VP Faure UCLG-A speech |13 May 2014
Keynote address by Vice President Danny Faure on the occasion of the 10th Ordinary Executive Committee meeting of the United Cities and Local Governments – Africa
Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,
It is truly an immense honour and pleasure to welcome to our shores the 10th Ordinary Executive Committee Meeting of the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa.
We thank all those who have travelled from near and far to be present for this meeting and I hope that you have an enjoyable stay with us.
We feel privileged to host for the very first time an Executive Committee meeting of UCLG-A-the umbrella organization of all local governments of Africa.
In the hands of the Mayor of Dakar, H.E. Mr. Khalifa Sall as current President of UCLG-A and the strong leadership of the Secretary General of UCLG-A, H.E. Mr. Jean-Pierre Elong-Mbassi, our organization has already done a fantastic job in broadening and deepening the networks of cities of Africa, and creating global awareness on the role of local authorities as partners in development.
In this year that we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of local administration in Seychelles, we are proud to add a new layer to the broad partnership that we are building with UCLG-A as we collectively reinvigorate efforts aimed at improving local governance and building sustainable cities in Africa. (Whole speech under LIVING Menu)