Emilia Saiz
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social
Working for local and regional govs internationally as Secretary General of UCLG. Members in 140 countries. Opinions my own! Values shared!
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We're going to #UNOC3 in Nice! ☀️🇫🇷
Catch us from 7–12 June at key events on ocean action, starting with the #BlueMarch2025💙
Full schedule: seas-at-risk.org/events/sar-u... #SARatUNOC
Catch us from 7–12 June at key events on ocean action, starting with the #BlueMarch2025💙
Full schedule: seas-at-risk.org/events/sar-u... #SARatUNOC
Seas At Risk @ UNOC3 - Seas At Risk
This June, Seas At Risk will be at UNOC3. Join us! Heads of state and high-level policy-makers are flocking to the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) to make decisions on the future of the oc...
seas-at-risk.org
May 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We're going to #UNOC3 in Nice! ☀️🇫🇷
Catch us from 7–12 June at key events on ocean action, starting with the #BlueMarch2025💙
Full schedule: seas-at-risk.org/events/sar-u... #SARatUNOC
Catch us from 7–12 June at key events on ocean action, starting with the #BlueMarch2025💙
Full schedule: seas-at-risk.org/events/sar-u... #SARatUNOC
100 local governments officials & practitioners came together to discuss care-infrastructure. It is energizing to see this level of commitment for a positive agenda that can change lives of people for the better. Follow our work here. #GOLDVII @uclg.bsky.social
www.uclgmeets.org/processes/Co...
www.uclgmeets.org/processes/Co...
May 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
100 local governments officials & practitioners came together to discuss care-infrastructure. It is energizing to see this level of commitment for a positive agenda that can change lives of people for the better. Follow our work here. #GOLDVII @uclg.bsky.social
www.uclgmeets.org/processes/Co...
www.uclgmeets.org/processes/Co...
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🟣Future Envisioning Exercise on Care
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, UCLG’s SG
💬 Care is both an aspiration & an inspiration. It’s the prism through which we can imagine the public service of the future. To build a new economy, care must be at its 💜: shaping new essentials, new ways of serving.
#GOLDVII
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, UCLG’s SG
💬 Care is both an aspiration & an inspiration. It’s the prism through which we can imagine the public service of the future. To build a new economy, care must be at its 💜: shaping new essentials, new ways of serving.
#GOLDVII
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🟣Future Envisioning Exercise on Care
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, UCLG’s SG
💬 Care is both an aspiration & an inspiration. It’s the prism through which we can imagine the public service of the future. To build a new economy, care must be at its 💜: shaping new essentials, new ways of serving.
#GOLDVII
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, UCLG’s SG
💬 Care is both an aspiration & an inspiration. It’s the prism through which we can imagine the public service of the future. To build a new economy, care must be at its 💜: shaping new essentials, new ways of serving.
#GOLDVII
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Decía Jacques Delors, nadie se enamora de Europa por su "mercado único".
Tampoco lo conseguiremos con una política de seguridad y de defensa común (que es imprescindible).
Lo conseguiremos con un relato audaz de la utopía de la Europa en paz y diversa.
www.thenewbarcelonapost.com/barcelona-y-...
Tampoco lo conseguiremos con una política de seguridad y de defensa común (que es imprescindible).
Lo conseguiremos con un relato audaz de la utopía de la Europa en paz y diversa.
www.thenewbarcelonapost.com/barcelona-y-...
Barcelona y Europa como utopías imprescindibles
Occidente tal y como lo conocíamos ya no existe. Con estas palabras y un cierto desconcierto, describía la actual presidenta de la Comisión Europea,
www.thenewbarcelonapost.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Decía Jacques Delors, nadie se enamora de Europa por su "mercado único".
Tampoco lo conseguiremos con una política de seguridad y de defensa común (que es imprescindible).
Lo conseguiremos con un relato audaz de la utopía de la Europa en paz y diversa.
www.thenewbarcelonapost.com/barcelona-y-...
Tampoco lo conseguiremos con una política de seguridad y de defensa común (que es imprescindible).
Lo conseguiremos con un relato audaz de la utopía de la Europa en paz y diversa.
www.thenewbarcelonapost.com/barcelona-y-...
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🟡 #UCLGMeets Our Executive Bureau Business Session is about to begin!
On the agenda:
🌍 The state of the global municipal movement
🏛️ #LRGs at the frontline of democracy
🤝 Forging the new social contract
💰 Local finance as a pillar of development & multilateralism
#SevillaWorldForumLED
On the agenda:
🌍 The state of the global municipal movement
🏛️ #LRGs at the frontline of democracy
🤝 Forging the new social contract
💰 Local finance as a pillar of development & multilateralism
#SevillaWorldForumLED
April 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🟡 #UCLGMeets Our Executive Bureau Business Session is about to begin!
On the agenda:
🌍 The state of the global municipal movement
🏛️ #LRGs at the frontline of democracy
🤝 Forging the new social contract
💰 Local finance as a pillar of development & multilateralism
#SevillaWorldForumLED
On the agenda:
🌍 The state of the global municipal movement
🏛️ #LRGs at the frontline of democracy
🤝 Forging the new social contract
💰 Local finance as a pillar of development & multilateralism
#SevillaWorldForumLED
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🔴 Capacity building & local co-responsibility for endogenous development
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, SG UCLG
💬 We need to create a wide UN system for localisation of the Pact of the future. We can't understand localisation without talking about finance for development.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, SG UCLG
💬 We need to create a wide UN system for localisation of the Pact of the future. We can't understand localisation without talking about finance for development.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
April 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🔴 Capacity building & local co-responsibility for endogenous development
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, SG UCLG
💬 We need to create a wide UN system for localisation of the Pact of the future. We can't understand localisation without talking about finance for development.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
@emiliasaiz.bsky.social, SG UCLG
💬 We need to create a wide UN system for localisation of the Pact of the future. We can't understand localisation without talking about finance for development.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
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Political dialogue led by the Local2030 Coalition and @clgf.bsky.social
Key progress towards #FfD4 will be shared: financing localization, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and financial architecture reform.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
✨ Moderated by @emiliasaiz.bsky.social
Key progress towards #FfD4 will be shared: financing localization, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and financial architecture reform.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
✨ Moderated by @emiliasaiz.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Political dialogue led by the Local2030 Coalition and @clgf.bsky.social
Key progress towards #FfD4 will be shared: financing localization, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and financial architecture reform.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
✨ Moderated by @emiliasaiz.bsky.social
Key progress towards #FfD4 will be shared: financing localization, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and financial architecture reform.
#SevillaWorldForumLED
✨ Moderated by @emiliasaiz.bsky.social
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1 in 3 women in the EU has suffered violence.
Parliament has adopted EU-wide rules to combat violence against women.
In the next two years, EU countries must criminalise:
🔸 Cyberflashing
🔸 Non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material
🔸 Forced marriage
🔸 Female genital mutilation
Parliament has adopted EU-wide rules to combat violence against women.
In the next two years, EU countries must criminalise:
🔸 Cyberflashing
🔸 Non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material
🔸 Forced marriage
🔸 Female genital mutilation
March 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
1 in 3 women in the EU has suffered violence.
Parliament has adopted EU-wide rules to combat violence against women.
In the next two years, EU countries must criminalise:
🔸 Cyberflashing
🔸 Non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material
🔸 Forced marriage
🔸 Female genital mutilation
Parliament has adopted EU-wide rules to combat violence against women.
In the next two years, EU countries must criminalise:
🔸 Cyberflashing
🔸 Non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material
🔸 Forced marriage
🔸 Female genital mutilation
Empowered women and girls everywhere is the best guarantee for developed societies that leave no one and no place behind. It starts locally! And one more year we are bringing local governments’ women voices to #CSW69 🙌
⚧️ On our way to #CSW69 to share key perspectives on #Beijing30:
🟣 Localizing Feminist Policies
🟣 Gender-Responsive Public Services
🟣 Women’s Political Leadership & Participation
🟣 Care Economy & Just Transition
🟣 Combating #GBV
🟣 Intersectional Feminism
🟣 Women & Peace
#IWD2025
🟣 Localizing Feminist Policies
🟣 Gender-Responsive Public Services
🟣 Women’s Political Leadership & Participation
🟣 Care Economy & Just Transition
🟣 Combating #GBV
🟣 Intersectional Feminism
🟣 Women & Peace
#IWD2025
March 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Empowered women and girls everywhere is the best guarantee for developed societies that leave no one and no place behind. It starts locally! And one more year we are bringing local governments’ women voices to #CSW69 🙌
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🟣 #IWD2025
From #CSW68 to #CSW69 #Beijing30
How are women leaders worldwide shaping the Feminist Municipal Movement?
➡️ Check out the publication Rivers of inspirations, waves of transformation: Generations of local feminist leaders for #GenderEquality
🔗 women.uclg.org/sites/defaul...
From #CSW68 to #CSW69 #Beijing30
How are women leaders worldwide shaping the Feminist Municipal Movement?
➡️ Check out the publication Rivers of inspirations, waves of transformation: Generations of local feminist leaders for #GenderEquality
🔗 women.uclg.org/sites/defaul...
March 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🟣 #IWD2025
From #CSW68 to #CSW69 #Beijing30
How are women leaders worldwide shaping the Feminist Municipal Movement?
➡️ Check out the publication Rivers of inspirations, waves of transformation: Generations of local feminist leaders for #GenderEquality
🔗 women.uclg.org/sites/defaul...
From #CSW68 to #CSW69 #Beijing30
How are women leaders worldwide shaping the Feminist Municipal Movement?
➡️ Check out the publication Rivers of inspirations, waves of transformation: Generations of local feminist leaders for #GenderEquality
🔗 women.uclg.org/sites/defaul...
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📢 El lunes 3 de marzo es el último día de solicitudes para nuestro curso online moderado para acelerar la localización de #ODS, en inglés.
🔗 No olvides inscribirte aquí: learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
📊 Para descubrir los variados materiales y debates que promueven los #ODS a nivel local.
🔗 No olvides inscribirte aquí: learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
📊 Para descubrir los variados materiales y debates que promueven los #ODS a nivel local.
February 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
📢 El lunes 3 de marzo es el último día de solicitudes para nuestro curso online moderado para acelerar la localización de #ODS, en inglés.
🔗 No olvides inscribirte aquí: learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
📊 Para descubrir los variados materiales y debates que promueven los #ODS a nivel local.
🔗 No olvides inscribirte aquí: learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
📊 Para descubrir los variados materiales y debates que promueven los #ODS a nivel local.
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🇨🇲 🇫🇷 Coopération Nantes métropole- Ville de Dschang
Partenariat entre nos deux collectivités, avec le soutien de l'Agence Française de Développement, sur la gestion des déchets : collecte - tri - valorisation.
Partenariat entre nos deux collectivités, avec le soutien de l'Agence Française de Développement, sur la gestion des déchets : collecte - tri - valorisation.
February 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🇨🇲 🇫🇷 Coopération Nantes métropole- Ville de Dschang
Partenariat entre nos deux collectivités, avec le soutien de l'Agence Française de Développement, sur la gestion des déchets : collecte - tri - valorisation.
Partenariat entre nos deux collectivités, avec le soutien de l'Agence Française de Développement, sur la gestion des déchets : collecte - tri - valorisation.
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💜Our SG, @emiliasaiz.bsky.social, kicks off Day 4 of our Retreat #WorldSocialJusticeDay:
"Our movement believes justice is🔑to a sustainable future. We want renewed partnerships & multilateralism that foster high-level dialogue for all—this is the #LocalSocialCovenant"
"Our movement believes justice is🔑to a sustainable future. We want renewed partnerships & multilateralism that foster high-level dialogue for all—this is the #LocalSocialCovenant"
February 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
💜Our SG, @emiliasaiz.bsky.social, kicks off Day 4 of our Retreat #WorldSocialJusticeDay:
"Our movement believes justice is🔑to a sustainable future. We want renewed partnerships & multilateralism that foster high-level dialogue for all—this is the #LocalSocialCovenant"
"Our movement believes justice is🔑to a sustainable future. We want renewed partnerships & multilateralism that foster high-level dialogue for all—this is the #LocalSocialCovenant"
What a morning … docents of young voices in direct dialogue with our political leaders and the organised constituency of older persons! United for present and future 🙌
🟡Our Secretary General @emiliasaiz.bsky.social kicks off Day 3️⃣ of our #UCLGMeets Retreat!
✏️“Intergenerational Dialogue”
💬Bringing together our Presidency, local leaders, young elected officials and youth representatives for a debate on intergenerational solidarity on local governance
✏️“Intergenerational Dialogue”
💬Bringing together our Presidency, local leaders, young elected officials and youth representatives for a debate on intergenerational solidarity on local governance
February 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What a morning … docents of young voices in direct dialogue with our political leaders and the organised constituency of older persons! United for present and future 🙌
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🟡 Session sur le partenariat YCAF
🌱 @psmariani.bsky.social facilite le dialogue entre les jeunes leaders et les représentants de #Kitchener
& Athènes
🚲Une occasion unique d’explorer leurs visions et initiatives pour un avenir plus inclusif et durable !
#Listen2Cities
🌱 @psmariani.bsky.social facilite le dialogue entre les jeunes leaders et les représentants de #Kitchener
& Athènes
🚲Une occasion unique d’explorer leurs visions et initiatives pour un avenir plus inclusif et durable !
#Listen2Cities
February 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🟡 Session sur le partenariat YCAF
🌱 @psmariani.bsky.social facilite le dialogue entre les jeunes leaders et les représentants de #Kitchener
& Athènes
🚲Une occasion unique d’explorer leurs visions et initiatives pour un avenir plus inclusif et durable !
#Listen2Cities
🌱 @psmariani.bsky.social facilite le dialogue entre les jeunes leaders et les représentants de #Kitchener
& Athènes
🚲Une occasion unique d’explorer leurs visions et initiatives pour un avenir plus inclusif et durable !
#Listen2Cities
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🟡 UCLG SG @emiliasaiz.bsky.social kicks off the 2025 #UCLGMeets Retreat
"To bypass the curve, we need to develop a joint agenda. And this agenda needs to be one of local #democracy and participation, involving the #youth to develop #multilateralism."🦋
"To bypass the curve, we need to develop a joint agenda. And this agenda needs to be one of local #democracy and participation, involving the #youth to develop #multilateralism."🦋
February 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🟡 UCLG SG @emiliasaiz.bsky.social kicks off the 2025 #UCLGMeets Retreat
"To bypass the curve, we need to develop a joint agenda. And this agenda needs to be one of local #democracy and participation, involving the #youth to develop #multilateralism."🦋
"To bypass the curve, we need to develop a joint agenda. And this agenda needs to be one of local #democracy and participation, involving the #youth to develop #multilateralism."🦋
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🔴🔵"We are in a time of unprecedented challenges and need solutions where local and regional governments #LRGs step up. We can do better in mobilizing public opinion, giving visibility to our achievements, to stories of transformation and impact."
Uribe Pando, SG Regions4
Uribe Pando, SG Regions4
February 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🔴🔵"We are in a time of unprecedented challenges and need solutions where local and regional governments #LRGs step up. We can do better in mobilizing public opinion, giving visibility to our achievements, to stories of transformation and impact."
Uribe Pando, SG Regions4
Uribe Pando, SG Regions4
Today we will discuss youth action for sustainability; localization and climate justice! 🙌 local and territorial partnerships for global impact!
🎥 We're live!
🔴🔵Follow the Annual Meeting of the @GlobalTaskforce
on YouTube
🔗 youtube.com/live/phXsenC...
#Listen2Cities
🔴🔵Follow the Annual Meeting of the @GlobalTaskforce
on YouTube
🔗 youtube.com/live/phXsenC...
#Listen2Cities
Global Taskforce Day
YouTube video by United Cities and Local Governments
youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Today we will discuss youth action for sustainability; localization and climate justice! 🙌 local and territorial partnerships for global impact!
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🎥 We're live!
🔴🔵Follow the Annual Meeting of the @GlobalTaskforce
on YouTube
🔗 youtube.com/live/phXsenC...
#Listen2Cities
🔴🔵Follow the Annual Meeting of the @GlobalTaskforce
on YouTube
🔗 youtube.com/live/phXsenC...
#Listen2Cities
Global Taskforce Day
YouTube video by United Cities and Local Governments
youtube.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🎥 We're live!
🔴🔵Follow the Annual Meeting of the @GlobalTaskforce
on YouTube
🔗 youtube.com/live/phXsenC...
#Listen2Cities
🔴🔵Follow the Annual Meeting of the @GlobalTaskforce
on YouTube
🔗 youtube.com/live/phXsenC...
#Listen2Cities
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🔴🔵 Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy,
@iclei.org
💬We should think beyond the status quo & speak loudly to ensure the new multilateralism is more inclusive & goes where we want it to. We should continue to reinforce the relation of member states & our constituency.
@iclei.org
💬We should think beyond the status quo & speak loudly to ensure the new multilateralism is more inclusive & goes where we want it to. We should continue to reinforce the relation of member states & our constituency.
February 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🔴🔵 Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy,
@iclei.org
💬We should think beyond the status quo & speak loudly to ensure the new multilateralism is more inclusive & goes where we want it to. We should continue to reinforce the relation of member states & our constituency.
@iclei.org
💬We should think beyond the status quo & speak loudly to ensure the new multilateralism is more inclusive & goes where we want it to. We should continue to reinforce the relation of member states & our constituency.
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🔴🔵 @uclg.bsky.social SG @emiliasaiz.bsky.social opens the Global Taskforce Day, remembering us that in these difficult times, it is time to regroup, assess what works and does not around 3 axes:
1️⃣Regain trust
2️⃣Resilience
3️⃣Vision
Identify how to contribute to the peace agenda.
#Listen2Cities
1️⃣Regain trust
2️⃣Resilience
3️⃣Vision
Identify how to contribute to the peace agenda.
#Listen2Cities
February 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🔴🔵 @uclg.bsky.social SG @emiliasaiz.bsky.social opens the Global Taskforce Day, remembering us that in these difficult times, it is time to regroup, assess what works and does not around 3 axes:
1️⃣Regain trust
2️⃣Resilience
3️⃣Vision
Identify how to contribute to the peace agenda.
#Listen2Cities
1️⃣Regain trust
2️⃣Resilience
3️⃣Vision
Identify how to contribute to the peace agenda.
#Listen2Cities
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🔊Don’t miss the @uclg.bsky.social online course to accelerate the #SDGsLocalization
Subscribe here👇
learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
🟢 With selected cases & discussion with other members, partners & games & quizzes!
📅 Enroll before March 3rd
#LearningWithUCLG
@globaltaskforce.bsky.social
Subscribe here👇
learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
🟢 With selected cases & discussion with other members, partners & games & quizzes!
📅 Enroll before March 3rd
#LearningWithUCLG
@globaltaskforce.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🔊Don’t miss the @uclg.bsky.social online course to accelerate the #SDGsLocalization
Subscribe here👇
learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
🟢 With selected cases & discussion with other members, partners & games & quizzes!
📅 Enroll before March 3rd
#LearningWithUCLG
@globaltaskforce.bsky.social
Subscribe here👇
learningwith.uclg.org/p/accelerati...
🟢 With selected cases & discussion with other members, partners & games & quizzes!
📅 Enroll before March 3rd
#LearningWithUCLG
@globaltaskforce.bsky.social
There is no better way to protect women rights than working at local level and not better alliance than youth and local and regional government! Privileged to have articulated the exchange between our committee and youth leaders! #listen2cities #WYDE #equality #Beijing+30
🟣Localizing the #Beijing30 Agenda: Uniting the UCLG Standing Committee on #GenderEquality and youth leaders ahead of #CSW69
🙌LRGs, partnerships and multilevel governance that include young generations: key to drive transformative change and concrete policy-making.
#Listen2Cities #WYDE
🙌LRGs, partnerships and multilevel governance that include young generations: key to drive transformative change and concrete policy-making.
#Listen2Cities #WYDE
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
There is no better way to protect women rights than working at local level and not better alliance than youth and local and regional government! Privileged to have articulated the exchange between our committee and youth leaders! #listen2cities #WYDE #equality #Beijing+30
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🟣 Local leaders drive gender equality by challenging biases, ensuring women’s participation, and creating safe spaces.
🙌 Feminist municipalism fights invisibility and violence, but strategies are needed to prevent gender advocacy from being dismissed as a "women’s issue."
#WYDE #Listen2Cities
🙌 Feminist municipalism fights invisibility and violence, but strategies are needed to prevent gender advocacy from being dismissed as a "women’s issue."
#WYDE #Listen2Cities
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🟣 Local leaders drive gender equality by challenging biases, ensuring women’s participation, and creating safe spaces.
🙌 Feminist municipalism fights invisibility and violence, but strategies are needed to prevent gender advocacy from being dismissed as a "women’s issue."
#WYDE #Listen2Cities
🙌 Feminist municipalism fights invisibility and violence, but strategies are needed to prevent gender advocacy from being dismissed as a "women’s issue."
#WYDE #Listen2Cities
We need more multilateralism, intergenerational dialogue & bigger push for public policies that can bring us closer to achieving the great targets of the #SDGs. Working on a renewed social contract that pulls us together with trust and strong institutions! We are convinced we can! @uclg.bsky.social
#UCLGMeets 11 days to go!
✨ Under the motto "Local Government & YOUTH shaping the FUTURE," our Retreat will spotlight youth voices in shaping local action. Their vision is essential to building inclusive, resilient communities!
🔗 The program: t.ly/f-8NU
#Listen2Cities
✨ Under the motto "Local Government & YOUTH shaping the FUTURE," our Retreat will spotlight youth voices in shaping local action. Their vision is essential to building inclusive, resilient communities!
🔗 The program: t.ly/f-8NU
#Listen2Cities
February 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We need more multilateralism, intergenerational dialogue & bigger push for public policies that can bring us closer to achieving the great targets of the #SDGs. Working on a renewed social contract that pulls us together with trust and strong institutions! We are convinced we can! @uclg.bsky.social