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Local Governments for Sustainability

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Business and Industry
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Governance
  • Law of the Sea and Antarctica
  • Population
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • United Nations Funding
  • Water

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Atmosphere
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Gender equality
  • Human settlements
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Institutional arrangements
  • Land management
  • Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
  • Poverty
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Rural Development
  • Sanitation
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Sustainable development for Africa
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
  • Sustainable development of SIDS
  • Transport
  • Waste (solid)
  • Waste Management
  • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
  • Luxembourg
  • United States of America
  • Belgium
  • Mongolia
  • Croatia
  • Ireland
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Portugal
  • Namibia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Malaysia
  • El Salvador
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Cameroon
  • Morocco
  • Serbia
  • New Zealand
  • Bulgaria
  • Denmark
  • Poland
  • Italy
  • Peru
  • Uganda
  • Costa Rica
  • Greece
  • Burkina Faso
  • Philippines
  • Ecuador
  • Israel
  • Bhutan
  • Mauritius
  • Bangladesh
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Eswatini
  • Zambia
  • Finland
  • Georgia
  • Kenya
  • Spain
  • Senegal
  • Estonia
  • Türkiye
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Austria
  • Maldives
  • Chile
  • France
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • India
  • State of Palestine
  • Czechia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Colombia
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Romania
  • Botswana
  • China
  • Indonesia
  • Nepal
  • Hungary
  • South Africa
  • Mexico
  • Uruguay
  • Japan
  • Ethiopia
  • Iceland
  • Sweden
  • Ukraine
  • Cyprus
  • Republic of Korea
  • Netherlands
  • Ghana
  • Norway
  • Brazil
  • Australia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Burundi
  • Rwanda
  • Malawi
  • Switzerland
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2002
    Number and type of members: Members of ICLEI shall be local spheres of government (local and regional governments and authorities), as defined in the particular country, and international, regional, national and sub-national associations of such municipal governments and authorities, which support the ICLEI´s mission, mandate and principles as stated in the Charter. As of 2014, ICLEI´s membership exceeds over 1000 towns, cities, metropolises from over 80 countries serving to more than 20% of world´s urban population. ICLEI is democratically governed by its Members through a Global Council. The ICLEI Council represents ICLEI’s global membership by way of representative democracy. It is the supreme decision-making and oversight body of the global association. The Council has sole power to amend the Charter, elects members to the ICLEI Global Executive Committee and establishes directions for the Association and adopt the ICLEI Strategic Plan. The Council is composed of all voting members of the ICLEI Regional Executive Committees. Each Regional Executive Committee carries one vote on the Council. The Global Executive Committee represents members of the Association at the global level. The Global Executive Committee has the sole power to adopt and amend the By-Laws of the Association, to call meetings of the Council, to approve the establishment of regional, sub-regional and country offices and is the only body, other than the Council, that has the power to decide policy for the Association. The Global Executive Committee is made up of one appointed member from each of the 9 Regional Executive Committees and a maximum of 6 additional Portfolio seat Members nominated by the ICLEI Secretary General.
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Product sales and business services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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