International Union of Local Authorities (IULA)
Union internationale des villes et pouvoirs locaux (UIV)
Unión Internacional de Administraciones Locales
Internationaler Gemeindeverband
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Founded
1913 Ghent Belgium
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Promote local government as a cornerstone of democracy; represent and defend the interests of local government at the national and international level; foster improvement in the quality of local decision-making, administration and service provision; strengthen local government and its institutions as instruments for socio-economic development, with special emphasis on national associations; promote and encourage international information exchange and cooperation between local governments.
Events
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Recognized by: E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC). Accredited by: E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). Observer at: F-XE1645 - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations. Cooperation agreements or Memoranda of Understandings with: E-XE2404 - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA); E-XE3382 - UNDP. Links with: D-XD5290 - Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO); E-XE5009 - Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of Illicit Appropriation; F-XF3808 - United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA); F-XF5361 - Management of Social Transformations (MOST); U-XK1208 - Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of the Board of: F-XE7548 - Habitat International Coalition (HIC). Member of: E-XE2973 - NGO Committee on UNICEF. Represented on: E-XE0530 - Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS). Cooperation agreements or Memoranda of Understandings with: F-XF3085 - Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF); G-XG0905 - Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS). Participates in: U-XJ3427 - 2020 Global Stakeholders Panel (GSP). D-XD7307 - Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities attends Assemblies. Links with:
- D-XD2765 - Arab Towns Organization (ATO);
- E-XE2780 - Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI);
- D-XD6446 - Association of European Border Regions (AEBR);
- G-XG6768 - Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR);
- D-XD0480 - Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA);
- U-XF2794 - Euro-Asian Municipal Environment Cooperation Programme (MECP);
- E-XE2097 - European Umbrella Organization for Geographical Information (EUROGI);
- F-XF3363 - International Black Sea Club (IBSC);
- D-XC1961 - International Federation of Municipal Engineering (IFME);
- E-XF6137 - Local Agenda 21 (LA21);
- F-XF3982 - Network on Urban Research in the European Union (NUREC);
- H-XD2526 - Organización de Pre-Inversión de América Latina y el Caribe (OPALC);
- E-XE1395 - Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC);
- S-XF1223 - Pacific Asian Congress of Municipalities (PACOM);
- F-XF1792 - Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements (CITYNET);
- U-XF2861 - Sistema Regional de Capacitación para el Mejoramiento de la Administración Municipal en América Latina (SACDEL);
- D-XD3976 - Twin Cities International Association (TCIA);
- D-XD2072 - União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiaticas (UCCLA);
- H-XD7815 - Union of African Towns (UAT);
- D-XD4173 - Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC);
- H-XD6975 - World Union of Cities for Peace (WUCP).
Links indicated by: E-XE4368 - World Urban Campaign (WUC); F-XF7079 - Observatori Internacional de la Democràcia Participativa (OIDP); U-XG0385 - Local Government International Bureau (LGIB).
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- Nation State → Municipalities
- Economics → Economic
- Metapolitics → Democracy
- Development → Development
- Policy → Policy
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XB2736
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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