At the heart of the Congress
At the heart of the WORLD SUMMIT The UCLG Statutory Bodies, including the Executive Bureau, General Assembly, World Council, as well as many Committees and Working Groups, met from 1 to 4 October in Rabat, on the occasion of the IV UCLG World Congress – Summit of Local and Regional Leaders. The IV World Congress in Rabat gathered around 3000 participants, including elected officials from over 155 countries, representatives of national governments, UN Agencies and development partners. The Summit also included the participation of representatives from most of the sister organizations of local and regional governments, as well as corporate partners.
Over 25 sessions with 130 speakers dealt with strategic topics for the future of our communities and defined priorities for the future of the World Organization that was celebrating the governments, of the international municipal movement. The meetings saw the election of the UCLG Presidential Team under the leadership of Dr. Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul, for the term 2013-2016 and the renewal of the Governing Bodies, the creation of a new Section dedicated to regional authorities, as well as the selection of Bogotá as the host of the 2016 World Congress.
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