Local Authorities

On Thursday morning, HLPF 2018 at UN Headquarters in New York conducted thematic reviews on: Implementing the SDGs: lessons from the regions; and Perspectives of society: session organized with major groups and other stakeholders. In the afternoon, the review of SDG implementation continued, with a session on SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production). For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Visit our coverage of selected side events at HLPF 2018 IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from HLPF 2018. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Thematic Review Implementing the SDGs: Lessons from the Regions Jerry Matthews Matjila, Vice-President of ECOSOC, welcomed participants to the session Vera Songwe, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Moderator Alicia Bárcena, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Kaveh Zahedi, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Olga Algayerova, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Tatyana Valovaya, Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Alma Sinumlag, Cordillera Women's Education and Action Research Center, and Asia-Pacific Civil Society Mechanism Alastaire Sèna Alinsato, Benin Patricio Aguirre, Chile Abdullah Abu Shawesh, State of Palestine Thematic Review: Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies Perspectives of Society: Session Organized with Major Groups and Other Stakeholders View of the dais during the session Jolly Amatya, Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) Moderator Luisa Emilia Reyes Zuñiga, Co-Chair of the HLPF Coordination Mechanism, and Women's Major Group Ruben Zondervan, Earth Systems Governance Project, and Science and Technology Major Group Haydée Rodriguez, Unión de Cooperativas de Mujeres Productoras Las Brumas, and  Sendai Stakeholders Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener, Canada, and Local Authorities Major Group Vitalice Meja, Reality of Aid Network Africa, and Financing for Development (FFD) Civil Society Group Sandra Vermuyten, Major Group of Workers and Trade Unions Verity McGivern, Stakeholder Group on Ageing Katarina Popović, Education and Academia Stakeholder Group Sarah Schönfeld, France Aashish Khullar, MGCY Review of SDG Implementation: SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Delegates listen during the session Inga Rhonda King, Vice-President of ECOSOC Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean Nur H. Rahayu, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia Petra Bayr, Sustainable Development Committee, Parliament of Austria Shashwat Sapkota, Statistics Division, UN DESA Jane Nyakang’o, President, African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Moderator Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, UN DESA Julius H. Cainglet, Federation of Free Workers, and Workers and Trade Unions Major Group Amy Luers, Executive Director, Future Earth Ulf Jaeckel, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany, and 10YFP Board Member İzzet Ari, Turkey Annika Lindblom, Finland René Castro, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Sabina Wakio Maghanga, Kenya Around the Venue Delegates between sessions Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaks with a delegate Delegates speak informally A delegate reads the Earth Negotiations Bulletin to keep up to date with the meeting An exhibition by the Alliance for Responsible Denim promotes sustainable consumption and production by reminding people to consume consciously

Highlights for Thursday, 12 April 2018 India hands over the chair of the 9th 3R Forum to Thailand The final day of the Eighth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific opened in Indore, India, with a plenary session focused on the challenges of mobilizing financing for 3R in the region, with presentations by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the World Bank, the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ).This was followed by a dialogue on public-private partnerships (PPPs) to advance 3Rs in Asia-Pacific wherein individual private sector representatives interact directly with individual country delegates for a short period of time before rotating on to the next interaction. The dialogue was organized in line with the objectives of International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA), a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Partnership under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Delegates reviewed and adopted a Chair's summary with several minor amendments. The summary adoption was followed by announcement of 3R Awards given to civil society organizations (CSOs) and industry in waste management. In a formal ceremony, it was announced that the Ninth Regional 3R Forum will be held in Chaing Mai, Thailand, at a date still to be determined, and India handed over the Chair of the Forum to Thailand.Closing remarks were offered by Yasuo Takahashi, Ministry of Environment, Japan, Birgitte Bryld, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Durga Shanker Mishra, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), India, and Maya Singh, Minister for Urban Development, Madhya Pradesh, India.The meeting closed at 3:03 pm. Later in the afternoon participants went on field visits to see a waste transfer station, bioremediation plant and integrated solid waste processing facility. In the evening MoHUA hosted a farewell reception for delegates. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, will provide daily digital coverage and a summary report from the 8th Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific. Kindly return to this website on Monday, 9 April 2018, for more information. Photos by IISD/ENB | Sean Wu For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Plenary Session 8: Financing 3R - Domestic and International Investments View of the dais during the plenary session 8: Financing 3R - Domestic and International Investments A.S. Harinath, the World Bank Group Osamu Mizuno, Director, Asian Institute of Technology Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific Hindocha Jiten, IL&FS Environment, India Valdmir Marev, Director, International Centre for Best Environmental Technologies, the Russian Federation Plenary Session 9: Valedictory Session C.R.C. Mohanty, UNCRD, and Durga Shanker Mishra, MoHUA, India Anupam Khajuria, UNCRD, and Shun Fung Chiu, De La Salle University, The Philippines View of the valedictory session Sanjay Kumar, Joint Secretary, MoHUA, India Maya Singh, Minister for Urban Development, Madhya Pradesh, India. Civil society organizations (CSOs) and industry receiving 3R Awards Closing Session Yasuo Takahashi, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, giving closing remarks Durga Shanker Mishra, MoHUA, India, giving closing remarks Around the Venue IISD RS Team with UNDESA and UNCRD Secretariat

The second day of the 2017 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started with a review of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 (no poverty) and SDG 2 (zero hunger). In the afternoon, a thematic review on “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Multi-stakeholder perspectives,” took place. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports from HLPF 2017 and also produced a summary and analysis report, which is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Session 4 - Review of implementation: SDG 1 View of the dais during the session Janet Gornick, Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, City University of New York (CUNY) Stefan Schweinfest, Director, Statistics Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University Yaw Ansu, African Center for Economic Transformation Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, World Bank Group Wellington Chibebe, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Yang Zhi, Mayor of Jingzhou, China Fnu Sudarno, Indonesia Deborah Greenfield, Deputy Director-General for Policy, International Labour Organization (ILO) Huseyn Huseynov, Azerbaijan Session 5 - Review of implementation: SDG 2 Delegates raise their hands as part of an interactive discussion at the start of the session Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN, and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Gerda Verburg, Coordinator, Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Esther Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development Elizabeth Mpofu, General Coordinator, La Via Campesina, Zimbabwe Patrick Caron, Chair, High-Level Panel of Experts of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Meena Bilgi, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (WOCAN) Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Franco Ruggiero, Argentina Alastaire Sèna Alinsato, Benin Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Session 6 - Thematic review - Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Multi-stakeholder perspectives View of the keynote speakers on the dais Luisa Emilia Reyes Zuñiga, Co-Chair, Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) HLPF Coordination Mechanism Jürgen Schulz, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN, and Vice President of ECOSOC Moderator Maruxa Cardama, Cities Alliance Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General, DESA Sehnaz Kiymaz, President, Women for Women’s Human Rights - New Ways, and Women’s Major Group Luis Miguel Etchevehere, President, Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA), and Farmers' Major Group Verity McGivern, HelpAge International, and Stakeholder Group on Ageing Louise Kantrow, Permanent Representative to the UN, International Chamber of Commerce, and Business and Industry Major Group Katarina Popovic, Secretary General, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), and Education and Academia Stakeholder Group Roberto Bissio, Social Watch, and Financing for Development Civil Society Group Moderator Naiara Costa, Together 2030 José Maria Viera, International Disability Alliance, and Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities Jan Van Zanen, Mayor of Utrecht, President of the Association of Dutch Municipalities, and Local Authorities Major Group James O'Brien, Volunteer Groups  Rosalea Hamilton, Founder and President, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Technology, Jamaica, and NGO Major Group Keikabile Mogodu, Indigenous Peoples Major Group Saúl Zenteno Bueno, President, Fundación Manatí para el Fomento de la Ciudadanía, and Major Group for Children and Youth John Patrick Ngoyi, World Vision, on behalf of Together 2030 Around the Venue Delegates between sessions Representatives of the Women's Major Group gather to respect, protect, and promote the work done by women's human rights defenders Around the UN Headquarters

On Thursday morning, 2016 World Summit participants attended parallel workshops, policy dialogues and learning forums covering: culture and urban transformation; Latin American decentralization; a model city council; strategic facilitation; bottom-up national development; affordable housing, gentrification, accessibility and urban development; local economic development for social cohesion; mobility; and the ‘Handbook on International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning.’ The permanent working platform on co-creating the city continued throughout the day. In the afternoon, a plenary on ‘Linking up the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda’ convened, followed by a meeting of the UCLG Executive Bureau. Afternoon workshops explored: the UCLG City of Bogotá Peace Prize Finals; territorial governance for food security; SDGs localization; and the HIV threat in cities. A policy dialogue addressed territories for the promotion of sustainable local economic and environmental policies, while a learning forum emphasized the importance of learning for professionals and leaders, specifically in local governments. Throughout the day, attendees could also explore new topics through films at the cinema forums and 30-minute talks in the presentations corner. Constituencies held community forums and other groups met, including the metropolitan and peripheral cities constituency, CEOs of local government associations, the UN Advisory Committee on Local Authorities (UNACLA), the Metropolis Executive-Financial Committee, and the preparatory meeting of the 1st World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace to be held in April 2017. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage and daily reports from the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders - Local Voices for a Better World and the 5th UCLG World Congress. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has provided a summary report, which is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Permanent Working Platform - Co-Creating the City: Right to the City of Learning Participants engaged in discussions through Google Hangouts Nelson Saule, Instituto Pólis Participants shared perspectives and experiences Policy Dialogue - Culture as a Dimension in Urban Transformation Panel speakers of the session Michel Vallée, Director of Culture, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada Karim Hendili, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Community Forum - Metropolitan and Peripheral Cities Panel speakers of the event Moderator Octavio de la Varga, World Association of the Major Metropolises Aromar Revi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) Participants listening to panelists Learning Forum - Practical Sessions: The Art of Strategic Facilitation Panel speakers of the event Harold Jarche, Jarche Consulting Jeannette Vélez Ramírez, Global Actions and Solutions Kubeshni Govender, Black Earth Consulting Participants listen to the remarks from Sogen Moodley, Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE), eThekwini, South Africa Workshop - Laying the Path for Inclusive Cities: Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Accessibility and Urban Development L-R: Josep Roig, UCLG Secretary General; Angel Gurría, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Ana Marie Argilagos, Ford Foundation; Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín, Colombia; Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid, Spain; and Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal, Canada, UCLG North America President and Metropolis President Ana Marie Argilagos, Ford Foundation Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal, UCLG North America President and Metropolis President Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid Angel Gurría, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Participants during the event Permanent Working Platform - Co-Creating the City: Right to the Democratic City Participants during the event Bernardo Gutiérrez, Medialab-Prado Madrid Héctor Huerga, Activist Susana Villarán de la Puente, former Mayor of Lima, Peru Fernando Pintado, Barcelona, Spain Hassan Hmani, Nanterre, France Eliana Guerrero, Colombia Learning Forum - Practical Sessions: Mobility An overview of breakout groups discussing success factors for better urban mobility Policy Dialogue - Drive Bottom-Up National Development L-R: Josep Lluís Alay, Commissioner for International Relations of Province of Barcelona, UCLG Committee on Decentralization and Local Self-Government; Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, Mayor of Libreville, Gabon; Hugo Siles, Minister of Autonomy, Bolivia; Moderator Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General, UCLG Africa; Rosario Bento Pais, Head of Unit, DEVCO B2, European Commission; Simón Gaviria, Director of National Planning Department, Colombia; Emil Elestianto Dardak, Regent Mayor of Trenggalek Regency, Indonesia; and Clark Somerville, President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Josep Lluís Alay, Commissioner for International Relations of Province of Barcelona, UCLG Committee on Decentralization and Local Self-Government Clark Somerville, FCM President Hugo Siles, Minister of Autonomy, Bolivia Moderator Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General, UCLG Africa Simón Gaviria, Director of National Planning Department, Colombia A participant asks a question to the panel Elevator Pitch - Handbook on International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning Participants during the event Community Forum - Local Government Associations: Discussion among CEOs Participants during the event Workshop - SDGs Localization L-R: Santiago Gallo, Member of Executive Secretariat, FLACMA; Mohamed Saadieh, President of Union of Dannieh Municipalities, Co-President of UCLG-MEWA; Sylvie Goneau, Councilor of Gatineau, 2nd Vice President of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM); Mpho Moruakgomo, President of Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA), Chair of the Board of Commonweatlth Local Government Forum (CLGF); Johannes Krassnitzer, ART Programme Specialist of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Christine Musisi, Director of External Relations Division of UN-Habitat; Ute Böttcher, Head of Competence Center Democracy, Policy Dialogue and Urban Development of DeLoG-GIZ; and Paula Lucci, Research Fellow of Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Workshop - SDGs Localization Rafael Zavala (left), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), addresses participants Learning Forum - Concepts and Trends L-R: Kubeshni Govender, Black Earth Consulting; Sara Hoeflich, UCLG; Harold Jarche, Jarche Consulting; Cézar Busatto, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Erik Vergel, University of Rosario; and Josep Roig, UCLG Secretary General Policy Dialogue - Territories to Promote Sustainable Local Economic and Environmental Policies L-R: Monika Zimmermann, Deputy Secretary General, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI); Ronan Dantec, Senator, Loire-Atlantique, France; Gerardo Pisarello, First Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Spain; Dina Oyun, Mayor of Kyzyl, Russia; Tom Dallessio, Next City; Juan Mari Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao, Spain; and Ana Giros Calpe, Suez Environment Plenary - Links Between the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda Participants listen to panel speakers Mónica Fein, Mayor of Rosario, Argentina Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General, UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UN-DESA) Aromar Revi, Director, IIHS Parks Tau, Councilor, Johannesburg, South Africa Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal, UCLG North America President and Metropolis President Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Center for Cities UCLG Executive Bureau The dais during the bureau meeting Around the Venue Participants during a networking break