Calendar of Events


UPCOMING EVENTS
  • Urban Strategy Launch. World Bank President Robert Zoellick will launch the Urban and Local Government Strategy in Singapore at the World Bank-Singapore Urban Hub’s Infrastructure Finance Conference on November 11-12. 
  • UCLG World Council. World Bank Urban Sector Manager Abha Joshi-Ghani and John Roome, World Bank Director of Sustainable Development in the East Asia Region will present the Urban and Local Government Strategy to a global group of city mayors and officials at the United Cities and Local Government’s annual World Council on November 13, 2009 in Guangzhou, China.
  • Africities Conference 2009. This conference of African cities will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco on December 16-20, 2010 with a theme of “African Regional and Local Governments’ Response to the Global crisis: promotion sustainable local development and employment.”
  • Cities Alliance Consultative Group Meeting. Cities Alliance will hold their annual Consultative Group Meeting in Mumbai, India on January 22-23. 
  • World Bank Sustainable Development Week. Themes from the Urban and Local Government Strategy will be presented  through a weeklong series of lectures and events will be held at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. January 19-21, 2010.   
  • World Urban Forum. UN-Habitat will host the annual World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 22-26, 2010 where the Urban and Local Government Strategy will be presented to Latin American and global audiences.