New Multilateralism

The global municipal movement has seen multilateralism, not only as an interlocutor for local and regional governments in their role as political actors, but also as critical enabler of sustainable policies. This situates its World Organization, UCLG, at the heart of international discussions in a shifting global order, where universal multilateralism is migrating towards plurilateral efforts with fragmented, multi-actor initiatives.

At the risk of seeing some of the core values defended by the movement sidelined by more transactional relations, the municipal movement needs to support reframing multilateralism as networked governance. This session will address which actors we need to involve, how to anchor values in tangible results and how avoid internalizing fragmentation while responding to different needs.