Lots of news, because we have lots of activities. In this second newsletter of the year, we share three events on the global agenda dedicated to the regions, some news about our organisation, and an opinion piece.
NEWS
The 2026 Assembly will address tourism as a driver of regional development
The 2026 ORU Fogar Annual Assembly will be held in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, from the 2nd to the 4th of July. The Assembly will focus entirely on toyrism as an economic factor. Hosted by the Provincial Government of Azuay, the Assembly will include a Forum entitled “Tourism and Regional Economic Development”, bringing together experts from around the world and a broad representation of regional governments from different continents...
Manabí assumes Leadership of the Food Sovereignty Working Group.
Within the framework of the 2025 ORU Fogar Assembly, held on the first of December, it was approved that, following five years of leadership by the Mancomunidad de los Andes (Peru), the Food Sovereignty Working Group would henceforth be led by the Ecuadorian Province of Manabí...
ORU Fogar Seminar on Rural Development in Romania.
ORU Fogar will travel to Romania to convene a meeting of its Executive Bureau, in partnership with the Argeș County Council. This meeting, to be held in Pitești on the 20th of April 2026, will provide the framework for the International Seminar entitled “Comparative Rural Development Policies”, during which regional decision-makers from several continents will engage in dialogue on strategies aimed at strengthening non-urban territories...
Clàudia Pujol, Journalist. "With two buses donated by the Barcelona City Council after being taken out of service in the Catalan capital, a pilot school transport project seeks to improve access to education in rural areas of northern Senegal. Promoted by ORU Fogar, the initiative aims to reduce absenteeism and school dropout rates by addressing the long walking distances and insecurity that thousands of students face every day. Once all the planned buses are fully operational, the project will connect 87 villages, easing the journey to the classroom for more than 6,000 students in the Department of Dagana..."
24–27 February 2026 – 13th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), Bangkok, Thailand.
March
9–20 March 2026 – 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), United Nations Headquarters, New York.
12 March 2026 – Bridging the Justice Gap: Regional Strategies to Fulfill the Beijing+30 Mandates. Gender Equality Working Group. Virtual. NGO CSW70 Parallel Event.
April
20 April 2026 – ORU Fogar Executive Bureau, Pitești, Argeș County, Romania.
21 April 2026 – Seminar on ‘Comparative Rural Development Policies’, Pitești, Argeș County, Romania.
May
17-22 May 2026 – Thirteenth Session of the World Urban Forum 2026 (WUF13), Baku, Azerbaijan.
July
2 July 2026 – Executive Bureau of ORU Fogar, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
2 July 2026 – Annual Assembly of ORU Fogar, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
3-4 July 2026 – GLOCAL “Tourism and Regional Economic Development”, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador.
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