Town Hall Consultation [18 September]

The Town Hall took place in the framework of the Local Social Covenant, a collective commitment by local and regional governments (LRGs), organized civil society, and institutional partners to re-imagine and re-negotiate the social contract from below. The Covenant builds on three core missions — people, planet, government — and translates them into care-centered services, democratic institutions, and a renewed multilateral system.

Conflict preventionand climate justice were identified as entry points because they embody both the origins and the future of the municipal movement. From the first UCLG peacebuilding gathering in 2013 to today’s accelerating climate crisis, these two themes crystallize the urgent need to protect the commons, strengthen social fabric, and reaffirm local and regional governments (LRGs) as guardians of universal rights. They are not peripheral concerns but cornerstones of a covenant that must safeguard dignity, democracy, and the planet.