United Cities and Local Governments

Summary

United Cities and Local Governments is an organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• United Cities and Local Governments's field of work was Sustainable Development Goals^[3].
• United Cities and Local Governments's field of work was climate change mitigation^[4].
• United Cities and Local Governments's field of work was urbanization^[5].
• United Cities and Local Governments's field of work was Habitat III^[6].
• United Cities and Local Governments's field of work was gender equality^[7].
• United Cities and Local Governments's field of work was disaster risk reduction^[8].
• United Cities and Local Governments is located in Gothic Quarter^[9].
• United Cities and Local Governments is in the country of Spain^[10].
• United Cities and Local Governments's image is recorded as UCLG World Congress Rabat 2013.jpg^[11].
• United Cities and Local Governments's instance of is recorded as organization^[12].
• United Cities and Local Governments's instance of is recorded as non-governmental organization^[13].
• United Cities and Local Governments's official language is recorded as English^[14].
• United Cities and Local Governments's official language is recorded as French^[15].
• United Cities and Local Governments's official language is recorded as Spanish^[16].
• United Cities and Local Governments's logo image is recorded as UCLG logo.png^[17].
• United Cities and Local Governments's headquarters location is recorded as Barcelona^[18].
• United Cities and Local Governments's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123256955^[19].
• United Cities and Local Governments's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167631234^[20].
• United Cities and Local Governments's GND ID is recorded as 10354574-8^[21].
• United Cities and Local Governments's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2008060881^[22].
• United Cities and Local Governments's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 161809307^[23].
• United Cities and Local Governments's IdRef ID is recorded as 131179977^[24].
• United Cities and Local Governments's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA16692027^[25].
• United Cities and Local Governments's child organization or unit is recorded as UCLG — Eurasia^[26].
• United Cities and Local Governments's child organization or unit is recorded as UCLG Middle East and West Asia^[27].

Body

Founding

+2004-05-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Cities and Local Governments^[28].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'United Cities and Local Governments'}^[29], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Cités et Gouvernements locaux unis'}^[30], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos'}^[31]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UCLG'}^[32], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CGLU'}^[33], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'CGLU'}^[34], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ОГМВ'}^[35].

Leadership

United Cities and Local Governments's chairperson is recorded as Ilsur Metshin^[36].

Operations

United Cities and Local Governments's headquarters location is recorded as Barcelona^[18]. Subsidiaries include UCLG — Eurasia^[26]; UCLG Middle East and West Asia^[27], an international organization^[37], headquartered in Istanbul^[38]; UCLG — Asia-Pacific^[39]; Council of European Municipalities and Regions^[40], an organization^[41], in Belgium^[42], founded in 1951^[43], headquartered in Brussels^[44]; UCLG — Latin America^[45]; and UCLG — North America^[46].

Industry

Fields of work include Sustainable Development Goals^[3], a plan^[47], founded in 2012^[48]; climate change mitigation^[4], a field of work^[49]; urbanization^[5]; Habitat III^[6], a colloquium^[50]; gender equality^[7], a concept^[51]; and disaster risk reduction^[8].

Why It Matters

United Cities and Local Governments ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[52] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[53]