UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has established a High Level Panel of Eminent
Persons to advise him on this issue. This Panel is being co-chaired by
the British Prime Minister and Presidents of Indonesia and Liberia. It
also has the Mayor of Istanbul and President of United Cities and Local
Governments (UCLG) as a member. The first meeting of the Panel was held
at the Commonwealth Secretariat headquarters, Marlborough House, in London 31
October to 2 November 2012. I attach a copy of a Statement which CLGF
presented on that occasion, and which highlighted 3 main issues:
·
Setting social targets to address the needs of the vulnerable and most
marginalised
·
Recognising local government as a partner in development
·
Building local democracy and democratic governance into the post-2015
agenda
CLGF is
currently developing its position into the post 2015 agenda in more detail, and
is working closely with a number of partners including UNDP, the Commonwealth
Secretariat and the United Cities and Local Governments, and its Global
Taskforce of Local and Regional leaders for the 2015 and Habitat III Process,
on which our Chairperson Mayor Lawrence Yule is represented.
In
addition, it has been agreed that UNDP will undertake a formal consultation of
CLGF members on the post-2015 agenda during the CLGF Conference, Development
Local Government: Putting Local Government at the Heart of Development,
Kampala, 14-17 May 2013; the outcomes of this consultation will be presented to
UN and to the Commonwealth leaders. I hope that your organisation, as a valued
member of CLGF, is making arrangements for senior representation at our Kampala
Conference. For registration and other details, please see http://www.clgc2013.org/
In the
meantime, the UN has started a process of undertaking national consultations
about the post-2015 agenda which is expected to cover 100 member
countries. A number of these consultations will be held imminently and I
strongly recommend your organisation to seek to be represented at your national
consultation to ensure that local government has a voice at the table and is
able to argue for being taken into account in the development of the post-2015
agenda. In this connection, you may wish to make reference to the points
already made in the CLGF submission to the High Level Panel.
For further
information about consultations already announced, please see:
I would
appreciate it if you could provide CLGF with any feedback regarding your inputs
into your national consultation, including copies of any written submissions
which you may be making. These will be helpful for the official UNDP
Consultation at the Kampala Conference in May 2013.
Kind
regards
CARL WRIGHT
Secretary General
CLGF
Advice from CLGF
