UCLG-MEWA Secretary General Dr. Mehmet Duman made the opening speech at the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of the Union of City Councils of Türkiye held on Saturday, January 14, 2023.
Duman emphasized that “solutions to global problems start locally,” which is also the mission of UCLG-MEWA and underlined the importance of city councils playing an active role in the Local Agenda 21 process that emerged within the scope of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
The Union of City Councils of Türkiye is the co-chairman of the UCLG-MEWA Committee on City Diplomacy and Local Governance, one of the six committees of UCLG-MEWA, and a member of UCLG-MEWA Committee on Smart Cities and Urban Mobility, Committee on Environment, Committee on Culture and Tourism, Committee on Social Inclusion and the Committee on Gender Equality.
The Secretary-General invited the Union to contribute more actively to the committee’s work.