10.09.2013
By Alain Le Saux, Secretary General of Metropolis.
I discovered the international movement of cities and local authorities in June1988 when I was contracted as Scientific Director for Metropolis. The President, Michel Giraud, and the Secretary General, Pierre Pommellet, suggested I reflect on the creation of a metropolitan institute of major risk...
05.09.2013
By Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General of UCLG-Africa
I was first associated in the UCLG adventure when I held the position of Partner for Municipal Development for the Afrique de l’Ouest et Centrale (Central and West Africa) in Cotonou, Benin. At that time (around 1992/93), Africa only have one real network of local authorities, the Union...
02.09.2013
By Elisabeth Gateau, Former Secretary General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Former Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments, Member of the Committee of Honour of UCLG
The year 1913 was overall a rather unique time. It was, in Europe, the culmination of one world - that of the 19th Century - and the rupture...
26.08.2013
By Peter Woods - Emeritus Mayor OAM; Ambassador UCLG ASPAC; Honorary Member UCLG and UCLG ASPAC.
In 1992 I became Executive Vice President of the International Union of Local Authorities Asia Pacific, 1996-2004 President of IULA ASPAC and Vice President of IULA and spent 10 years on the Board of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum until 2004....
22.08.2013
By Josep Roig. Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
1913: In the summer of 1913, in Death Valley, temperatures of over 52°C were recorded over 10 consecutive days and on the 10th of July it reached 57°C, the highest temperature ever recorded. On the 27 of July 1913 in Ghent (Belgium) the Union Internationale des Villes (...
21.08.2013
Some 50 percent of the world’s population now live in urban cities. In view of this and as part of its centennial year initiatives, the Rockefeller Foundation is focusing their attention on improving service delivery in urban settings. Their 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge initiative officially opened on the 5th of August. The goal, in...
31.07.2013
By Gian Paolo Morello, Secretary General of C.I.C.U. “Comitato Italiano Città Unite”, Former Secretary General of the UTO 2001-2003
It is to Giulio Dolchi that I owe my first steps in the labyrinth of initiatives to promote and support the approach and recognition of the municipal movement before the International Community and the United Nations...
17.07.2013
By Selahattin Yildirim, Former Secretary General of UCLG-MEWA
My inter-municipal cooperation experience started with the founding secretary-general role of the Union of Municipalities of the Marmara Region in 1975, and then with the same role at the Union of Municipalities of Turkey in 1978, and Secretary of Economic affairs of the Union of...
10.07.2013
By Pierre Yves Saunier- Université Laval History Sciences Department, Quebec (Canada) and Renaud Payre- Political Sciences Lecturer at a l'IEP Lyon (France)
Numerous international groups of local and regional authorities exist today as they have existed throughout the last century, among which, UCLG is currently the most solid and generalised in...
26.06.2013
Source: Newsletter City of Rabat. June 2013
1. For the first time, the African continent will host a UCLG World Congress in the city of Rabat, the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco. What are your thoughts on that?
I am very delighted with this choice that honors the Kingdom of Morocco, that has always distinguished itself in promoting local...
