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....
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...
25.06.2013
The countdown starts today! In just 100 days the international municipal movement will celebrate its first centenary. The UCLG World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders in Rabat, taking place in the Moroccan capital from the 1st to the 4th October 2013, will be the largest gathering of local and regional elected representatives from all over the...
