REPORT OF THE 4TH UCLG WORLD CONGRESS
3 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RABAT CONGRESS:
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The UCLG Statutory Meetings: These important events allow for the renewal of the internal democracy of UCLG, for the definition of its path and future direction and for the definition of the policies and strategies that the governing bodies such as the Executive Bureau will implement. During these four days, all the statutory bodies of UCLG (Executive Bureau, World Council, General Assembly, Committees and Working Groups, Financial Management Committee) came together to reaffirm the dynamic democracy and the vitality of UCLG as the representative and unified voice of local and regional governments on the world stage (see highlights of key decisions of Statutory meetings, Circular 33/2013).
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The debate during the four thematic round tables, twelve parallel sessions and two strategic plenaries: Over a day and a half were dedicated to these meetings, during which participants discussed topics such as fostering wellbeing, solidarity among territories, new local governance and the promotion of diversity, laying the basis for a debate on the global development agenda and directly contributing to the Post-2015 process and towards Habitat III.
The declaration highlights
the role of subnational governments of drivers of, and actors in, development, and in the promotion of dialogue and peace.
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The side events: several partners expressed their desire to organise workshop sessions (around 30) on various topics including local economic development, governance, health, innovation in local management, resilience and risk, youth and children, mobility and accessibility in urban zones, the challenges of growth and urban strategic planning. These sessions brought together elected representatives, development professionals, experts and NGO representatives to present their contributions. Other partners took advantage of the event in Rabat to bring together their governing bodies and hold working meetings (e.g. ARLEM, PLATFORMA) given that many of their members are already members of UCLG or had decided to take part in the Rabat Congress.
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