Towards Formal Representation of Cities & Regions: Lessons from the EU
Towards Formal Representation of Cities & Regions: Lessons from the EU BY March 15, 2021 C ities, organized collectively around transnational municipal networks, have sought for decades to carve out a formal role for themselves within global and regional governance structures. Early municipalist visionaries, such as Emile Vinck, the first secretary general of the International Union of Local Authorities (forebear of UCLG), attempted a century ago to forge an organic bond with the League of Nations. Today, the slogan "listen to cities" resonates loudly in most United Nations conferences and pe...