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Welcome 2017! Message from Secretary General
Dear valued members and partners, As this is the first e-News in 2017, let me wish you Happy New Year 2017! May the New Year bring everyone happiness and more prosperity. Entering the year 2017,we, at the Secretariat, took time reflecting on what we have completed in the year 2016. Commitments and declarations were made, activities relating to capacity building, advocacy and project development, were conducted; and we purposefully engaged in the New Urban Agenda adopted last September in Quito. All were not possible without active engagement of members and joint collaborative effort with Partners. Thank you, members and partners!
Now, there is a question that lies before us. What’s next in 2017? As person looking for personal development more and more, the same applies to UCLG ASPAC Secretariat Office. The team has conducted internal management evaluation. The evaluation comprised secretariat’s personnel performance review as well as development of 1-year plan of contribution. The term evaluation here also included survey sent out to members in order to optimize its role in assisting local governments in Asia-Pacific region to accelerate their development. A variety of inputs was received and taken into consideration. While the survey might still be on-going, the Secretariat Team has prepared a number of activities as follow-ups of 2016’s actions. Keeping the same spirit to advocate, develop capacity of local authorities, implement programmes that give positive impacts to local community, UCLG ASPAC invites all of its members to get involved in upcoming activities throughout the year. Save the date and be prepared! - Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi Secretary General of UCLG ASPAC
February
Organizers 1st Conference for 50 Years of ASEAN: Paving the way for Local Dynamics in a Regional Context
Makati, Philippines
UCLG ASPAC, KAS Manila
5–7
UCLG ASPAC Exbu Meeting
Catbalogan, Philippines
UCLG ASPAC
18-20
UCLG World Exbu Meeting and International Forum on Peace and Participatory Democracy
Madrid, Spain
UCLG World
9-12
CIFAL Jeju Culture
Jeju, Korea
South
10-13
2nd UCLG Culture Summit Side event: ASPAC Session on Culture
Jeju, Korea
South
30 May – 2 June (TBC)
CIFAL Jeju Training Disaster Risk Reduction
Jeju, Korea
South
16 – 17
April
May Training
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CIFAL Jeju, Jeju Special SelfGoverning Province, UCLG ASPAC Jeju Special SelfGoverning Province, UCLG ASPAC CIFAL Jeju, Jeju Special SelfGoverning Province, UCLG ASPAC
June TBC
DELGOSEA Workshop
TBC
UCLG ASPAC, KAS Manila
ASEAN Mayors Forum
Metro Manila, Philippines
ASEAN-UCLG ASPAC
UCLG Meeting
Fuzhou, China
UCLG ASPAC
August TBC
November 1-3
ASPAC
Council
*) Note Above activities do not include the projects and city-to-city cooperation either on multilateral or bilateral basis.