What's New
UCLG ASPAC Council Meeting 2021:
Kicking Off The New Chapter
25 February 2021 | UCLG ASPAC held the Council Meeting 2021 in hybrid mode attended by hundreds of local governments and representatives from cities, local governments and associations in Indonesia (onsite) and within the Asia-Pacific sub-region (online). The meeting was organised as a response to the postponement of UCLG ASPAC Congress that was planned to be held in Zhengzhou 24-28 April 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Discussion held in this meeting marked the new chapter of the organisation as it elected the new Governing Body (President, Co-Presidents), Council and Executive Bureau members, discussed the UCLG ASPAC Manifesto 2021-2025, the work plan 2021, approved new member, and other essential matters. Click
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Asia-Pacific Perspective in the UCLG Retreat and Campus
15-22 February 2021 | UCLG World held a retreat and campus taking theme “A Global Community that Cares.” For the first time, the event was organised virtually laying out how the organisation would act as a global community that work and care for the people, planet, and government. Represented by Secretary General Dr. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, UCLG ASPAC, the largest regional section of UCLG, showcased the organisation’s strategic plan for five years 2021-2025. Click
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Daejeon's "Mind Talk Talk" Bus: Supporting Citizen's Mental Health
DAEJEON Metropolitan City puts special attention on its people’s mental health. To ensure people can easily reach out for mental support, the city started the operation of “Mind Talk Talk Bus,”a service for psychological support, along with the “Daejeon Regional Mental Health Welfare Centre.” This is also a response of the city not only to pandemic that raises the attention to the mental health, but also to the Epidemiological Survey of Psychiatric Illnesses in Korea in 2016. Click
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Gunsan: Putting People First in Running Renewable Energy Programmes
RESPONDING to the global climate change crisis, city of Gunsan announced its ambition to run renewable energy programmes together with people in 2021. Gunsan also sets plan to promote various policies and development projects on Saemangeum more systematically to ensure public are well informed. To overcome the climate change crisis, city of Gunsan pursues diverse and sustainable energy policies. To make a flexible transition to a carbon-neutral era, Gunsan plays a role as a leading city in Saemangeum, the centre of carbon neutrality and the Korean-style Green New Deal. Click
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2021 Cheongju Craft Biennale: The World's First and High Level Craft Exhibition
8 September – 17 October 2021 | Cheongju – The 2021 Cheongju Craft Biennale, the world's first and the most significant event in the world of crafts and an international exhibition representing craft cities around the world will be held from September 8 to October 17 this year in the Culture Factory and nearby areas in Cheongju. Despite the Covid-19, it is expected that about 1,000 artists from 40 different countries are to participate in the 2021 Cheongju Craft Biennale. Since its first edition in 1999, the event has introduced all genres of craft such as ceramics, woodcraft, textile and metalcraft of Korea and abroad every two years. Click
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