The first session of the Second World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments will meet just prior to the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) Hearings for Local Authorities, taking place from 16-17 May 2016. The Assembly is the mechanism through which the local and regional government constituency will provide official inputs to the New Urban Agenda that will be adopted at Habitat III, which will convene in Quito, Ecuador, the 17-20 October 2016. The Second Assembly is a three-part process being held in the lead up to Habitat III. The meeting is being convened by the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, a coordination mechanism set up in 2013 at the initiative of the President of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and the Mayor of Istanbul, Kadir Topbaş.  

date: 15 May 2016  
venue: UN Headquarters  
location: New York City, US  
e-mail: globaltaskforce@uclg.org  
www: www.gtf2016.org
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