address care in our day-to-day work, as well as the importance of our strengthened relations with the UN Agencies.
Care at the heart of local service provision the UCLG Executive Bureau
Our UCLG Executive Bureau, held virtually, was our first moment of the year to reflect on the developing narrative of UCLG, and brought to life the solidarity on display from local and regional governments, and allowed to bring to the forefront some critical topics for the world organization that had been growing over the year, such as Development Cooperation and Migration. The Executive Bureau built on our work during the pandemic by bringing to the table the discussion around the new essentials. Through political dialogues around Digitalization and Healthy cities and territories, we brought local and regional perspectives on what needs to be done to include all populations to the digital sphere, and how to develop cities and territories that care for our communities’ health. The Policy Dialogue around Digitalization brought to the table partners such as Microsoft, who called on the need to skill public servants, and highlighted the importance of harnessing technology from the local level to enhance democracy and to serve communities, fostering the development potential of people. Our policy dialogue on health brought together representatives from the World Health Organization, WE MEET
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