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Why global goals fail without local power
A session during the seventh UCLG Congress, held in Daejeon, South Korea, in October 2022. Photo by: UCLG Global commitments are tested where people live: in cities, towns, and villages. Local and regional governments are where global ambition is translated into real outcomes. From healthcare to housing and education, the Sustainable Development Goals succeed or fail locally — where commitments become adequate housing for people, resilience is built, and trust is either earned or lost.
Why global goals fail without local power
A session during the seventh UCLG Congress, held in Daejeon, South Korea, in October 2022. Photo by: UCLG Global commitments are tested where people live: in cities, towns, and villages. Local and regional governments are where global ambition is translated into real outcomes. From healthcare to housing and education, the Sustainable Development Goals succeed or fail locally — where commitments become adequate housing for people, resilience is built, and trust is either earned or lost.
Opinion: A global social covenant led by local and regional governments
There is much talk today of the “crisis of multilateralism” that the world faces. But there is a multilateral system that is not in crisis: the one built by cities and regions. Grounded in proximity, solidarity, and inclusion, the municipal movement shows that cooperation across territories is both possible and transformative.
Hoy más que nunca, los gobiernos locales y regionales deben tener voz
Nuestro mundo se encuentra en un momento que podríamos definir como fundacional. El número de crisis solapadas al mismo tiempo, el carácter universal de las mismas y su grado de interconexión nos sitúa frente a un escenario sin precedentes. El alcance de algunos de estos desafíos es palpable en nuestro día a día, mientras que las repercusiones de otros son más difíciles de medir, incluso todavía de identificar.
No es un asunto de fronteras, sino de humanidad
Dada la frecuencia con la que hablamos de migraciones, podríamos preguntarnos si es necesario un Día Mundial de las Personas Migrantes. Sin embargo, es justamente el discurso sobre las migraciones y no el fenómeno en sí, natural y milenario, lo que hace necesaria tal efeméride. El movimiento municipalista lo sabe y lleva años recordándoselo a quién quiera escuchar.
Tribuna | La cultura como respuesta a los retos urbanos globales
La ciudad de Roma ha impulsado un amplio debate sobre la participación en la vida cultural de las ciudades, con la presentación de la Carta de Roma 2020, un documento sin precedentes promovido por Roma Capitale y la Comisión de Cultura de Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos (CGLU) y que, durante los meses de confinamiento, registró una extraordinaria adhesión que actualmente involucra a más de 45 ciudades de todo el mundo.
Experts Talk: Technology & Innovation in Post-Pandemic Cities
A few weeks ago, we published the first part of our conversation with five leading global urban experts from different fieldson how Covid-19 and the challenges brought to the fore by the pandemic will impact the future functioning of cities. Now, it is time to focus the discussion on other emerging and complex dimension of our new urban scenario: the future role of technology and innovation in city planning and management.
Africa: Opinion - Local Governments Are in the Frontline of Coronavirus Response
By Maimunah Mohd Sharif and Emilia Saiz | United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Our response to COVID-19 crisis will be critical to building the cities and communities of tomorrow Local and regional governments are the front line in preparing and responding to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Local governments are in the frontline of coronavirus response
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
World Urban Forum 9: A promise or a responsibility?
* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The New Urban Agenda Needs to Tackle Gender Equality
The international community has made important progress in recognizing the role of gender equality in sustainable development over recent years. The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda includes a stand-alone goal on gender (SDG 5) and integrates a gender perspective into many of the 17 goals.
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