Executive Bureau 2021

UCLG Co-Creation Processes:

As we head into the Executive Bureau we are seeking your feedback, your contributions, and your ideas for 3 different processes in particular. We invite you to read about each one below!

UCLG Policy Paper on “Development Cooperation and Local Government”:

Development is ultimately local. And local and regional governments play a determining role in the development of nations and the importance of development cooperation by peers to support local governments.

Almost a decade ago, UCLG, together with its Working Group on Capacity and Institution Building CIB, developed the first UCLG Policy Paper on “Development Cooperation and Local Government”. In the past eight years, the international context and UN agendas have evolved, as well as the relations with donors. Priorities and modalities of cooperation have also changed. With the current crisis, the need for a new social contract and the need to care for local service provision form part of the importance to develop a strong Pact for the Future, where development and cooperation have all their place.

In order to increase ownership of the network on the issue, UCLG through its Working Group on Capacity and Institution Building, has started the process of renewing the Policy Paper on “Development Cooperation and Local Government”. This process of redrafting is taking place in close consultation with the Regional Sections, national associations of local governments, individual cities, the thematic parts of the networks including the Policy Councils, and in close coordination with international partners already working with the network. 

This space is your co-creation space. Help us shape the vision of Development and Cooperation of the Future!

• How has the reality of development cooperation at all levels changed in the last decade?
• How has the relation with donors evolved in the past decade?
• What are the main characteristics of current development cooperation from your local point of view, and from the global perspective?
• What are the main challenges and obstacles for development and cooperation to gain strength?
• How has the crisis impacted development cooperation in the past months?

You may also answer directly to the full UCLG-CIB Survey on http://cib-uclg.org/news/fill-cibs-survey-about-development-cooperation-local-governments

The Lampedusa Charter:

As stated in the UCLG Manifesto on Migration (2019), “cities, where human mobility has converged for centuries, have been shaped culturally, socially and politically by migration”. Through their action on the ground and their international advocacy, local and regional governments have reshaped a notion of citizenship that has its expression in local live, building on community and is defined around the notions of dignity, human rights, peace and collective memory, regardless of status.

As a Councilor of the Political Council on the Right to the City and Inclusive Territories, the Mayor of Lampedusa proposed to take a further step towards the co-creation of an inclusive process reflecting the visions of all parts of the network and amplifying their voice in global processes, and particularly the Global Compact for Migration (GCM), the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) and the 2030 Agenda.

This co-creation process will be essential to reflect the diversity of voices that shape our network and promote a true shift in the narrative that contributes to the Pact for the Future.

In addition to the various technical and political consultation processes that will take place in the coming months, we have set up a space on Mural that we invite you to visit to:

CONSULT the timeline of milestones that have built the voice of local governments on human mobility from 2012 to these days.

LEARN more about what local governments are doing to promote inclusion and narrative change in their territories through public policies

EXPLORE the roadmap proposed by Lampedusa in the framework of the Political Council on the Right to the City.

CONTRIBUTE with your comments, proposals and visions on the process through sticky notes

SHARE resources of interest to enrich the process.

We look forward to your participation!

Follow-up process of the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City:

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of UCLG’s adoption of the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City, the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (UCLG-CSIPDHR) is launching a follow-up process set to culminate with the adoption of a renewed commitment by the global local government constituency on human rights. This process is open to the participation of all local governments and their related initiatives addressing the role of human rights in the city.

This follow-up process intends to trigger a compelling networking dynamic among local governments and key actors in the human rights cities’ movement. The aim is to articulate diverse contributions, updating and expanding the global vision on human rights offered by the Charter-Agenda. At a moment of deep global transformations and uncertainties triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, this process can help reinforce local governments’ role as new generation guardians for human rights’ new generation.

On the occasion of the 2021 UCLG Executive Bureau, the UCLG-CSIPDHR is launching the first phase of this process, which refers to a consultation open to the contributions of local governments and their networking initiatives. Take part in this consultation by:

• Filling the following questionnaire (especially aimed at local governments);
• Filling the following template (especially aimed at local government networking initiatives) and sending it to the UCLG-CSIPDHR Secretariat (cisdp1@uclg.org) 
• Sending direct inputs and expressions of interest to the same email address.