A “Declaration on Local Action for Disaster Reduction” is expected to be adopted by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Council, which will hold a series of meetings from  November 27 to 28 in Istanbul, Turkey. The draft declaration was prepared and presented by the Partnership for Urban Risk Reduction (PURR), an ad-hoc coalition composed of UCLG, Metropolis, Citynet, ICLEI and EMI, at the UCLG Executive Bureau meeting on July 10-11 in Quito, Ecuador.

The UCLG World Council is composed of 324 representatives of local governments including city mayors and presidents of the national league of city and municipal mayors from across the world. UCLG aims to support international cooperation between cities and their associations, and facilitates programs, networks and partnerships in building the capacities of local governments.

For more information related to the declaration, please visit EMI’s PURR webpage.