“City Networks Need to Be Membership-Based Organisations”
In an interview with URBANET, Emilia Saiz from UCLG presents her vision for the city network, talking about how the network can best represent local and regional governments in a democratic manner.
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) aims at strengthening the influence of local and municipal government representatives on global governance. Emphasising this aim, UCLG is among the organisers of the Local and Regional Authorities Forum, which will take place alongside the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development this year for the first time. UCLG’s work will increasingly focus on partnerships with different actor groups, not only to exchange experiences but to develop strategies in an inclusive way.
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Secretary General at United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Emilia Sáiz is Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). She has worked with the international movement of local and regional governments in different capacities since 1997, leading programmes and initiatives on institutional capacity building, the participation of women in local decision-making and decentralized cooperation. She played a critical role in setting up the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, and has followed and represented local and regional governments in iconic international processes such as the Rio and Beijing +20 as well as the Climate Agreement, the SDGs and Habitat III and facilitated the contributions from local constituencies to the United Nations process.
Latest posts by Emilia Sáiz (see all)
- An Opportunity to Reshape the World in the Aftermath of the Pandemic – The UCLG Dialogue for the Post-COVID Era - 22. June 2020
- Setting the Stage for the Next Frontier of the Municipal Movement - 7. November 2019
- Localizing Global Agendas - 25. September 2019