🔴 Renewing Democracy from the Bottom Up – UCLG Executive Bureau Thematic Session

Let by the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IODP) in cooperation with the UCLG Policy Council on Territorial Multilevel Governance and Sustainable Financing, and the Global Democracy Coalition.

🎯 Description: Local and regional governments, as the closest level of government to communities, are the guarantors of local democracy and its key guiding principles such as accountability, transparency and participatory policymaking. This session will go into depth on the role that local democracy, public participation and open governance play in the achievement of the universal development agendas and in leaving no one and no place behind and how all spheres of government and stakeholders work together for a more just and equal future. .

Connection link 💬 Interpretation in: English, French, Spanish.

‍🎤 Some of the voices you will hear: 

• Carola Gunnarsson, Mayor of Sala, Vice-President of SALAR, Vice President of UCLG for Europe

• Pablo Jurado, President of CONGOPE, Vice-President of UCLG for the Forum of Regions

• Madelaine Alfelor, Mayor of Iriga, Treasurer of UCLG 

• Ahmed Aziz Diallo, Mayor of Dori

• Cemal Bas, Municipal Councillor, Kecioren 

• Emmanuel Carroz, Deputy Mayor of Grenoble 

• Steven Heddle, City Councillor of Orkney Islands, Spokesperson for environment and economy of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)

• Rudi Borrmann, Deputy Director, OGP Local

• Massimo Tommasoli, Director of Global Programmes and Permanent Observer for International IDEA to the United Nations

• Wrap-up by Sergio Arredondo, Secretary General of FLACMA

📌 Key Documents:

▶️ Concept note