Yesterday, a meeting of the Executive Board of the world organization United
Cities and Local Governments was held in videoconference mode. The Mayor of
Kazan, President of the UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA),
President of the Eurasian Regional Branch of the UCLG Ilsur Metshin took part
in the meeting.
President of UCLG, Mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Konya
Ugur Ibrahim Altay, Co-President of UCLG, Chairman of UCLG Standing Committee
on Gender Equality, President of the Regional Council of Nouakchott Region Fatimetou
Abdel Malik, Co-President of UCLG, President of the South African Local Government
Association of Bekhe Stofile and others took part in the meeting.
The participants discussed priorities of work for the near future,
upcoming events this year, as well as current urban issues, including climate
change. In the further work of the UCLG, the Mayor of Kazan proposed to focus
on the exchange of best practices that lead to optimal efficiency.
Ilsur Metshin noted that it is important to engage young people in
solving the issues that municipalities face.
As the Mayor of Kazan noted, the ideas and experience exchanged by the
participants of the event will determine the scope of work in 2023 and will
allow to develop in difficult times.