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28 February 2018

Transformative Action Award - transformation that impacts on people

For the audience, much of the pleasure of a live award ceremony lies in the reaction of the winner. A genuine moment of joy lifts up the room, and reminds us of the value of recognition and approval. So it was that in front of a packed audience at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, t...

15 February 2018

Registration open for ICLEI World Congress 2018

Registration has now opened for the ICLEI World Congress 2018, which will be held from 19-22 June in Montréal (Canada). At the ICLEI World Congress 2018, ICLEI and Ville de Montréal will bring together hundreds of mayors, governors, city staff, international organisations, business le...

9 February 2018

Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues to support Paris Agreement

The “Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues “, facilitated by ICLEI, with the support and partnership of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy and UN-Habitat, was launched today at the World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).   The initiative builds upon the Bo...

6 February 2018

Bidding for the ninth ESCT conference to close mid-March

The bidding process for the ninth European Sustainable Cities and Towns conference is set to close on 15 March. The purpose of the conference is to share the most advanced approaches, tools and inspiring ideas for local transformation, to foster governance innovation, and to strengthen local value c...

25 January 2018

ICLEI Vice President among German mayors attending 2018 United States conference of mayors

The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) is currently under way in Washington DC (United States) and is scheduled to come to a close tomorrow, 26 January. The conference is the largest national mayors association in the United States, which brings together mayors from across the country. The c...

23 January 2018

Covenant of Mayors investment forum and ceremony set to take place in February

The EU Covenant of Mayors will hold an investment forum on financing climate adaptation, clean urban transport and energy efficiency in Brussels (Belgium) on 21 February. This will be followed by the Covenant of Mayors Ceremony on 22 February, a political event which has been running since 2008. Co...

22 January 2018

ICLEI Regional Director Wolfgang Teubner reflects on the challenges and successes of 2017

Dear Members, Partners, Colleagues and Friends, I hope you all had a great start into 2018, and wish you health, happiness, and success for the year to come. The turn of the year is a time when we tend to look back at the year that has passed and forward to the year ahead of us, often with hope an...

4 January 2018

ICLEI congratulates Maimunah Sharif as the next Executive Director of UN-Habitat

Maimunah Sharif, Mayor of Penang Island, Malaysia, and an active member of the ICLEI Global Executive Committee, has been appointed as the next Executive Director of UN-Habitat, the United Nations program working towards a better urban future. This is the first time an active ICLEI leader is appoint...