UCLG-MEWA has participated in the international workshop among Kütahya Municipality and Pecs Municipality that was held in the framework of Town Twinning Program by EU Grant Scheme.

With the decision of the UCLG-MEWA Congress held in Amman on 9-10 July 2019, the Committee on Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy and the Committee on Local Governance were united under the name of “Committee on City Diplomacy and Local Governance”.

UCLG-MEWA visited Mansur Yavaş, Mayor of Ankara (Turkey), who was elected as the Ombudsman of the Organization for the 2019-2022 Term.

One of the eight sessions held during the Congress focused on “The Challenges and Opportunities for Big Data and Open Data for Local Governments”.

UCLG-MEWA continues to work ensuring a stronger representation for local governments in the MEWA Region.

Fatma Şahin, Mayor of Gaziantep and UCLG-MEWA President for 2016-2019 term, visited the General Secretariat of UCLG-MEWA prior to UCLG-MEWA Congress which will be held from 9-10 July 2019 in Amman, the capital city of Jordan.

UCLG-MEWA continues to review its work with the Presidency Council. In this context; Vahap Seçer, who was elected as the Mayor of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, the cochairman of UCLG-MEWA, and Mayor of Yenişehir (Mersin) Abdullah Özyiğit visited UCLG-MEWA on June 14th.

Mehmet Duman, UCLG-MEWA Secretary General, and his delegation visited Zinnur Büyükgöz, who was elected as the Mayor of Gebze and who also serves as UCLG Treasurer for the 2016-2019 Period.

Signed by the members, report of the Committee Meeting will be presented to the 6th UCLG-MEWA Congress.

Mehmet Duman, UCLG-MEWA Secretary General, had participated in the 18th General Conference and Executive Board at the Arab Towns Organization (ATO), in Amman, Jordan, on 24-25 June 2019. The conference was organized jointly by ATO and Greater Amman Municipality at Hussein Cultural Center in Amman, Jordan.

Closing Meeting organized within the context of “Power the Revolution for Climate Action Project" was held on 13 June 2019, under the auspices of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. In the event, Mehmet Duman, UCLG-MEWA Secretary General, moderated the session titled “Building Environmentally Resilient Cities”.

UCLG-MEWA Presidency continues to meet with local governments representatives in the MEWA region. Within this context, Mohamed Saadie, UCLG-MEWA Co-President and President of Union Municipalities of Dannieh, paid a series of official visits to local governments in Istanbul.

On 28 May 2019, UCLG-MEWA Secretary General and his accompanying delegation visited Şerdil Dara Odabaşı, Mayor of Kadıköy, in his office. In the local elections held on 31 March 2019 in Turkey, one of the countries of the MEWA Region, Şerdil Dara Odabaşı was selected as the Mayor of Kadıköy.

UCLG-MEWA, World Academy for Local Government and Democracy (WALD) and Rumeli University Global Policy Application and Research Center (RUPAM) signed a cooperation protocol on 27 May 2019. The protocol was made within the context of the Migration, Urban Development, and Urban Liveability Project.

eing on the agenda of all countries around the world, the Sustainable Development Goals have been on the agenda of the Arab cities now.

Awareness Raising Seminar on the Protection of Cultural Heritage”, organized by Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, took place on 9-10 May 2019

Kourosh Moghtaderi, cultural attaché at the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran, visited UCLG-MEWA General Secretariat, on 26 April 2019.

The 3rd International Environmental Conference IREMCON was held on 28-29 March 2019 in Istanbul Expo Center.

UCLG-MEWA continues to follow the developments and programs related to the thematic areas under its committees. We were at the 6th Istanbul Carbon Summit.

Members of the UCLG-MEWA Committees on Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy, and Environment, two of the committees of UCLG-MEWA established in the thematic areas, gathered in Ramallah, Palestine, on 15-16 April 2019.