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Governance Renewal.

UCLG, on behalf of the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, facilitates and presents a yearly report called ‘Towards the localization of the SDGs’ at the United Nations’ High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Participate in the 7th report of local and regional governments to the UN High Level Political Forum: How have you contributed to accelerating the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda?

The sixth report of local and regional governments to the HLPF, published in 2022, provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of LRGs’ efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda and promote a safe, just and green recovery at all levels.

UCLG, Metropolis and the London School of Economics – LSE Cities are joining forces to analyze the impact of the current global health crisis and the recovery process on the governance of our cities and territories. Local and regional governments are conscious that our world will never be the same and we will need to build responses to create safer and sustainable communities.

Policy brief on the legitimacy of emergency responses and the extent to which this legitimacy must be rooted in democratic practices. This issue ties in closely with the role of cities and territories in strengthening local democracy and advancing the broader principle of subsidiarity

Governance renewal for the 2020s will require adjusting our institutional structures to emergency mode while dealing with live crises. Complex emergencies demand governance well beyond established disaster response, relieve, and recovery

UCLG, Metropolis and the London School of Economics – LSE Cities are joining forces to analyze the impact of the current global health crisis and the recovery process on the governance of our cities and territories. Local and regional governments are conscious that our world will never be the same and we will need to build responses to create safer and sustainable communities.

2022 edition of the OECD/UCLG World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment (SNG-WOFI). The SNG-WOFI initiative is the world’s leading source of internationally comparable data and analysis on multi-level governance and subnational finance frameworks.

The 2022 edition includes data from 135 countries, covering almost 90% of the world surface area, 93% of the world population and 94% of global GDP.

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The 6th edition of the Global Taskforce’s report to the HLPF 2022, Towards the Localization of the SDGs, is out now!