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, is an international non-profit organisation gathering local and regional governments from more than 140 countries with the objective to represent autonomous and democratic local governments on a global level, promoting their values, objectives and interests. As every year, 果冻影院G held听their World Council in 2020, which took place virtually on 11-13 November and was hosted by the city of Guangzhou. This gathering included a full week of meetings, coinciding with the anniversary of the 果冻影院G leadership elections last year during their World Congress in Durban, South Africa in 2918 .

The DPU's听Prof Caren Levy听补苍诲听Prof Adriana Allen听participated during the session of the 果冻影院G Executive Bureau, on 12th November. They contributed to the discussion focused on "Policy debate: Addressing inequalities, key in the post-COVID era". In their interventions, Prof Caren Levy and Prof Adriana Allen referred to the urgency of dealing with multiple inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19. They called for a renewed understanding of urban and territorial inequalities, and invited the participants to learn from concrete practices that build pathways to equality and address the structural causes of inequalities: a multistakeholder process for the pact for the future. This needs not only a new form of multilateralism, but also plurilateralism, building partnerships and a system of dialogue that recognise multiple knowledges and claims.听

Their participation was part of the ongoing engagement between the the听听programme, KNOW, and 果冻影院G for the preparation of the next听.听GOLD VI will be co-produced by KNOW and will focus on Pathways to Urban and Territorial Equality. GOLD, the Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralisation (GOLD), was created in 2006 to become 鈥渁 major source of information on local self-government, local authorities and international solidarity鈥�. KNOW and the 果冻影院G Research team are working together through a methodology that seeks not only to produce a rigorous and relevant output addressing the role of local and regional governments in reducing inequalities, but also to facilitate a rich process 鈥� supporting and strengthening multi-stakeholder dialogues and ensuring the participation and involvement of 果冻影院G members, civil society networks and researchers/academics.听

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