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From the 1st to the 4th of October, the city of Rabat will be at the forefront of the international scene as thousands of local and regional leaders come from all corners of the world for the World Congress of United Cities and Local Governments. This major event for towns, cities and regions of the world will be characterized by the celebrations...

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Entretien avec Thierry Mallet

Entretien avec Thierry Mallet, Directeur de l’Innovation et de la Performance Industrielle du Groupe SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT. 1. En quoi le partenariat avec CGLU est-il important pour un groupe tel que SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT ? Nous sommes un acteur mondial dédié aux métiers de l’eau et de la gestion des déchets. Avec 97 millions de personnes alimentées en...

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Join us in celebrating the Centenary of our movement in Rabat!

With less than two weeks to go until the opening of the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders and its World Congress, UCLG are intensifying preparations for the highlight of this year´s centennial celebration: a large-scale temporary exhibition that will retrace achievements of the last one hundred years and an official ceremony to pay homage...

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United Cities, an exception moment in my life!

By Jean-Marie Tétart, former Secretary General of the United Towns Organization (1989-1997), Mayor of Houdan I first began working for the Fédération Mondiale des Cités Unies et Villes Jumelées (United Towns Organization) when Pierre Mauroy was President. At his request, I developed the concept of decentralized cooperation in a more concrete...

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Economic Development and the Growing Urban Opportunity

 By Michael Dixon, General Manager, Smarter Cities, IBM  Today we live in an urban world.  Economic activity is happening in cities, and cities matter like never before. This is because cities around the world are getting bigger, fast. By 2015, there will be 22 metropolitan areas with populations of more than 10 million people. Around the world,...

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The Urban International

By Antònia Sabartés, Secretary General, Euroregión Pirineos Mediterrànea, Former Director of International Relations of the City of Barcelona  (2003-2009)  Upon learning of the centenary of the international municipal movement, I felt nauseous as I realised that of these 100 years, I had spent 23 completely immersed in this world. Without any...

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Local authorities and overcoming the crises

Cités Unies France (CUF) with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), is organising a side-event in Rabat that will take place on Tuesday 1st October on the role of local and regional authorities and of elected representatives in crisis situations and in overcoming crises. This roundtable aims to examine the strengths, limitations and...

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9 years making history: 2004-2013

The nine year anniversary of United Cities and Local Governments coincides with the Centenary of the International Municipal Movement. Not only is UCLG the inheritor of this movement that started 100 years ago, it is also the broadest organization representing the interests of local and regional governments on the international scene. To celebrate...

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La cultura en las ciudades, ¿susto o muerte?

Fuente: El País Por Jordi Pascual, colaborador docente del Área de Gestión de la Ciudad y Urbanismo de la Universidad Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) y Coordinador de la Comisión de Cultura de CGLU Ya no sirve el modelo que tiene en cuenta el crecimiento económico, la equidad social y el equilibrio ambiental pero olvida la cultura Las ciudades asumen...

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From IULA to UCLG - My Odyssey

By Jeremy Smith, Former Secretary General of IULA My first experience of IULA was a World executive Committee (WEXCOM) in Santiago de Chile, hosted by IULA’s President and Mayor of Santiago, Jaime Ravinet. But IULA seemed to me to lack focus and strategy. The Secretary General was Drew Horgan, a lovely and committed man who had many strengths, but...

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