LOCAL SOCIAL COVENANT Town Hall: High-level Commitments
As part of UCLG’s structured dialogue with civil society and stakeholders process, with the 2026 UCLG Congress as a strategic horizon and passing through the World Social Summit, a written exchange will take place between the UCLG Policy Councils —made up of locally elected leaders— and the UCLG Town Hall, the space for dialogue with internationally organized civil society.
Inspired by initiatives such as the filmic correspondences (CCCB) and Letters to the Mayor (Storefront for Art and Architecture), this initiative will support the co-creation and alignment of political positions around the pillars of the Local Social Covenant, as part of the broader effort to renew the global social contract from the local level.
The full set of letters and accompanying proposals will be hosted on this page, creating a public and traceable record of the dialogue. More than a technical tool, these letters stand as witnesses to a shared political journey, underpinned by our political mandate to engage in structured dialogue with the Town Hall, in the spirit of #CitiesAreListening, initiated with the UCLG Congress in Durban in 2019 and consolidated after the adoption of our Pact for the Future of Humanity.
This journey is built on mutual recognition, accountability, and the collective responsibility to advance care, equality, democracy, and human rights.
Active participatory processes
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