Following the 5th UCLG Congress and World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders held in Bogotá, Colombia, on 12‑15 October, we are pleased to enclose the Report on Key Decisionstaken by the Governing Bodies on this occasion. Detailed reports will be presented to the relevant bodies for adoption during their next meetings.
We thank all members for their active participation and insightful contributions during the meetings.
The Bogotá programme included 156 sessions with around 300 speakers. Up to now, we have received very positive feedback on the Summit and we hope that you and your delegation also found it an inspiring, innovative and productive event. With over 3,500 delegates from local, regional and national governments, the private sector, civil society, academia and the international community from over 110 countries, we can hope it was a true gateway to the global local and regional government world.
On an institutional level, the Bogotá Congress was a key moment for our organization that saw the election of a new leadership for the 2016-2019 mandate. Attached you will find a letter from new UCLG President Parks Tau.
The Congress also saw the definition of the Bogotá Commitment and Action Agenda, and the Recommendations of the Second World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments (available via the links below), which served as important inputs to the Habitat III Conference in Quito and which will guide our work throughout 2017.
Should you wish to explore some of the social media exchanges on the Summit, please click on the Storify link below. The links to the photo gallery of the meetings via Flickr and the coverage of the Summit by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) are also available below.
We look forward to building on this positive experience and working towards the implementation of new initiatives that will contribute to underpinning local governments’ capacity around the world to respond to critical development issues.
We further take this opportunity to remind you to take 10 minutes to answer the survey on UCLG’s priorities.
The World Secretariat remains at your disposal should you require any additional information. Please do not hesitate to contact them at [email protected].
Please click on the links below to access the following documents:
- Key Decisions Bogotá Congress
- Annex 1: List of World Council and Executive Bureau members
- Annex 2: Bogotá Commitment and Action Agenda
- Annex 3: 2017 Work Plan
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Annex 4: List of membership requests
- Calendar of key events 2016-2017
- Statement of the Second World Assembly to Habitat III
- Highlights of the Congress on Storify
- Official UCLG Flickr photo gallery
- IISD coverage
- Preliminary report from IISD
Source: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)