UCLG’s 2nd World Congress ‘Changing cities are driving our world’ – Jeju, 28-31 October 2007 28-10-2007 Introduction In an urbanised world, the action of local governments and metropolitan areas
must be at the heart of the agenda of global development. The 2nd World Congress
of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) is therefore themed ‘Changing
cities are driving our world’. The Congress will be organised according to the
priorities of local and regional officials and the challenges they face.
Description
Three key themes have been identified:
Besides these plenary sessions the world congress will have workshops
addressing more practical and concrete issues related to the daily management of
local governments, such as: social inclusion, access to basic services,
mobility, facing pandemics etc.
Associations of local governments from all over the world will gather in Jeju
to share experiences and define the global agendas for the coming three years.
It will be the largest gathering of mayors and local and regional government
representatives in the world.
Programme Location
Jeju, South Korea
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