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The Habitat III Conference in Quito (17.-20.10.) is about to begin and the latest draft for the New Urban Agenda was published on July 28. From 27-29 September ADB and DeLoG will host a join learning event on “Localising Global Agendas” in Manila.…

With Habitat III gaining momentum, this newsletter thematically focuses on issues of urban governance but also on localising the SDGs, climate change, and migration. In profile, we feature Dr. Lili Liu (World Bank) who will also tell us more about…

Welcome to the first issue of 2016. This year’s mayor international process is Habitat III, and therefore the DeLoG newsletter lays a thematic focus on urban development and what lies ahead. In profile, we feature the view of Chris (VNG) and Hanne…

2015 was a crucial year for the international sustainable development agenda. The importance of the local level and subnational governments has been reiterated in the AAAA, the Agenda 2030 and the COP21 agreements. For 2016 it will be critical to…

The 10th DeLoG annual meeting, hosted by BMZ in Bonn, showed that for achieving the ambitious goals set by the Agenda 2030 the SDGs need to be localised. This in turn requires strong support for local governments enabling them to assume their roles…

In our in-profile series of the DeLoG newsletter, we feature Claudia Pragua, head of unit at the BMZ, the main funding partner of DeLoG and host of this year’s 10th Annual Meeting in Bonn, Germany. We also report on the Conference on Financing for…