🔵 #UCLGMeets 🗓️ Executive Bureau, April 8–10: “A Local Social Covenant for humanity: New frontier of the municipal & territorial movement” With care at the center and a focus on the future of multilateralism, we move forward towards #Tanger2026

How can local governments recommit to preventing violence and building safer communities? Peace in Our Cities joins @uclg.bsky.social in supporting city leaders to commit to violence prevention strategies that are balanced, evidence-based, legitimate, inter-related, and focused.

🎬 We’re hiring! We are looking for an Audiovisual Communication Officer to join our team! 📍 Barcelona (full-time role) 🎥 Strong audiovisual profile required 📅 Start: April 2026 📩 Read the job offer via the link below and apply! 🔗 t.ly/4vWU4

🟡 #UCLGMeets 🌍 Our Annual Retreat 2026 concludes! Together, we strengthened our World Organization and advanced shared priorities for the journey to #Tangier2026. 👏 Thanks to all for making it a success! #Listen2Cities

🟡 The final day of #UCLGMeets Retreat 2026 is here! 📣 Outreach strategy for an inclusive movement is about: 🌐 Local public services as a global agenda 📄 the Local Social Covenant 🤝 Network convergence to strengthen our World Organization as a federation of federations

🟡 Day 4 of #UCLGMeets Retreat 2026! 👥 A new generation of universal local public services ✨ Sessions will highlight #LRG workers, collaborative delivery of the Local Social Covenant, and strategies to strengthen local multilateralism ahead of #Tangier2026.

🟡Day 3⃣ of our #UCLGMeets Retreat 2026 starts! 🏛️ Democracy and Plurilateralism 👏Today, #LRGs tackle trust, leadership & collaborative delivery of the Local Social Covenant: turning rights, care & new essentials into real impact, shaping multilateral action for #Tangier2026.

🟡 Day 2⃣ of our #UCLGMeets Retreat 2026 is about to start! ✨ The day will focus on the 100 Days of Local Multilateralism: a strategic cycle aligning #WUF13, #Tangier2026, the review of 10 years of the New Urban Agenda & the #HLPF into one shared political roadmap toward 2030.

This week, our director @boristonhauser.bsky.social is actively participating at @uclg.bsky.social retreat in Barcelona 🇪🇸 to shape a local & territorial vision for the world. #UCLGMeets

🌟 Welcome to our #UCLGMeets Retreat 2026! 🔴 🔵 Kicking off with the Annual Meeting of the @globaltaskforce.bsky.social and the first day of our Annual Retreat focusing on the Municipal Agenda in the era of change. 🔗 t.ly/Dv-md #Listen2Cities

#UCLGMeets ✨ As we gear up for our Annual Retreat under the motto “Local Multilateralism HOPE and OBJECTIVE”, our membership will reaffirm its commitment to a renewed multilateral system & shape priorities toward the UCLG World Congress in #Tangier2026. 🔗 t.ly/UZzVY

📅 Mark your calendars! The 2025 UCLG World Council will take place in Xi’an. 🌍 For 3 days, #LocalGovs will come together to shape communities for current and future generations. 🔗 The full program: www.uclgmeets.org/conferences/... #UCLGMeets

"Culture is not a passive victim of climate change; Culture is an active driver of solutions." Isaac Eseet, Coordinator for CHN's Africa and Arab States Region, speaking this morning at the @uclg.bsky.social Climate Summit in Barcelona #climateheritage #cop30 #wemaketomorrow #imaginingfutures

🌍 Learn how to localise the #SDGs through decentralised cooperation! Free 2-month online course by @uclg.bsky.social & @platforma4dev.bsky.social with tools, practices & mentoring for Local and Regional Governments. Certificate included. Register now 👉 learningwith.uclg.org #LocalizingSDGs

🤝Join now the @uclg.bsky.social & @platforma4dev.bsky.social #LearningCommunity through our free moderated online course on Decentralised Cooperation & #SDGs! Applications are open until 5 October in EN, ES & FR. Don't lose time, register now! 👇 platforma-dev.eu/online-cours... #LocalizingSDGs

📍#UCLGTownHall 💬Policies must affect territories, and cities have a voice. - @emiliasaiz.bsky.social Day 2 started with a call to put care at the 💜 of public policy, shaping the New Essentials and inspiring a new generation of service provision. #LocalSocialCovenant

🗓️ Today & over the next 3 days, we'll host the UCLG Town Hall 🏠 Day 1: Housing & Transformative Local Finance 🤝 Together with #LRGs, civil society & partners, we will co-create solutions for adequate housing & stronger local finance within the #LocalSocialCovenant.

Another heartfelt thank you to our friends & colleagues @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr for inviting us to participate in this important event — and for reminding us that “proximity is first and foremost about intent” @uclg.bsky.social #UrbanHealth

💡Curious to know more about how to design and implement a strategy for #DecentralizedCooperation and #SDGs? 🌍 Applications for the Moderated Online Course about the #DC & #SDGs are open until October 5th! Apply in your preferred language below! 🇬🇧 t.ly/i7COH 🇪🇸 t.ly/347TW 🇫🇷 t.ly/WtKet

💼 2 new job opportunities at #UCLG! 🚀 Join our team in Barcelona as a Program Manager or Policy Officer! 👉 Policy Officer: t.ly/btK8q 👉 Program Manager: t.ly/p8jsU Apply now to advance the role of #LocalGovs globally! #NowHiring #JobOpening #Careers

🎨 "Public art is not just aesthetics. It is also a matter of bonding communities"— Jordi Pascual, coordinator of @uclg.bsky.social In our latest webinar, Jordi underscored the importance of urban arts for inclusive cities. 🌆 Follow us to learn how local governments explores urban arts

📢 Just launched! The 9th GOLD Report, Towards the Localization of the SDGs, is out! 🌍💼💙 Explore how #LocalGovs are advancing #SDG3 (health), #SDG5 (gender), #SDG8 (decent work), & #SDG14 (life below water) 📘Read the full report + 4 deep dives gold.uclg.org/sites/defaul... #HLPF2025 #Listen2Cities

Pour la 4ème Conférence du développement organisée par l'ONU à Séville, l'Assemblée Mondiale des gouvernements locaux et régionaux s'est réunie pour faire entendre sa voix. En tant que co-chair du Conseil politique sur les finances de @uclg.bsky.social, je fus honoré d'en avoir été le porte-parole.

🕸 Tejiendo alianzas en la Asamblea Mundial de Gobiernos Locales y Regionales de @uclg.bsky.social en Sevilla. 🤝 La secretaria de Estado de Cooperación Internacional, @evagranados.bsky.social, destacó la presencia de la localización en el consensuado #CompromisoDeSevilla de la Conferencia #FfD4

🤝 The UN Local2030 Coalition was proud to partner on the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments, held on the margins of #FFD4. We reaffirmed our commitment to elevate local leadership and solutions in global financing dialogues. 📈 Localizing finance is not optional — it’s fundamental.

🥝 How are #LocalGovs addressing food insecurity? 👩‍💻 Discover our new MOOC with Let's Food: a free online course to explore the role of territories in building fairer food systems. 🕒 2–3 hours of practical tools, local stories & action-oriented insights. 🔗 t.ly/AZp85

This #WorldRefugeeDay, we stand in solidarity #WithRefugees & all people on the move. Via our new Local Coalition w/ UN partners, we commit to advance Global Compacts while building a safer future, centered on territorial solidarity & rights, for & by all communities. 🔗 t.ly/KeH3- #NotABorderTale

📍 At #U20SouthAfrica, UCLG ASG of Partnerships @pablofmarmissolle.bsky.social highlights the Local Social Covenant to rebuild multilateralism: placing housing, local finance, and public health at the 💜, while embracing solidarity, feminist leadership, and #ClimateJustice from the ground up.

🤝 The EU Commission & CEMR reaffirm commitment to empower LRGs in global cooperation. 🌍 President of @uclg.bsky.social met with Commissioner Jozef Sikela to explore how to make initiatives like #GlobalGateway more effective on the ground.

📄 @uclg.bsky.social President Jan van Zanen presented today our Political declaration on the #NextMFF to @ec.europa.eu for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela ❗️He expressed his concern for the drastic reduction of development budgets globally 👉 Read it now! platforma-dev.eu/wp-content/u...

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...

🟣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

🔎 @uclg.bsky.social has launched the GOLD VII Multimedia Journal on Economies of #Equality and #Care. Care connects with critical areas like gender equality, health, public services, urban planning, time policies, social cohesion and resilience. Learn more: sdglocalaction.org/care-local-g...

🕊️ We represented European municipalities at the @uclg.bsky.social #CitiesAndTerritoriesOfPeace Forum in #Montevideo CEMR's Secretary General moderated a session on the role of city diplomacy in advancing peace amidst today's complex geopolitical landscape #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz

🌟 ¡Día 2 del 5º Foro Mundial de #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz🕊️ en Montevideo! 🌐 Seguimos compartiendo experiencias territoriales que construyen paz, inclusión y justicia. Los gobiernos locales y regionales se unen por un futuro más equitativo. #Listen2Cities

👏¡Empieza el 5º Foro Mundial de Ciudades y Territorios de Paz en Montevideo! 🕊️Evento coorganizado por la Intendencia de Montevideo y CGLU, nos reunimos para compartir ideas, políticas y experiencias desde los territorios que construyen paz, inclusión y justicia. #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz

✨La paz empieza en nuestras ciudades y territorios En el 5.º Foro #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz, exploraremos cómo las ciudades lideran el cuidado, la convivencia y la solidaridad. 📆 2-3 de mayo, Montevideo 🔗 t.ly/wOadt

🕊️ El 2 y 3 de mayo, Montevideo será epicentro del 5º Foro Mundial de #CiudadesYTerritoriosDePaz, co-organizado con @uclg.bsky.social. 🌍 Las ciudades debatirán sobre diplomacia local, cuidados, igualdad, migraciones y más. 🔗 El programa: forodepazmvd.uy #DiplomaciadeCiudades

💬 Ms. Emilia Sáiz, Secretary General, @uclg.bsky.social, emphasized that efforts toward #FfD4 must go beyond access to finance for local and regional governments and stakeholders—they should also focus on what gets financed, prioritizing local public services. @fmdv.bsky.social

🟢 Une perspective de l'économie territoriale @pierrehurmic.bsky.social, maire @villedebordeaux.bsky.social, souligne que l'ESS est au 💚 de la stratégie pour une économie durable & solidaire. La ville déploie des outils concrets : accompagnement à l’emploi, plateforme RSE & coopération territoriale.

🟠 @pablofmarmissolle.bsky.social, ASG for Partnership at UCLG, underscores that #WSSD2 is a milestone, but the path to the post-2030 agenda starts now. 💬 We need inclusive multilateralism that strengthens local public services. Without real commitments, a new global pact won’t be possible.

📍We are at @uclg.bsky.social Executive Bureau in #Sevilla, bringing the European perspective to these debates: 🌍 The state of the global municipal movement 🏛️ #LRGs at the forefront of democracy 🤝 Building a new social contract 💰 Local finances, key to multilateralism #UCLGMeets

—Mauricio Zunino alcalde de Montevideo y presidente ejecutivo de @uclg.bsky.social "Pensar políticas a largo plazo desde gobiernos subnacionales no es posible sin acceso a fuentes de financiación. Hablemos de obstáculos como este a políticas de desarrollo." #SevillaWorldForumLED

🟡 #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

🌍 Los gobiernos locales y regionales son actores clave del desarrollo sostenible, pero siguen sin acceso real a una financiación adaptada a sus territorios. En #SevillaWorldForumLED pedimos que la #FfD4 reconozca su papel y sus necesidades. Modera: @emiliasaiz.bsky.social de @uclg.bsky.social

🟠 #UCLGMeets ExBu 2025 - Day 2 Today's sessions focus on: 💜 Care-based approaches to local economic development 💰 Just territorial financing for development 🟡 UCLG Executive Bureau Business Session @worldledforum.bsky.social #Listen2Cities

🟢 Official opening of the World Forum on Local Economic Development 📍Last night, in the courtyard of the Diputación de Sevilla, a space for dialogue took place to promote the @worldledforum.bsky.social as a driver of sustainable and inclusive development. #SevillaWorldForumLED

Diálogo político liderado por la Coalición Local2030 y el CLGF Se presentan avances clave hacia la #FFD4: Localización del financiamiento, alianzas multiactor y reforma de la arquitectura financiera #SevillaWorldForumLED ✨Modera @emiliasaiz.bsky.social #SevillaWorldForumLED

How can local leaders accelerate progress towards #UniversalHealthCoverage? As part of #GOLDVII, @uclg.bsky.social 's global process on economies of equality & care, our Co-Chairs Magda Robalo & Pamela Cipriano urge local leaders to build caring cities that put health at the center. 👉 bit.ly/42en2IL