, guide new initiatives of the Learning Agenda. especially on the southern shore of the The Forum reiterated the need to reinforce the Mediterranean, with a focus on access to Learning Agenda by promoting decentralized human rights. The project was launched in cooperation, peer to peer ties, communities of February 2015 and will last for three years, practice and networks. The different elements with the first phase being dedicated to the that should be taken into consideration when creation of the network. shaping the Agenda were mapped out and included the need to ground it in reality and In this framework, UCLG’s mission consisted make it evidence based, while ensuring a in creating and facilitating a network of 10
cities (five in Europe and five in the southern Mediterranean), as well as providing its EURASIA: TOWARDS CITY expertise and methodological knowledge in peer learning activities. In particular, based RANKING on cities needs and choice, learning activities will focus on: Social cohesion and intercultural The Eurasia Local Government Congress is and interreligious dialogue; Employment and held every three years and brings together entrepreneurship; Enjoyment of human rights local and regional leaders from the Eurasian and access to basic services; Refugees region. The 2015 Eurasia Local Governments hosting; Inter-institutional coordination; Urban Congress took place in Kazan from 31 July to planning and housing; and Education and 1 August. The President of UCLG Eurasia language. introduced the first results of the Cities In addition, the global network contributed to International Activity Rating, an initiative that the definition and drafting of policy is conducted by the secretariat of the Eurasian recommendations for the improvement of local Section of UCLG, together with an expert public policies on the integration and inclusion group, which includes scientists and experts in of migrants, and the promotion, at national the field of international cooperation. The and international level, of the role of local developments of the expert group and the government in the management processes of secretariat will be approved by the Expert the migratory effects. Nine cities have already Panel of UCLG Eurasia. confirmed participation: Amman, Beirut, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Tangiers, Tunis, Turin and Vienna. CEMR: RETHINKING EUROPE AFRICA: 7th EDITION OF CEMR and its partners from around the world AFRICITES discussed how best to equip towns, cities and regions to deal with the challenges to come at UCLG Africa and the City of Johannesburg, the CEMR Congress in Nicosia in April 2016. South Africa, hosted the 7th edition of The rationale behind this edition of CEMR’s Africities from 29 November to 2 December Congress was to draw the context within 2015. The event enabled participants to which we must prepare local and regional expand their business networks, strengthen governments for tomorrow. Throughout the customer portfolios, and to build new Congress and its 30+ sessions, best practices partnerships for the acquisition of solutions, were shared and solutions and ideas were technology and innovative equipment to meet proposed and discussed with the aim of their needs and for use in local development drawing up with a vision and a commitment to projects. The main topics of discussion focused achieve this vision together and with our on local economic development in Africa and European and global partners. Calls to rethink the network of economic experts, the road to the European project dominated the closing Habitat III, the challenges of climate change in plenary of the CEMR 2016 Congress held in Africa and “territorial coaching” on local Nicosia, with participants in the panel debate finances. suggesting that a new practice of local and European policy will re-invigorate a desire for ASIA-PACIFIC: QUALITY Europe that “has dried up”.
OF LIFE IN CITIES In order to strengthen CEMR’s advocacy efforts and better coordinate with its The 6th UCLG ASPAC Congress was organized members, a lobbying strategy was designed. with the theme “Regions, Life, and Culture in These efforts are consistent with CEMR’s the New Urban Agenda” and was hosted by ambition to become the first interlocutor of Jeollabuk Provincial Government from 5-8 European institutions for any matter related September, 2016. It counted with the to local and regional public policy and participation of more than 140 local governance. Since 2015, this is already the governments and 500 participants overall. The case on international development and Congress focused on crucial areas for the Asia cooperation as CEMR-PLATFORMA signed a Pacific region’s agenda for actions in strategic partnership with the European promoting quality of life for the people. Commission – like UCLG and UCLG Africa – to Speakers emphasized the value of leadership, help enhance local and regional autonomy good governance, territorial governance and and sustainable development in EU partner culture in local government and share the countries. uniqueness of local development and approaches in this region.
LATIN AMERICA: AN OPEN was elected as the UCLG-MEWA President and 5 Co-Presidents were elected. The Congress PERMANENT WORKING emphasized the great need for support for MEWA members to deal with the humanitarian GROUP and migration issues in their cities.
Since the Executive Bureau meeting in Porto Alegre, the UCLG Section for Latin America NORTH AMERICA: and the Caribbean (FLACMA) has followed a METROPOLITAIN route of dialogue with networks and associations in the region, including the Open COOPERATION IN GLOBAL Permanent Working Group (GATP), the URBANISATION Confederation of Associations of Municipalities of Central America and the Caribbean In 2015, the Communauté métropolitaine de (CAMCAYCA), the National Federation of Montréal (CMM) organized the Habitat III Municipalities of Mexico (FENAMM), the Montréal Thematic Meeting on Metropolitan National Association of Mayors of Mexico Areas as part of the preparations for Habitat (ANAC) and the Association of Local III. The event culminated with the adoption of Authorities of Mexico (AALMAC). Meetings the Montreal Declaration on the importance of were held in Brazil, Colombia, México and metropolitan cooperation to meet the Uruguay. The objective is to seek for the challenges of global urbanization. It proposes unification of the municipal movement in the the establishment of partnership between region. states, local and metropolitan authorities and
civil society for a sustainable urban METROPOLIS: “CITIES development and to insure quality of life for all FOR ALL” citizens. In 2016, the CMM will convene a steering committee to promote the principles
and actions outlined in the declaration in the The 11th Metropolis Congress took place in lead up to Habitat III. Hyderabad, India, in October 2014. Around
250 speakers from around the globe and over 1,800 registered national and international UCLG-REGIONS participants joined the meeting. Around 60 sessions, which saw 93 international cities Following the agreements in Rabat, UCLG has represented, discussed the topic “Cities for made special efforts to develop a Section All”, which included Governance, Habitat III, dedicated to attending the needs of its Housing, Financing and Sustainability, Water regional government members. With the management and Youth Employment. Denis withdrawal of FOGAR from UCLG, the World Coderre was elected President of Metropolis Council in Paris issued a mandate to fulfil the and the 5th Metropolis Award was held aiming coordination of this Section, building on the to improve the quality of life in the world’s existing membership and recruiting new metropolises, held at the Metropolis Congress. members.
MIDDLE-EAST AND In March 2016, the Forum of Regions jointly organized with the Working Group on WESTERN ASIA: Intermediary Cities, the Government of Santa Fe and ILO a seminar on Decent Jobs. Under HUMANITARIAN the leadership of the Governor of Santa Fe, CHALLENGES the forum of regions is meeting at the Bogotá Congress to develop a specific agenda for this The 5th Ordinary Congress of UCLG-MEWA type of membership. Food security was among was held in Gaziantep, Turkey in April 2016 the themes selected to be added to the UCLG under the auspices of Gaziantep Metropolitan policy agenda. Municipality. Fatma Şahin, Mayor of Gaziantep
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Item 3 For information
THE PEACE PRIZE
Summary and recommendations
The UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize is a triennial award for (a coalition of) local governments that have implemented initiatives in conflict prevention, conflict resolution or peace building, that are proven to have had a significant positive impact.
The prize aims to contribute to a full acknowledgement of the important but often overlooked role of local governments as peace building actors, thus creating a more effective approach to conflict resolution.
This document presents the process followed for the first edition of the UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize.
The Executive Bureau is invited to:
1. Take note of the process for and finalists of the prize. 2. Encourage members to disseminate information on the prize and the initiatives presented.
Context
1. In situations of conflict, local governments have an important role to play: they have to ensure that service delivery for citizens is in place despite the difficult context, and they need to promote and facilitate peace as an alternative to violent conflicts. Supported by UCLG and its members, the UCLG Peace Prize has been made possible by contributions, both financial and in terms of content, by the City of Bogotá, the Provincial Council of Barcelona, the Dutch peace NGO PAX and VNG International, the international cooperation agency of VNG.
2. The award will put the spotlight on inspiring initiatives from around the world while creating a platform for exchange and inspiration.
3. The winner of the award will receive a prize package worth €20,000 in order to strengthen their project(s) and facilitate learning and exchange. The way in which the money will be used will be decided upon together with the winning local government, the organizing partners and the jury.
The jury
4. The jury of the UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize is composed by (former) representatives from the world of local government and conflict prevention/peace-building:
Mr Wim Deetman, former Mayor of The Hague, former Chair of the UCLG Committee on City Diplomacy Mr Rafael Grasa, former President of the International Catalan Institute for Peace Ms Aisa Kirabo, Deputy Director of UN-Habitat, former Mayor of Kigali Mr Lakhdar Brahimi, former Joint Special Representative of the UN and the Arab League in Syria, former UN Special Envoy in Iraq, former UN Special Representative in Afghanistan Mr Tadatoshi Akiba, former Mayor of Hiroshima (and thus q.q. also former President of Mayors for Peace) Mr Tarik Kupusović, former Mayor of Sarajevo Ms Janny Vlietstra, former Senator in the Netherlands, former Vice-President of the Platform Municipal Peace Policy
The process
5. The UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize was open for nominations from November 2015 until 30 June 2016. 46 applications were received which were studied by an Evaluation Committee. This technical committee assessed applicants’ eligibility followed by a pre-selection based on a set of predetermined criteria such as impact, complexity, replicability, innovation, sustainability. The Evaluation Committee then provided input to the high-level jury, which made the final selection of finalists.
The finalists
Canoas, Brazil: in Canoas, local authorities have designated Peace Territories in which they combine initiatives in technology, social inclusion and community policing to address causes of violence.
Cali, Colombia: the Think About Peace programme comprises workshops for children and parents while training community mediators and social workers to promote peace in the community.
Palmira, Colombia: through the Palmira, tu Voz es Paz urban music competition local authorities raise young people’s awareness of the importance of living together peacefully.
Shabunda, Democratic Republic of Congo: in this remote area, Permanent Peace Committees have been created to establish peace, restore government authority, reintegrate members of a local militia into the community and end the area’s isolation.
Kauswagan, the Philippines: the From Arms to Farms programme is a comprehensive approach to demobilization and reintegration of former rebel fighters, engaging them in organic farming.
The award ceremony
6. The finalists will be offered the opportunity to present their cases on 13 October, at a dedicated session of the World Congress.
7. The jury will convene the next morning and decide on a winner which will be announced on 14 October during the UCLG General Assembly. A publication will be developed highlighting the best practices that this process has collected.
8. More information can be found on the website: www.PeacePrize.UCLG.org.
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Item 4 For adoption
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STATUTORY AFFAIRS ON THE NOMINATIONS OF SECTIONS TO THE WORLD COUNCIL AND APPOINTMENT OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF UCLG
Summary and recommendations
In accordance with the mandate provided by the UCLG Rules to supervise the electoral process of the World Organization, the Committee on Statutory Affairs has defined a framework for elections. It further defined a calendar of elections in close coordination with the UCLG Sections and it has met three times throughout 2016 in order to revise progress.
This document presents the preliminary proposed nominations for the World Council by each Section, pending final revision by the Committee on Statutory Affairs meeting in Bogotá.
The number of seats remains 342.
The General Assembly is invited to:
1. Ratify the nominations for the World Council.
1. Enclosed you will find annexes including the nominations received through the Sections.
1. Africa 2. Asia-Pacific 3. Europe 4. Eurasia 5. Middle East & West Asia 6. Latin America 7. North America 8. Metropolitan
2. It is worth mentioning that, as agreed by the Executive Bureau, in the transition aiming to build up the representation of regional governments in UCLG, it was decided that nominations of regional governments would be encouraged within each Section and that a dedicated Vice-Presidency would be created to ensure visibility and a political voice for this type of member.
Distribution of seats:
Sections World Council Executive Bureau Africa 45 15 Asia-Pacific 66 22+1 Europe 63+8+2 21+2 Eurasia 36 12 Middle East & West Asia 33 11 Latin America 39 13 North America 36-10 12-3 Metropolitan 22 8 Forum of Regions/UCLG Regions 1 VP 1 VP Host of the World Secretariat: 1 1 Barcelona Total 342 116
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Item 4 – Annex 1
AFRICA: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Seats used Countries 45 of 45 40
In Italic - Members also nominated to the Executive Bureau In highlight - Additional information requested before finalization
COUNTRIES NOMINEES SUBSTITUTES
ALGERIA Mr Abdelhakim Bettache, Mayor of Algiers EGYPT Mr Ahmed Taymor, Governor of Cairo MAURITANIA (2) Mr Cheikh Ould Ahmed Ould Mr Menkouss Elaliya, Vice-President of Baya, President of the Association the Association of Mayors of Mauritania of Mayors of Mauritania (AMM), (AMM) Vice Presidency of Northern Africa
Mr Mohamed Matalla Ramdane, Mr Boullah Alioune, Deputy Mayor of Mayor of City of Nouadhibou Nouadhibou
MOROCCO (3) Mr Fouad El Omari, President of Mr Lazrek Noureddine, Vice-President the Moroccan Association of the of the Moroccan Association of the Presidents of Commune Councils Presidents of Commune Councils (AMPCC) (AMPCC)
Mr Mohamed Sadiki, Mayor of Ms Souad Zaidi, Deputy Mayor of Rabat Rabat Mr Abdelaaziz Omari, Mayor of Ms Hakima Fasly, Deputy Mayor of Casablanca Casablanca TUNISIA (2) Mr Seifallah Lasram, President of Federation of Municipalities and Cities of Tunisia (FNVT), Mayor of Tunis Mr Mabrouk Kossemtini, Mayor Mr Abdennadher Chaouki, 1st Vice- of Sfax President of Sfax BENIN Mr Luc Sètondji Atrokpo, Mr Charlemagne Honfo, Secretary President of the National General of the National Association of Association of Communes of Benin Communes of Benin (ANCB) (ANCB) CAPE VERDE Mr Manuel Monteiro de Pina, Mr Herménio Fernando, Vice-President President of the National of the National Association of Association of Municipalities of Municipalities of Cape Verde (ANMCV) Cape Verde (ANMCV)
COTE D'IVOIRE Mr Gilbert Kafana Kone, Mr Nicolas Djibo, 2nd Vice-President of President of Union of Cities and Union of Cities and Local Governments of Local Governments of Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire (UVICOCI) (UVICOCI)
GHANA Mr Isaac Ashai Odamten, Mr Kadingdi Stanislans Alu, Vice- President of the National President of the National Association of Association of Local Authorities Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) of Ghana (NALAG)
GUINEA Mr Mamadou Drame, President of Mr Amadou Lélouma Diallo, Member of the National Association of the Executive Bureau of the National Communes of Guinea (ANCG) Association of Communes of Guinea (ANCG)
MALI Mr Boubacar Bah, President of Ms Fatoumata Doumbia Konte, Vice- the Association of Municipalities of President of the Association of Mali (AMM) Municipalities of Mali (AMM)
NIGERIA Mr Micah Y Jiba, President of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON)
SENEGAL Mr Khalifa Sall, Mayor of Dakar, Mr Cheikh Gueye, Mayor of Dieuppeul- President of UCLG Africa, Vice Derkle Presidency of Western Africa
SIERRA LEONE Ms Sunkarie Kabba Kamara, Mr Shar Moiga, Secretary General of the President of the Association of Association of Local Communauties of Local Communauties of Sierra Sierra Leone (LoCASL) Leone (LoCASL)
CONGO Mr Hugues Ngouélondélé, Mr Benjamin Alphonse Loukakou, President of Association of Mayors Mayor of Moungali of Congo (AMC), Vice-Presidency of Central Africa CHAD Mr Ali Haroun, President of the Mr Ahmat Adam Mahamat Saleh, National Association of Mayors of Secretary General of the National Chad (ANCT) Association of Mayors of Chad (ANCT)
CAMEROON (2) Mr Émile Andze Andze, President Mr François Soman, Vice-President of of United Councils and Cities of United Councils and Cities of Cameroon Cameroon (CVUC) (CVUC)
Mr. Guilbert Tsimi Evouna, Mr Mbarga Dieudonné, Adjoint au Délégué du Gouvernement à la Délégué du Gouvernement de la Comune Urbaine de Yaoundé Comunaute Urbaine de Yaundé
CENTRAL AFRICA Mr Émile Gros Raymond Mr Jules Abezoua, Mayor of Bangui – Nakombo, President of the 1st District Association of Mayors of Central Africa (AMCA) DEMOC.REP OF Mr André Kimbuta, Governor of Mr Bafiba Zomba, Vice-Governor of CONGO Kinshasa Kinshasa EQUATORIAL Ms Coloma Edjang Mbengono, Mr Jaime Mandogo Mandogo, Deputy GUINEA Mayor of Malabo Mayor of Malabo
GABON Ms Rose Christiane Ossouka Ms Clotilde Chantal Boumba Louey, Raponda, President of Mayor of Gamba Association of Communes of Gabon (ACG) SAO TOME Mr Ekeneide Lima dos Santos, Mr Carlos Alberto Carvalho Bandeira President of Association of dos Ramos, Councillor Authorities and Autonomous Regions of STP (AARA/STP)
BURUNDI Mr Martin Niterese, President of Mr Jean-Claude Matunu, Vice President Burundian Association of Local of ABELO Elected Officials (ABELO)
COMOROS Mr Abdou Salami Abdou, Governor of Ndzuwani
ETHIOPIA Mr Abate Setotaw, President of the Ethiopian Cities Association (ECA) KENYA Mr Moses Akaranga, Governor of Ms Elizabeth Manyala Vihiga County MADAGASCAR Ms Lalao Ravalomanana, Mayor of Antananarivo SEYCHELLES Ms Jacqueline Moustache-Belle, Ms Jeovana Charles, Chairperson of the President of the Association of Association of Districts of Victoria (ADV) Districts of Victoria (ADV), Mayor of Victoria, Vice Presidency of Eastern Africa
SOMALIA Mr Yusuf Hussein Jimale, Mayor Mr Iman Nur Icar, Deputy Mayor of of Mogadishu Mogadishu TANZANIA Mr Abubakar Mukadam Mr Stephen Mhapa, Vice-President of Gulamhafeez, President of the the Association of Local Authorities of Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania (ALAT) Tanzania (ALAT), Mayor of Shinyanga UGANDA Mr Frederick Gume, President of Mr Wycliff Ibanda, Chairman of Kaliro Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA)
ANGOLA Mr Francisco Higino Carneiro, Ms Gioconda Ferreira Mayor of Luanda BOTSWANA Mr Mpho Moruakgomo, President Ms Sylvia Tabita Muzila, Vice-President of the Botswana Association of of Botswana Association of Local Local Authorities (BALA) Authorities (BALA)
MALAWI Mr Noel Chalamnda, Mayor of Mr Wild Ndipo, Deputy Mayor of Blantyre Blantyre MOZAMBIQUE Mr Tagir Assimo Carimo, Mr Edwardo Jossias Nguenha, President of the National Secretary General of the National Association of Municipalities of Association of Municipalities of Mozambique (ANAMM) Mozambique (ANAMM)
NAMIBIA Mr Leonard Jona, President of Ms Georgina Mwiya, Mayor of Katima Association of Local Authorities of Mulilo Namibia (ALAN) SOUTH AFRICA Mr Thabo Manyoni, President of Mr Mpho Nawa, Deputy President of the the South Africa Local Government South Africa Local Government Association (SALGA), Vice Association (SALGA) Presidency of Southern Africa
SWAZILAND Mr Benito Jones, President of Swaziland Local Governments Association (SWALGA) ZAMBIA Mr Samuel Munthali, President of the Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ)
ZIMBABWE Mr David Guy Mutasa, President Mr Rodgers Mozhentiy, Secretary of the Zimbabwe Local Government General of the Zimbabwe Local Association (ZILGA) Government Association (ZILGA)
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Item 4 – Annex 2
ASIA-PACIFIC: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Seats used Countries 66 of 66 16
In Italic - Members also nominated to the Executive Bureau In highlight - Additional information requested before finalization
SUBREGIONS NOMINEES SUBSTITUTES
EAST & Mr. Shengfeng Xiao, Mayor of Mr. Zhong Min Huai, President of NORTHEAST ASIA Dalian Dalian People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Mr. Wang Anshun, Mayor of Beijing Mr. Li Hui, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office Mr. Wen Guohui, Mayor of Mr. Liu Baochun, Director General Guangzhou Mr. Qiang Ni, Mayor of Haikou Mr. Bin Han , Director
Mr. Yimin Yang, Mayor of Fuzhou Mr. Hanjun Lin , Director of the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Fuzhou Municipal People's Government Mr. Henghua Hu, Mayor of Mr. Lihu Zheng, Director of Changsha Changsha Foreign Affairs Office Mr. Yin Chen, Vice Mayor of Mr. Yufei Fan, Deputy Director Shanghai General, Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office Mr. Qin Xu, Mayor of Shezhen Mr. Yuwen Wang, Deputy Director General of Shenzhen Foreign Affairs Office Ms. Yingzi Liu, Vice Mayor of Wuhan Mr. Xiangsheng Wang, Vice Director
Ms. Xiaolin Li, President of CPAFFC Ms. Ruoning Zhang, Deputy Director General Mr. Xibin Song, Mayor of Harbin
Mr. Jiqing Shangguan, Mayor of Ms. Wanqing Liang, Director Xi'an Mr. Zhou Hongbo, Mayor of Nanning Mr. Peng Jian, Director
Mr. Wang Xiliang, Mayor of Mr Hanjun Cheng, Officer Kunming Mr. Huang Qifan, Mayor of Tang Yue, Officer, Chongqing People's Chongqing Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Mr. Zhang Hongming, Mayor of Mr. Li Daoqiao, Officer Hangzhou Mr. Lou Qiang, Mayor of Chengdu Ms. Zhang Dagong, Officer, Chengdu Municipal Foreign Affairs Office Mr. Cheng Zhiming, Mayor of Mr. Tim Hong, CPAFFC Office Zhengzhou Ms. Zhang Jingying , Executive Mr. Xu Huaiwu, Deputy General Vice-Mayor of Changchun Director of the Foreign Affairs Office Mr. Wang Dongfeng, Mayor of Mr. Hao Shi, Programme Coordinator Tianjin Mr. Pan Liguo, Mayor of Shenyang Mr. Li Pengxiang, Officer
Mr. Yasutomo Suzuki, Mayor of Mr. Yoshiaki Shizuka , Director of Hamamatsu International Affairs Division Mr. Moon Soon Choi, President of Mr. Youn Ho Doh, Secretary General GAOK, Governor of Kangwon Province
Mr. Sun-Taik Kwon, Mayor of Mr. Jae-yong Jeong, Director of Daejeon International Relations Office Mr. Kyung-pil Nam, Governor of Mr. Gyu-sik Kim, Director of Foreign Gyeonggi Policy Division Mr. Won Soon Park, Mayor of Seoul
Mr. SUH Byung-soo, Mayor of Mr. Hong Seonghoa, Ambassador for Busan International Relations Mr. Kim Gi-Hyeon , Mayor of Ulsan Mr. An Jonghwa, Deputy Director of International Affairs, Trade and International Affairs Division Mr. Jeong-bok Yoo, Mayor of Mr. Chan-Hoon Park, Director of Incheon Metropolitan City International Division Mr. Yoon Jang-hyun, Mayor of Ms. Yang Choohee, Manager of Gwangju Metropolitan City International Affairs Division Mr. Youngjin Kwon, Mayor of Charlie Bae , Director General of Daegu Metropolitan City International Affairs Mr. Wen-Je KO, Mayor of Taipei City
Mr. Chia-Lung Lin, Mayor of Mr. Kuang-Yau Chang, Deputy Mayor Taichung City Mr. Liluan Chu, Mayor of New Taipei Mr. Yu-Ih Hou, Deputy Mayor City Ms. Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung Mr. Li-Ming Hsu, Deputy Mayor
PACIFIC Mr. Ruoikabuti Tioon, Chairman of Mr. Rikiaua Takeke, Executive Officer KiLGA Mr. Lawrence Yule, President of Mr. Brendan Duffy, Vice President LGNZ SOUTH & Mr. Md. Ahsan Habib KamaL, Mr. Md. Matiun Rahman, Head of SOUTHWEST ASIA Mayor of Barisal Public Health Department Mr. Md. Mahbubur Rahman Tulu, Mr. Wazed Feroj, Adviser President of BUPF Mr. Mohammad Abdul Mozid, Mr. Wazed Feroj, Adviser Finance Secretary General of MAB, Mayor of Kakonhat Municipality Mr Rishi Raj Lumsali, President of Mr. Krishna Prasad, Spokesperson of Association of District Development ADDCN Committee of Nepal (ADDCN) Mr. Ghanshyam Khatiwada, Mr. Bhim P. Dhingana, Bhim Prasad Chairperson of NAVIN Dhungana, Executive Director Mr. Dormani Paudel, Chairman of MuAN Mr. Rudra Singh Tamang, Chief Mr. Nurnidhi Neupane, Director and Executive Officer of Kathmandu Mr. Imran Ali Khan Malik, Vice Mr. Asif Nawaz, Finance Secretary President of LCAP Mr. Yousaf Ayub Khan, President of Mr. Hamayat Ullah Mayar, Convenor LCA KPK Mr. Kalum Weeranarayana Mr. Kumara Dhammika, Senior Senevirathna, Mayor of Galle Municipal Councillor Mr. Seyed Ali Zaheer Moulan , Ms. Hemanthi Goonasekera, Chief President of FSLGA Executive Officer Mr. Mohamed Shafeeg Mahmood , Mr. Shammoon Adam, Director CEO of LGA Maldives General SOUTHEAST ASIA Mr. Kosal Say, President of NLC Mr. Sokundara Pok , Secretary General Mr. Map Sarin, President of NACPC Mr. Sam Nissay, Adviser Mr. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Mr. Muhamad Mawardi, Head of Governor of Jakarta Bureau for Gubernatorial Affairs and International Cooperation Mr. Emil Elestianto, Vice Chairman Ms. Cellica Nurrachadiana, Vice of APKASI Treasurer Ms. Airin Rachmi Diany, Mayor of Mr. Benyamin Davnie, Vice Mayor South Tangerang Ms. Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal, Mr. Bahagia , City Manager Mayor of Banda Aceh Mr. Agus Rudianto, Acting Mayor of Mr. Sri Suwasty, Head of Home and Salatiga Foreign Affairs Sub-division Mr. F.X. Hadi Rudyatmo, Mayor of Ms. Wahyu Kristina, Staff of Surakarta International Cooperation Sub-Division Mr. Haryadi Suyuti, Mayor of Mr. Imam Priyono, Vice Mayor Yogyakarta Ms. Airin Rachmi Diany, Chairman Mr. Sarimun Hadisaputra, Executive of APEKSI Director Mr. Muhammad Irwansyah, Mayor Mr. Agung Yubi Utama, Head of Local of Pangkal Pinang City Planning Agency Mr. Awang Faroek Ishak, Governor Ms. Tri Murti Rahayu, Head of Border, of East Kalimantan Province Regional Management and Cooperation Bureau of East Kalimantan
Ms. Stephany Tan, Mayor of Mr. Ador Hurtado, City Tourism, Catbalogan Culture Arts and Information Officer Ms. Mar-len Abigail Sombillo Ms. Engr. Merlina Gasmin, Head of Binay, Mayor of Makati Urban Development Department Mr. Edgardo Pamintuan, National Ms. Lani Cayetano, National President of LCP Chairperson Mr. Mom Rajawongse Sukhumbhand, Governor of Bangkok Mr. Khoi Nguyen Van, Chairman of Ms. Son Nguyen Thi Kim , Deputy ACVN General Secretary
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Item 4 – Annex 3
EUROPE: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Seats used Countries 73 of 73 25
In Italic - Members also nominated to the Executive Bureau In highlight - Additional information requested before finalization
COUNTRIES NOMINEES
Austria (3) Mr. Michael Häupl, President of the Austrian Association of Cities and Town Mr. Helmut Mödlhammer, President of the Austrian Association of Municipalities Ms. Christine Oppitz-Plörer, Mayor of Innsbruck Belgium (3) Mr. Luc Martens, Councillor in Roeselare ; President of the Association of the Flemish Cities and Municipalities Mr. Yvan Mayeur, Administrator of the Association of the City and the Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region; Mayor of Brussels Ms. Christie Morreale, Member of the Union of Walloon Cities and Municipalities Administrative Council; Echevine à Esneux Bulgaria Mr. Yordan Yordanov, Mayor of Dobrich Croatia Mr. Matija Posavec, Medimurje county prefect Czech Mr. Petr Kulhanek, Vice-President of Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Republic Czech Republic for European Affairs; Mayor City of Karlovy Vary Estonia Mr. Mihkel Juhkami, Vice-Chair of the Board of the Association of Estonian Cities; Mayor of Rakvere Finland (2) Mr. Markku Andersson, Vice President of AFLRA Mr. Sirpa Paatero, President of ALFRA France (13) Ms. Martine Aubry, Maire de Lille,Vice-présidente de la métropole européenne de Lille Ms. Jocelyne Bougeard, Maire Adjointe de Rennes Mr. Patrick Braouzec, Président de la communauté d'agglomération Plaine Saint Denis Mr. Gérad Collomb, Sénateur-Maire de Lyon, président de la métropole de Lyon
Ms. Guite Dufay, Présidente du conseil régional de Bourgogne Franche Comté Mr. Christian Estrosi, Président du Conseil régional de Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, Président de la Métropole de Nice Côte d'Azur Mr. Jean-Claude Gaudin, Sénateur-Maire de Marseille Mr. Laurent Hénart, Maire de Nancy Ms. Anne Hidalgo, Maire de Paris Mr. Alain Juppé, Maire de Bordeaux, Président de la Métropole de Bordeaux, Président de l'AFCCRE
Mr. Roland Ries, Maire de Strasbourg, Président de Cités Unies France Mr. Forough Salami-Dadkhah, Vice-présidente du conseil régional de Bretagne Mr. André Viola, Président du Conseil départemental de l'Aude Germany (3) Mr. Manfred Müller, President of the council of Paderborn - DLT Mr. Roland SchäfeR, Mayor of Bergkamen - DStGB Mr. Albrecht Schröter, Mayor of Jena - DST Greece (2) Mr. George Patoulis, Mayor of Amaroussion, President of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE) Mr. Apostolos Kimissis, Mayor of Amfilochia Iceland Mr. Halldor Halldorssoon, President of the Icelandic Association of Local Authorities Israel Ms. Eli Levy, Mayor of Lehavim Italy (3) Mr. Stefano Bonnacini , President Emilia Romagna Region Mr. Antonino D'Asero , Councillor of Sicilia Region Mr. Marco Stella , Vice-President of the Council of Toscana Region Latvia (3) Mr. Andris Jaunsleinis, Chairman of LALRG Mr. Andris Ravins, Mayor of Jelgava city Mr. Gints Kaminskis, Mayor of Auce municipality Lithuania (3) Ms. Edita Rudelienė, Board member of ALAL; Mayor of Trakai District Mr. Povilas Žagunis, Vice-President of ALAL Mr. Vytautas Grubliauskas, Member of ALAL board; Mayor of Klaipeda Moldova Mr. Alexei Busuioc, Mayor of Capaclia Netherlands Mr. Tom Rombouts, President of the International Committee; Mayor of 's- (2) Hertogenbosch Mr. Jan Van Zanen , Mayor of Utrecht
Norway Mr. Gunn Marit Hegelsen , President of the Norwagian Association of Local and Regional Authorities/KS Portugal (3) Mr. José Calixto, Mayor Reguengos de Monsara Mr. Raul Castro, Mayor of Leiria Mr. Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisboa Romania (7) Mr. Emil Drăghici, President of the Association of Communes of Romania; Mayor of Vulcana-Băi commune, Dâmbovița County Ms. Mariana Gaju, Mayor of Cumpana Commune, Constanta County Mr. Gheorghe Damian, Mayor of CiugudCommune, Alba County Mr. Ion Dumitru, Mayor of Albota Commune, Arges County Ms. Florea Ene, Mayor of Msoaia Commune, Arges County Mr. Georghe Stancu, Mayor of Bascov Commune, Arges County Mr. Robert Sorin NEGOIȚĂ, Mayor of Sector 3, Bucharest, President of AMR Slovakia Mr. Bartko František, Mayor of City of Veľký Šariš Spain (11) Mr. Carlos Martinez Minguez, Mayor of Soria Mr. Juan Mari Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao (Direct member) Mr. Jordi Ballart i Pastor, Mayor of Terrassa (Direct member) Mr. Abel Caballero Alvarez, Mayor of Vigo, President of FEMP Ms. Manuela Carmena Castrillo, Mayor of Madrid Mr. Gabriel Cruz Santana, Mayor of Huelva Mr. David Lucas Parron, Mayor of Mostoles Mr. Josep Mayoral i Antiguas, Mayor of granollers (Barcelona) Mr. Inigo de la Serna, Mayor of Santander, Vice-President of FEMP; Mayor of Santander Mr. Francisco Vasquez Requero, Presidente de la diputacio provincial de Segovia Ms. Mercé Conesa Pagés, Presidenta Diputació de Barcelona Sweden (4) Mr. Anders Knape, Vice-President of SALAR Ms. Lena Micko, President of SALAR Ms. Anna HÖVENMARK, Member of Director Board of SALAR Mr. Ilmar REEPALU, Chair of the international committee of SALAR UK (2) Mr. Gary Porter of Spalding, Lord, Chairman of LGA UK Mr. David O'Neill, President Councillor of COSLA
COUNTRIES SUBSTITUTES
Austria Mr. Christain Oxonitsch, Vienna City Parliament Belgium Mr. Marc Cools, First deputy burgmaster of Uccle; President of the Association of the City and the Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region Estonia Ms. Pipi-Liis Siemann, Vice-Chair of the Board of the Association of Estonian Cities; Mayor of Türi Municipality
France (13) Mr. Alain Desmarest, Vice-président du conseil départemental du Val de Marne Mr. Christian Dupuy, Maire de Suresnes, Vice-président du conseil départemental des Hauts de Seine Mr. Charles Fournier, Vice-président du conseil régional du Centre Val de Loire Ms. Anne-Catherine Goetz, Maire-adjointe de Mulhouse Mr. Patrick Jarry, Maire de Nanterre Mr. Philippe Laurent, Maire de Sceaux Mr. Georges Morin, Conseiller Municipal de Gières Mr. Rudy Salles, Adjoint au maire, député des Alpes-Maritime, représentant M. Philippe PRADAL, maire de Nice (Alpes Maritimes) Ms. Johanna Rolland Mr. Mickael Vallet, Maire de Marennes Ms. Martine Vassal, Présidente du conseil départemental des Bouches du Rhône Mr. Laurent Wauquiez, Président du conseil régional Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Ms. Sladana Zivkocic, Maire-adjointe de Dijon Greece Mr. Renti Giorgos IOAKIMIDIS, Mayor of Agios Ioannis Rentis and Nikaia Italy (2) Mr. Luciano D'Alfonso, President of Abruzzo Region Ms. Barbara Paron, Mayor of Vigarano Mainarda Lithuania (3) Ms. Nijolė Dirginčienė, Member of ALAL Board; Mayor of Birstonas Municipality Ms. Virginijus Komskis, Vice-President of ALAL Mr. Ričardas Malinauskas , ALAL president, head of delegation Norway (3) Ms. Gunn Berit Gjerde, Executive Board Member of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities Ms. Mette Gundersen, Deputy President of the Norwagian Association of Local and Regional Authorities/KS Ms. Magny Torhild Roland Bansdal, Mayor of Vennesla Municipality Portugal (2) Mr. Carlos Castro, 1er adjoint Maire Lisbonne Ms. Idalina Trindade, Mayor of Nisa Romania (16) Ms. Ancuta-Daniela Belu, Mayor of Mihail Kogalniceanu Commune, Constanta County Mr. Ghiorghe Bute, Mayor of Scinteiesti Commune, Galati County Mr. Ovidiu Colceriu , Mayor of Sinpaul Commune, Cluj County Mr. Marcel Vancu, Mayor of Tulghes Commune, Harghita County Mr. Vasile Cozan, Mayor of Panaci Commune, Suceava County Ms. Valeria Dascălu, Mayor of Săbăoani commune, Neamț County Mr. Nicolae-Liviu Dascălu, Mayor of Maracineni Commune, Arges County Ms. Veronica Dontu, Mayor of Tamasi Commune, Bacau County Mr. Alexandru Fuica-Haisler, Mayor of Negrilesti Commune, Galati County Mr. Ovidiu-Ilie Furdui, Mayor of Criscior Commune, Hunedoara County Mr. Alin-Adrian Nica, Mayor of Dudestii Noi Commune, Timis County Mr. Emilian-Gheorghe Pop, Mayor of Sacalaseni Commune, Maramures County Ms. Nuti Ruso, Councillor, Mayor of Facaeni Commune, Ialomita County Mr. Ioan Sas, Mayor of Pischia Commune, Timis County Mr. Dorinel Soare, Mayor of Niculesti Commune, Dambovita County Mr. Ilie Gavril BOLOJAN, Mayor of Oradea Municipality, Executive President of AMR Spain (8) Mr. Augusto Hidalgo Macario, Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Mr. Pedro Luis Sanz Carlavilla, Mayor of Meco (Madrid) Mr. Javier Moliner Gargallo, President of the Provincial Government of Castellon Mr. Xabier Ochandiano, Councillor Mr. Oscar Puente Santiago, Mayor of Valladolid Ms. Rosa Maria Ribera Mitjavila, Councillor Delegate Ms. Pilar Zamora Bastante, Mayor of Ciudad Real Mr. Josep Luis Alay, Diputació de Barcelona Sweden (2) Ms. Carola Gunnarsson, Vice-President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions; Mayor of Sala Mr. Anders Henriksson,
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Item 4 – Annex 4
EURASIA: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Seats used Countries 36 of 36 6
In Italic - Members also nominated to the Executive Bureau In highlight - Additional information requested before finalization
COUNTRIES NOMINEES SUBSTITUTES
ARMENIA Mr. Taron Margaryan, Mayor of Ms. Naira Nahapetyan, City Council Deputy, Yerevan Chairperson of the Permanent Commission for Financial, Credit and Economic Affairs KAZAKHSTAN Mr. Asset Issekeshev, Mayor of Mr. Malika Bekturova, Deputy Mayor of Astana Astana KYRGYZSTAN Mr. Albek Ibraimov, Mayor of Bishkek Mr. Ernis Zarlykov, Deputy Mayor of Bishkek RUSSIAN Mr. Ilsur Metshin, Co-President of Ms. Evgeniya Lodvigova, Vice-Mayor of FEDERATION UCLG, Mayor of Kazan Kazan Municipality (31) Mr. Aidar Metshin, Mayor of Mr. Robert Garipov, Head of the Board of Nizhnekamsk, Head of Municipality Nizhnekamsk Municipal District, Vice-Mayor of “Nizhnekamsk Municipal District”, Vice- Nizhnekamsk President of Tatarstan Republic Municipalities Association Mr. Airat Khairullin, Mayor of Mr. Ilnur Gilemkhanov, Head of the Almetyevsk, Head of Municipality Executive Committee of Almetyevsk “Almetyevsk Municipal District” Ms. Alena Gubanova, Mayor of Mr. Sergey Kudryavtsev, Deputy of Astrakhan Municipal Duma of Municipal Authority “Town Astrakhan”, Chairman of Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Committee of Municipal Duma of Municipal Authority “Town Astrakhan” Mr. Aleksei Shaposhnikov, Chairman Mr. Andrey Metelskiy, Vice-Chairman of of Moscow City Duma Moscow City Duma Mr. Anatoly Lokot, Mayor of Mr. Dmitrii Asantsev, Chairman of the Novosibirsk Council of Deputies of Novosibirsk Mr. Andrey Kosolapov, Mayor of Mr. Vladlen Kolesnikov, First Deputy Mayor Volgograd of Volgograd Mr. Alexander Sokolov, Mayor of Mr. Rustam Abdulin, Chairman of Far Khabarovsk, President of the Council of Eastern Tatar Congress Far Eastern Interregional Public Organization “Association of Siberian and Far Eastern Cities”, Member of International Assembly of Capitals and Big Cities
Mr. Aysen Nikolaev, Head of Yakutsk Mr. Georgy Mikhaylov, Vice-Mayor of City District of Sakha Republic, Vice- Yakutsk President of UCLG-Eurasia, Association of Siberian and Far Eastern Cities, Mr. Azat Aizetullov, Mayor of Buinsk, Mr. Sergey Penkin, Head of Buinsk District Head of Buinsk Municipal District Council Mr. Gennady Yemelyanov, Mayor of Mr. Ramil Mardanov, Head of Yelabuga Yelabuga, Head of Yelabuga Municipal Executive Committee District Ms. Dina Oiun, Head of Kyzyl, Mr. Ayas Lopsan, Deputy Chairman of Chairman of Representatives’ Parliament Representatives’ Parliament (Khural) (Khural) Mr. Dmitriy Berdnikov, Mayor of Ms. Irina Ezhova, Chairperson of Duma of Irkutsk Irkutsk Mr. Edkham Akbulatov, Mayor of Mr. Andrey Ignatenko, Deputy Mayor of Krasnoyarsk, Chairman of Association Krasnoyarsk Villes Siberie et Extreme Orient Mr. Egor Ivanov, Mayor of Innopolis Mr. Ruslan Shagaleev, Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of Innopolis City Mr. Igor Sapko, Mayor of Perm, Mr. Arkadiy Kats, First Deputy Chairman of Chairman of City Duma, Member of Perm City Duma Russian Cities Union Board Mr. Kamil Nugayev, Mayor of Bolgar, Mr. Sergey Tyunev, Deputy Head of Head of Spasskiy Municipal District Spasskiy Municipal District Mr. Leonid Cherkesov, Mayor of Ms. Irina Klementeva, Deputy Chairman of Cheboksary, Vice-President of Volga Cheboksary City Assembly of Deputies, Region Municipalities Association Chairperson of Standing Commission Mr. Linar Zakirov, Mayor of Bugulma, Mr. Mikhail Konkov, Head of the Executive Head of Bugulma Municipal District Committee of Bugulma Mr. Makharbek Khadartsev, Mayor of Ms. Valentina Shymlyanskaya, Member of Vladikavkaz Public Chamber Mr. Nail Magdeev, Mayor of Ms. Flera Andreeva, Deputy Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Naberezhnye Chelny Mr. Oleg Fursov, Mayor of Samara, Mr. Vladimir Reprintsev, Consular of Chairman of Duma Samara City, Executive Director of Volga Region Municipalities Association Mr. Kliain Ivan, Mayor of Tomsk Mr. Panov Sergei, Chairman of Duma Mr. Stanislav Mosharov, President of Ms. Alexandra Ignatyeva, Head of the “Russian Cities Union”, Chairman of Municipal District “Tekstilshchiki”, Director Chelyabinsk City Duma General of “Russian Cities Union” Ms. Tatiana Fedorova, Mayor of Ms. Olga Starostina, Chairperson of Naryan- Naryan-Mar Mar City Council Ms. Tatiana Parusova, Mayor of Mr. Mikhail Muhin, Deputy Chairman of City Arzamas Duma Mr. Valeriy Chershintsev, Mayor of Mr. Albert Sattorov, Deputy Mayor of Mendeleyevsk, Chairman of Council of Mendeleyevsk, Deputy Chairman of Mendeleyevsk Municipal District Mendeleyevsk Municipal District Council Mr. Viktor Kidiaev, President of Mr. Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Chairman of “Unified All-Russian Union of Association “Tambov Region Municipalities Municipalities (Congress)”, Chairman of Council” the Russian Federation Federal Assembly State Duma Committee on Federal Structure and Local Self- Government Mr. Zaur Khizriev, Mayor of Grozny Mr. Magomed-Ali Turaev, Deputy Mayor of Grozny Ms. Zinaida Neyarokhina, Mayor of Mr. Sergei Sheremetev, Deputy Chairman Rostov-on-Don, Chairman of Rostov-on- of Rostov-on-Don City Duma Don City Duma, Vice-President of UCLG- Eurasia Mr. Yuriy Tyurin, Mayor of Izhevsk Mr. Ildar Bikbulatov, First Deputy Head of Izhevsk City Administration TAJIKISTAN Mr. Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev, Mayor Mr. Shukhrat Mahudzoda, Deputy Mayor of of Dushanbe, President of Cities Dushanbe Development Association of Tajikistan "Vatanam" UKRAINE Mr. Sergei Litvinov, Mayor of Mr. Alim Shirinskii, Vice-Mayor Zhdanovka
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BOGOTÁ, 14 OCTOBER 2016 16:00-17:30
Item 4 – Annex 5
MIDDLE EAST & WEST ASIA: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Seats used Countries 33 of 33 8
In Italic - Members also nominated to the Executive Bureau In highlight - Additional information requested before finalization
NOMINEES SUBSTITUTES COUNTRIES
AFGHANISTAN Mr. Ali Aslam Akrami, Kabul IRAN (7) Mr. Seied Khalaf Moosavi, Ahvaz Mr. Seyed Mohammed Nazem Razavi, Kashan Mr. Sadegh Najafi, Tebriz Mr. Muhammad Bager Qalibaf, Mayor of Tehran IRAQ (3) Mr. Nihad Koja, Arbil Ms. Thikra Alwash, Baghdad Mr. Shawkat M. Ameen Othman, Duhok JORDAN (2) Mr. Akel Biltaji, Mayor of Greater Amman Municipality Mr. Hüseyin Bani Hani, Greater Irbid Municipality LEBANON (2) Mr. Jamal Itani, Beirut Mr. Ahmad Qamareddine, Tripoli PALESTINE (5) Mr. Abdel Raoof H. Asfoor, Abasan Al Jadida Municipality Mr. Jalal Toman, Al Zahra Municipality Mr. Nizar Hijazi, Gaza Municipality Mr. Shaher Eshtieh, Salfeet Municipality Mr. Alaa Abu Magsib, Wadi El Salqa Municipality TURKEY (12) Mr. Hüseyin Sözlü, Adana Mr. Melih Gökçek, Mayor Ankara Mr. Lokman Çağırıcı, Bağcılar Ms. Gültan Kişanak, Mayor of Diyarbakır Mr. Hasan Tahsin Usta, Gaziosmanpaşa Mr. Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul Mr. Aziz Kocaoğlu, İzmir
Mr. Tahir Akyürek, Mayor of Konya Mr. Hasan Ünver, Mayor of Nevşehir Mr. Yücel Yılmaz, Karesi Municipality Mr. Nihat Çiftçi, Şanlıurfa Mr. Bekir Kaya, Van YEMEN Mr. Shawki Ahmed Hayel Saeed, Governor of Taiz
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BOGOTÁ, 14 OCTOBER 2016 16:00-17:30
Item 4 – Annex 6
LATIN AMERICA: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Summary
The list will be distributed after the meeting of the Committee on Statutory Affairs on 12th October in Bogotá.
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Item 4 – Annex 7
NORTH AMERICA: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Seats used Countries 14 of 26 2
In Italic - Members also nominated to the Executive Bureau In highlight - Additional information requested before finalization
COUNTRIES NOMINEES SUBSTITUTES
Mr Clark Somerville, Councillor of the Regional Municipality of Halton, CANADA (13) President of FCM, President of UCLG- NORAM Ms Jenny Gerbasi, Councillor of City of Winnipeg, First Vice-President of FCM Ms Sylvie Goneau, Councillor of City of Gatineau, Second Vice-President of FCM Mr Bill Karsten, Councillor of Halifax Regional Municipality, Third Vice- President of FCM Mr Raymond Louie, Mayor of
Vancouver, Past President of FCM
Mr Roger Anderson, Region of Durham, Chair of FCM’s Standing Committee on International Relations Mr Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener, Ontario, FCM Past President
Mr Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal, President of Metropolis
Ms Pam McConnell, Deputy Mayor of Mr. Michael Thompson, Councillor, Toronto, Ontario City of Toronto, Ontario
Mr Greg Moore, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Ms Chris Fonseca, Councillor of Mississauga, Chair of FCM’s Standing Committee on Increasing Women’s Participation in Municipal Government
Mr Garth Frizzell, Councillor OF Prince George, British Columbia, Vice-Chair of FCM’s Standing Committee on International Relations
Ms Bev Esslinger, Councillor of Edmonton, Chair of FCM’s Standing Committee on International Relations
TRINIDAD & Mr Anthony Roberts, Chairman of TOBAGO Trinidad and Tobago Association of Local Government Authorities
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Item 4 – Annex 8
METROPOLIS: 2016 STATUTORY BODIES NOMINATIONS
Seats used Countries 22 of 22 20
In Italic - Members also nominated to the Executive Bureau In highlight - Additional information requested before finalization
COUNTRIES MEMBERS NOMINEES SUBSTITUTES
Mr. Beugre Mr. Kouaoh Vincent N’Cho, IVORY COAST Abidjan RobertMambe, Vice-Gouverneur
Gouverneur-Ministre SOUTH AFRICA Durban Ms. Zandile Gumele, (x2) Mayor
Johannesburg Mr. Herman Mashaba,
Mayor
Addis Ababa Mr. Diriba Kuma, ETHIOPY Mayor
Mr. Mohamed Ahmed EGYPT Alexandria Abdel Qader Abdel Zaher, Governor
Mr. Adama Sangaré, MALI Bamako Mayor
Mr. Bernard Gabriel ZIMBABWE Harare Manyenyeni, Mayor
Mr. Solat Mortazavi, Mr. Mousa Sharbatdar, Vice- IRAN (x2) Mashhad Mayor Mayor
Mr. Mohammad Tehran Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor
Mr. Sukhumbhand THAILAND Bangkok Paribatra, Governor
Mr. VKA Anura, SRI LANKA Colombo Municipal Commissioner
Mr. Alfred Bosch,
Vice-president SPAIN (x2) Barcelona Metropolitan Area of
Barcelona (AMB) Ms. Manuela Madrid Carmena, Mayor Mr. Andreas Geisel, Senator Mr. Michael Müller, GERMANY Berlin for Urban Development and the Governing Mayor Environment
Ms. Gabriela Firea, ROMANIA Bucarest General Mayor
Ms. Valerie Pécrese, FRANCE IDF-Paris Presidente du Conseli Régional Mr. Horacio ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Rodriguez Larreta, Jefe de Gobierno Mr. Claudio Orrego, Mr. Jaime Fuentealba, CHILE Santiago Intendente Gobierno Ingeniero Gob. Regional Regional Metropolitano Metropolitano
Mr Eduardo Paes, BRASIL Río Janeiro Prefeito
Mr. Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez, Alcalde Mr. Víctor Manuel Rivera EL SALVADOR San Salvador del Salvador, Reyes, Alcalde de San Martín Coordinador Gral. COAMSS Sr. Miguel Angel Mr. Cuaoftemoc Cárdenas, Ciudad de MEXICO Mancera, Jefe de Coordinador General Asuntos México Gobierno Internacionales Mr. Henri-Paul Normandin, Mr. Denis Coderre, CANADÁ Montreal Directeur du bureau des Mayor relations internationales
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Item 5 For information
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN SECTIONS BY THE UCLG VICE-PRESIDENTS
Summary and recommendations
The oral report of UCLG Vice-Presidents will provide an overview of the activities carried out in the Regional and Metropolitan Sections during the past three years and will highlight some of the main upcoming events.
The General Assembly is invited to:
1. Take note of the priorities and issues raised by the reports.
List of Sections:
Africa: United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa)
Asia Pacific: UCLG-Asia Pacific (UCLG-ASPAC)
Europe: Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
Eurasia: UCLG Eurasia
Latin America: Latin American Membership Coordination (CORDIAL)
Middle East & West Asia: UCLG-Middle East & West Asia (UCLG-MEWA)
North America: UCLG-North America (UCLG-NORAM)
Metropolitan Section: Metropolis
Regional report by the European Section of UCLG
CEMR Congress – Nicosia – 20/22 April 2016
CEMR 2016 Congress gathered 600 participants in Nicosia from 20 to 22 April 2016. Local and regional elected representatives from all around Europe attended up to 30 sessions available this year.
Through this Congress, CEMR gave the opportunity for participants to:
Meet peers and partners during various workshops and “world café” configured to facilitate exchange and interaction. Participants had also the possibility to network during an official reception, gala dinner and several coffee breaks and lunches served inside and outdoors. Learn from each other’s practices and experiences thanks to 30 sessions touching the seven mains themes, drivers of local and regional government on the road to Europe 2030: EU Integration, Governance & Leadership, Society & Culture, Economy & Finance, Environment, Climate & Energy, Business, Technology & Innovation and Cooperation & partnerships. Get inspired from leaders engaged in local public policy and during impactful debates and lectures with personalities such as: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, film director and UN Goodwill Ambassador, Mpho Parks Tau, Mayor of Johannesburg or Jan Olbrycht, Member of the European Parliament. New technologies were largely used to echo the congress discussions worldwide. Several sessions were live streamed while others were covered by professional photographer and cameraman. The most relevant quotes were disseminated on social networks thanks to a CEMR secretariat staff assigned to twitter leading to 1000 #CEMR2016 tweets in three days.
Debating Europe 2030
During CEMR Congress, the perspective of Europe in 2030 was discussed in all 30 sessions defining CEMR’s “vision of Europe and local government in 2030”. Local and regional elected representatives, experts and other speakers contributed to the debate with written contributions before and after the congress. CEMR Secretariat staff drafted reports from each session identifying proposals, ideas and solutions to re-think the European Project from the local and regional governments’ perspective in the next 15 years.
As outcome of this exercise, a Bluebook will be published with those selected contributions and the “vision” to be adopted at the CEMR Policy Committee in December.
10th Anniversary of the European Charter for Equality
In 2016, CEMR celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life. This year represents a key moment for the Charter and its many signatories (over 1,600 towns, cities, and regions have committed to the principles of the Charter to date). It is a time for reflection and a time for renewed action.
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Since its launch at the CEMR 2006 Congress in Innsbruck (Austria) the Charter has been translated into 28 languages. Towns and regions who wish to take meaningful action to create a more gender- equal society can find a wealth of resources on the Observatory website to get inspiration, advice and information. These resources support not only those who wish to sign the Charter, but also those who must now carry out the practical work of drafting an Equality Action Plan to address the root causes and effects of gender inequalities in their territory.
To promote our work on gender equality, a declaration for International Women’s Day on 8th March was published. The declaration, entitled ‘Equality, if not now, when?’ was translated into 11 languages, signed by 56 European Mayors, Municipal Councillors and several Presidents of member associations. It was shared widely via the Observatory website, Twitter and the Equality Update newsletter. This newsletter has been launched and provides periodic information to members on our meetings and activities in the field of equality, information about Charter signatories and relevant developments in the EU institutions and activities at European and international level.
CEMR participated in an experts’ consultation meeting on an EU-wide survey on the benefits of gender equality through infrastructure provision currently being prepared by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The report is expected to be published in Autumn 2016. Platforma contributed to the drafting of a Euro Mediterranean Charter for Equality (inspired by the European Charter for Equality) led by the Euro Mediterranean Partnership of Local and Regional Authorities (COPPEM); it is expected to be launched this November.
CEMR started the preparation of its European conference on equality, diversity and inclusion that will take place in Bilbao in 2018. It will bring together local politicians, experts and representatives of civil society to discuss further actions to tackle inequalities in their territories, including gender-based discrimination.
Migration and refugees
CEMR has been very active in the field of migration, asylum and integration. Our advocacy towards the European institutions was partly channeled through the Partnership on the Inclusion of Refugees and Migrants of the Urban Agenda for the EU, as well as through the legislative proposals of the European Commission and the European Parliament.
The Partnership is the only multilevel platform (composed by some EU Member States, the European Commission, civil society organisations, CEMR, EUROCITIES and five big cities), which allows local and regional government to have a dialogue with all levels of government, as well as to build synergies and pool best practices to identify the main bottlenecks with respect to better regulation, funding, data and knowledge.
We have been able to influence the outcomes of the EU Action Plan on the integration of third- country nationals, as we have closely exchanged with the European Commission about the main elements of the initiative.
It seems that the role of local and regional authorities is more and more seen as crucial by the EU institutions. This is why the European Commission has decided to upgrade the former European Network of National Contact Points into a proper European Integration Network (composed by the EU institutions and national contact points working on integration and asylum related issues) aiming at strengthening the coordination between levels and exchanging on best practices.
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The European Parliament in its recently approved report on the Social Inclusion and Integration of Refugees into the labour market, and for the first time, has recognised the need for more direct and targeted funding for local and regional authorities as well as for better coordination between levels of government. The report on the Situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration has recognised the important role of local and regional authorities.
After the approval of the CEMR resolution on the refugee crisis we presented the position to members of the cabinet of Commissioner Avramopoulos, in charge of Migration and Home Affairs, and we participated in the first High-level political roundtable on the integration of migrants in European cities. These meetings were a clear sign that the European Commission understands more and more the importance of CEMR’s role in integration policies. And as a result of more than one year working in-depth in this field, it seems that the next European Council conclusions of October will explicitly recognise the role of local and regional authorities in the integration of refugees and migrants. This is one of the more important milestones for CEMR with respect to its advocacy in this field.
In the framework of the CEMR Congress in Nicosia last April, we successfully organised a session on the refugee crisis from the local and regional perspective. The session was an opportunity to keep building synergies with other stakeholders, such us with the Inter-cultural Cities initiative of the Council of Europe, as well as with the European institutions.
In addition, at the CEMR Policy Committee in Nicosia, a Call for a Common Real Asylum Policy was adopted, updating our views on the refugee crisis following the latest political developments. Afterwards, in order to disseminate the Call, we launched a campaign through the www.change.org platform in order to get signatures of Mayors and citizens. In this respect, beyond all those associations that have signed the Call, around 160 mayors and 130 citizens signed it. Among others, the Mayors of Lesbos, Brussels, Paris, Athens, Munich or Lisbon.
In coordination with the City of Paris CEMR is organising a session on the refugee crisis from the local and regional perspective in the framework of the Cities for Life Summit (21-22 November).
Finally, CEMR also collected existing literature to get an overview of research that has been done about the topic at the local and regional level.
Energy, Climate and COP 21
CEMR has been actively involved in lobbying the EU institutions on the Energy Union Package, which contains three directives to be reviewed: energy efficiency, renewable energies and energy performance in buildings. CEMR’s expert group on climate and energy prepared key messages on the upcoming review of the legislation. : 1) Governance: empower local and regional government to mobilise the bottom-up approach; 2) Regulation: call for flexible regulation and integration in relevant policy areas; 3) Financing: access to financing is crucial; 4) International dimension: recognise the international potential for cooperation and collaboration with networks on climate and energy.
Cities were crucial voices in shaping and advocating for a strong Paris Climate Agreement in December 2015. Today, the world’s cities work together to take bold climate actions as part of a new first-of-its-kind: the world’s largest global coalition of cities leading in the fight against climate change. The new coalition, The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, formally brings
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together the Compact of Mayors1 and the Covenant of Mayors2, the world’s two primary initiatives of cities to assist cities and local governments in their transition to a low-carbon economy, and demonstrate their global impact. CEMR has been working in 2016 with the European Commission and world city networks to shape the GCM and assure that enough flexibility and autonomy is maintained for the two existing regional covenants already (Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa) and in others that will be created.
CEMR/Platforma have also participated very actively in the Climate Chance Summit in Nantes in September for the non–state actors. The “Nantes Declaration of climate actors: Strengthening concrete action to bridge the gap between current commitments and the objectives of the Paris Agreement” adopted on 28th September is based in the actions of all Non- Parties to the UNFCCC which show clear action in the fight against climate. CEMR/Platforma have co-led various events linked to energy, climate: Forum on decentralised cooperation, Workshop on climate financing, Focus session on the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and High level participatory dialogue on the New Covenant 2030. The CEMR/PLATFORMA spokesperson on climate Linda Gillham represented us politically at this summit. She intervened in various sessions and reported on the progress of actions done since the Territories and Climate summit in July last year until now.
CEMR/PLATFORMA have also been involved very actively in the preparation of COP22 in Marrakesh. COP22 will also dedicate one full day to the local level, on 14th November, where our spokesperson on climate Linda Gillham will represent us. This local day is the opportunity for the subnational level to claim before the UNFCCC process the role that the local level can play in the fight against climate change. This local day will concentrate on the implementation of actions reached at the local summit last COP21.
Covenant of Mayors Office for Sub-Saharan Africa
By 2050, the urban population in Africa is expected to grow from 400 million to 1.26 billion people. African cities need to respond to these challenges in order to provide a sustainable future for their citizens and keep greenhouse gas emissions low. Therefore, ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy, and adapting to the effects of climate change are among the most pressing issues for the African population.
In this context and at the end of 2015, the European Commission launched the “Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa” (CoM SSA) to support African cities with these challenges, by increasing their planning capacities and providing them with a platform to share knowledge and best practices. The CoM SSA is inspired by the success of the “Covenant of Mayors Europe” (CoM Europe) that unites today about 6700 municipalities in their ambition to reduce CO2 emissions, to increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy. CoMO SSA, project led by CEMR, is a 4-year
1 COMPACT OF MAYORS: Launched in 2014 at the Secretary-General’s Climate Summit by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and activated under the leadership of the global city networks – C40 (led by Mayor Paes of Rio), ICLEI (led by Mayor Park of Seoul) and UCLG (led by Mayors Topbas of Istanbul and Hidalgo of Paris), the Compact of Mayors now has commitments from more than 512 cities from 6 continents and 94 countries representing over 433 million people or 5.98% of the global population.
2 COVENANT OF MAYORS: Created by the European Commission in 2008 after the adoption of the 2020 EU Climate and Energy Package, the EU Covenant of Mayors puts cities and regions at the forefront of climate action representing more than 6,800 cities in 57 countries. Signatories pledge to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 40% by 2030, to adopt an integrated approach to tackling mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and to tackle energy access.
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project with the general goal of increasing the capacities of cities to implement the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa.
CEMR has partnered with six networks: Climate Alliance (CA), Energy Cities (ENC), United Cities of Local Governments Africa (UCLG Africa), ICLEI Africa and ICLEI World Secretariat; three institutional organisations: the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME), the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF), the Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE); and two non-governmental organisations: Environment Development Action in the third world (ENDA) and Sustainable Energy for Africa (SEA). PLATFORMA and UCLG are two of the members of the Advisory board.
In Spring CEMR organised four awareness raising workshops in SSA, in Cape Town, Nairobi, Praia and Dakar, and a workshop for supporting cities in grant preparation and the First Implementation Committee in Accra, Ghana.The Commission is currently finalizing the selection of the pilot cities which will receive EU funding to help them draft their Action plans on Access to Energy, Climate mitigation and adaptation. The consortium, together with the Commission have already started the preparation of the CoM SSA commitment which endorsement signature is foreseen for COP22. CEMR will pursue further city-to-city cooperation in line with its strategic vision and priorities.
Urban Agenda for the EU
CEMR has been highly involved in the preparation of the Pact of Amsterdam, formally adopted under the Dutch Presidency at the informal ministerial meeting on urban development on 30 May 2016. It is the legal basis for the Urban Agenda for the EU and its Partnerships. CEMR, together with the Committee of the Regions and EUROCITIES, is recognised in its role of voicing the interests of urban areas and local authorities. The objective of the Urban Agenda for the EU is to realise the potential and contribution of urban areas and to contribute to achieving the EU2020 objectives. It focuses on three EU policy instruments: better regulation, better funding and better knowledge. It will be implemented through 12 priority themes and has already started with four pilot partnerships on air quality, urban poverty, housing and the integration of migrants and refugees. At the heart of the implementation process are now 12 thematic partnerships composed of EU institutions, Member States and representatives of the local level to improve existing and future EU policies. CEMR is entitled to propose municipalities to be involved in each partnership. CEMR will actively participate as an organisation in the partnership on migrants and refugees; we will monitor the work of the other partnerships and share the information with our members. CEMR is also a full member of the Steering Group coordinating the Urban Agenda for the EU, alongside Member States the European Commission, the Committee of the Regions and EUROCITIES. As regards the international agenda, together with PLATFORMA, CEMR also took part in the preparation of the HABITAT III United Nations Conference to design the new Urban Agenda at global level through the Global Taskforce led by UCLG. Based on CEMR and PLATFORMA previous positions, key messages on the United-Nations’ policy papers have been provided to the Global Taskforce, UN-Habitat and EU institutions (Directorate General Regional Policy of the European Commission and the EU Slovak Presidency of the 2nd half of 2016). CEMR and PLATFORMA were actively involved in the European UN Habitat conference that took place in Prague on 16-18 March 2016. The theme was “Sustainable Housing in Liveable Cities” and the aim to debate priorities for the New Global Urban Agenda and prepare policy recommendations in the form of a final participants' declaration considered as official inputs to the Habitat III process. As CEMR, representing PLATFORMA and the Global Task Force, we were invited to take part in the Advisory Board for the Prague Declaration and represented the point of
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view of local governments. The final document reflects well local governments’ role, contrary to the first draft which was much more State-oriented.
PLATFORMA Since 2015, CEMR-PLATFORMA signed a strategic partnership with the European Commission – a first of its kind on both sides – which will enhance local and regional action for stronger and more sustainable development in EU’s partner countries.
Monitoring the progress of this strategic partnership agreement with the Commission and guiding partners in their activities will be one of PLATFORMA’s key priorities over the coming years.
European Neighbourhood Policy review: In its reply to the consultation on the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), in June 2015, PLATFORMA called for greater flexibility and an emphasis on democratic reforms. In February 2016, PLATFORMA and the LADDER Consortium issued a joint declaration calling for a stronger engagement of local and regional governments (LRGs) in the design and implementation of the bilateral action plans between the EU and partner countries.
Still on European Neighbourhood, PLATFORMA organised a workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 14-15 December 2015. It brought together practitioners from 10 countries to discuss coordination and mutual capitalization on decentralised cooperation initiatives in the Eastern Partnership countries, with a particular focus on Ukraine. Further coordination workshops are planned in Georgia and Moldova in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
PLATFORMA successfully campaigned for the negotiations on the 2016 EU budget to adopt the amount proposed by the Commission for the “Local authorities in development” line (€60.2M in commitments, €18.1M in payments).The Council had called for a 13% cut.
PLATFORMA is actively advocated towards the European Parliament, the European External Action Service and various DGs to ensure the role of local and regional government in the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy was duely recognised.
The renewal of the relationship framework between the EU and ACP countries received considerable attention with high level dialogues sessions with EC officials during the Global Policy Forum on Development in April 2016 and the publication of a report by the European Parliament. The assistant to shadow-rapporteur Louis Michel dialogues with the PLATFORMA working group ‘EU-Policies and Programs’. The EP finally accepted 14 amendments in line with the ones suggested by PLATFORMA.
In conclusion of it project III and IV PLATFORMA published a number of studies to support regional events in Africa, Latin America, Maghreb, Mashrek, Eurasia and Asia-Pacific as well as a study on the institutional, financial and personnel capacities of local and regional government associations in partner countries.
Since the second half of 2015, PLATFORMA has been strengthening its communication by launching various campaigns (such as the Twitter campaign for the SDGs New York summit or the EURACTIV campaign ahead of COP21) and planning new communication tools such as a new website, media partnerships, new roll-ups, more contacts with its partners…
6 UCLG-MEWA Regional Report 2013-2016
UCLG-MEWA has known an intense period of work since the UCLG Congress in Rabat in 2013.
In line with the new approach developed after our 2013 Congress, we have organized summits on the occasion of all our statutory meetings. In this regard, we organized the Smart Cities Summit in Adana on 19 December 2014, in conjunction with UCLG-MEWA Executive Bureau and Council Joint Meeting. The next year, in 2015, we organized the Sustainable Cities and Environment Summit in Malatya on 13-14 November. And this year, on the occasion of the UCLG-MEWA Congress, we organized Migration, Culture and Gastronomy Summit in Gaziantep, my city, on 19-21 April. With these high-profile events, we have managed to create an added value to our network, and we have ensured more visibility. With the help of such events, UCLG-MEWA is reinforcing its position as an influential international regional organization of local authorities.
At UCLG-MEWA Congress, we renewed our governing bodies, taking into account the geographical and political dynamics. We have worked to ensure a fair representation in our governing bodies. We believe that UCLG-MEWA members will be taking a more proactive in the UCLG activities, in the coming term.
Along with our Congress the Migration, Culture and Gastronomy Summit was held to provide members and partners the most advanced expertise on migration management as well as to remind that migration has always been a part of the history of our region and that we find traces of this in many part of our culture and particularly gastronomy.
Within the summer 2016 UCLG-MEWA held a retreat to develop a multi-annual strategy which is to be approved in Şanlıurfa during our next Council meeting on 8 November 2016. This strategy puts the Localization of the Sustainable Developments Goals at the heart of our agenda paying particular attention to linking our activities to the implementation of the goals.
More concretely our Committees have started to reach their cruise speed with the holding of regular meetings and the development of robust programs of activities. If migration management remains among the most challenging issues of the region, UCLG-MEWA members are giving a lot of efforts to address other crucial challenges of Local Governments such as Transparency, Social Inclusion, Climate Change, Protection of the Environment and Urban Mobility.
With the kind supports of our member cities we had very productive meetings in Nilüfer, Amman and Istanbul to tackle these issues. We adopted the Istanbul Declaration on Social Inclusion and, following Paris agreement we adopted the Istanbul Revision of Malatya Declaration on Environment which provide political basis to our action in key areas of environment protection. We are now establishing Task Forces that will be in charge of monitoring the implementation of theses declarations and provide supports to members where necessary.
A similar approach is being developed based on UCLG Culture 21 Actions and UCLG Cooperation Development and City Diplomacy Policy Paper.
Despite worldwide campaigns on the SDGs and the importance of Local Governments in their implementation we need to recognize that there is still a lack of awareness on this. In this context UCLG-MEWA has been continuously strengthening its communication strategy both in terms of diversity of media and quality of contents. Social media have been really efficient to promote our activities in the region and reach new publics. Our participation in the ListenToCities campaign has been really beneficial for the visibility of Local Governments in the MEWA region.
All along these activities we have strengthened our relations with key development institutions including the European Commission, UN-Habitat, UN-HCR, IOM, UNIDO, D-8, the Center for Mediterranean Integration, and the Regional Environment Center.
On this occasion, we reiterate our commitment to the local government movement and we count on the support of the whole UCLG network to overcome the problems peculiar to our region.