Newsletter 128

Newsletter 128 | June, 2025

In this edition, we continue to strengthen institutional ties by sharing our news, an opinion piece, and upcoming spaces for participation.

NEWS

Dakar to Host the First Forum of Regions on Migration Processes

At a meeting held on April 4 in Seville, within the framework of the 6th Local Economic Development Forum, the president of ORU Fogar, Rachid El Abdi, and Ahmet Youssouph Bengeloune, president of the ADS (Association of Senegalese Departments), an entity that brings together the councils of the country’s 14 departments, agreed that Dakar will host the First Forum of Regions on Migration Processes, scheduled for December 1, 2 and 3, 2025...

President of ORU Fogar at the Nice Oceans Conference

The president of ORU Fogar, Rachid El Abdi, participated in the opening session of the Oceans Conference, titled “Reaffirming the Role of Local Authorities in the Preservation of Oceans”, held on June 11 in the French city of Nice...

President Maiga speaks at the UN consultation on internally displaced persons

On June 5, the president of the Association of Regions of Mali and president of the Mopti Regional Council, Abdoulaye Maïga, participated in the consultation organized by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), representing ORU Fogar...

OPINION

Tourism as an engine of regional economic development: a glocal view

By Maximiliano Mauvecin, from GLOCAL International Organization.

"In recent decades, tourism has ceased to be a simple recreational activity to become a strategic tool for regional economic development. Its ability to energize local economies, generate employment, boost infrastructure, and strengthen cultural identities makes tourism a true engine of territorial transformation..."

UPCOMING EVENTS

Save the dates!

30 June - 3 July 2025: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development FfD4.
In Seville, Spain.

30 June to 1st July: World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments at FfD4.

14- 24 July: 2025 Edition of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). In Nueva York, United States of America.

16 July: Local and Regional Government Forum on the 2030 Agenda at the HLPF.

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Secretaría de ORU Fogar
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