Ilsur Metshin participated in the UCLG Executive Bureau meeting in Durban

President of the UCLG - Eurasia, mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in the meeting of the UCLG Executive Bureau with participation of the presidents and representatives of all seven branches of the UCLG. The Executive Bureau members met for the last time prior the 2019-2022 elections of the governing bodies of the world organization, which will be held next Friday in Durban at the meeting of the UCLG World Council.

The meeting, where the statutory issues of the world organization were discussed, was held by the President of UCLG, ex-mayor of Johannesburg (South Africa), member of the Johannesburg city Council - Mpho Parks Tau.

The participants of the meeting exchanged opinions on the work done over the past three years and proposals for the implementation of key tasks of the world organization in the future. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the UCLG Eurasian office from Yakutsk, Astrakhan, Kyzyl, Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Rostov-on-Don, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and Moscow.

United cities and local governments is a voluntary international organization for the unions and individual municipalities, founded in 2004 in order to effectively implement the rights of citizens to local self-government. UCLG is the most powerful and influential organization in the field of strengthening the interaction of local governments, their representation on the world stage, including the UN, and the implementation of democratic principles