ORU gives voice to the regional leaders in the Turin LED Forum
Between the 13th and the 16th of October, Turin’s Royal Palace, in the Piedmont region, was the venue for the Third World Forum of Local Economic Development (LED). Co-organised by ORU, the meeting aimed at discussing how to implement the Post-2015 Development Agenda through LED, just as it has been launch and in the year the Millenium Development Goals are coming to their deadline. One of the key thematic issues addressed in the Forum was the significance of territorial policies as a bridge between governments and civil society.
The United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) has appointed ORU’s President, Paúl Carrasco, as one of its members. UNACLA is the advisory body on urban matters of the UN-Habitat, made up of mayors and representatives of cities associations chosen by the agency and by the United Cities and Local Governments organisation (UCLG). After restructuring its members, the new Committee met for the first time in New York, last 27th September.
The debates on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda have started
In the context of UNESCO’s World Science Day for Peace and Development, the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site in Barcelona was the venue of the sessions on "Connecting actors for Sustainable Development in the context of the UN 2030 Agenda” last 10 and 11 November. Open to the public, the sessions proved to be a useful exchange of ideas in the elaboration of an action plan at the local and regional level to implement the 2030 Agenda.
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SDGs, LED, and the role of regions in building a better World
Two weeks after my participation in the Third World Forum on Local Economic Development (DEL), organized by ORU FOGAR jointly with UNDP, UCLG, UNHabitat, and the City of Turin, it is my pleasure to share with you some results and thoughts about the relevance of this event, and the process it belongs to, and about the very outcomes of the Forum. The presence of delegations from 130 countries and of more than 2,000 participants, among them several Governors and Presidents of regions or other decentralized authorities, confirmed and strengthened the importance…
The territorial approach, towards the development of peoples
The third World Forum on Local Economic Development, held in the beautiful city of Turin, offered an excellent opportunity to address all dimensions of territorial development, bearing the hallmark of proximity of the Subnational Governments and under the umbrella of ORU Fogar. This wide and generous approach allows moving towards the development of peoples, requiring necessarily commitment and multilevel action. Global policies, implemented by representatives of the States and by the Multilateral Bodies…
