The Executive Committee of UCLG Africa Holds its 27th Session to Review the Results of the Africities Summit Kisumu
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- August 2, 2022
The 27th Ordinary Session of the Executive Committee of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) met today, August 02, 2022, in the Region of Nouakchott, Mauritania.
This 27th session of the Executive Committee is the first of the new leadership team of UCLG Africa elected at the General Assembly on May 19, 2022, in Kisumu, Kenya during the Africities 9 Summit.
It is mainly devoted to the approval of the accounts of the organization for the year 2021, to the evaluation of the results of the Africities Summit (Kisumu, May 17-21, 2022), to the discussion of the strategic orientations of the new leadership team of UCLG Africa, and to the participation of Africa in the bodies and commissions of UCLG-World.
The official opening of the 27th session was honoured by the presence of their Excellencies the Minister of Interior and Decentralization, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Urbanism; as well as the President of the Association of Mayors of Mauritania, the Presidents of the Mauritanian Regions and several other important personalities.
On the side of UCLG Africa, the session was held under the chairmanship of Mrs Fatimetou Abdel Malick, President of the Region of Nouakchott (Mauritania) and President of UCLG Africa, in the presence of:
- Ms Christine Mba Ndutume, Mayor of Libreville (Gabon) and Vice-President of UCLG Africa for the Central African Region;
- Mme Kouame Badou Harlette, spouse N’Guessan, Mayor of the Commune of Arrash, and Secretary General of the Union of Cities and Communes of Côte d’Ivoire, representing Mr. Claude Paulin Danho, President of the Union of Cities and Communes of Côte d’Ivoire (UVICOCI) and Vice President of UCLG Africa for the West Africa Region;
- M. Jeffrey Sibisibi, President of the Botswana Local Authorities Association (BALA) and Vice President of UCLG Africa for the Southern Africa Region;
- Mme Rohey Malick Lowe, Mayor of The City of Banjul (The Gambia), and President of the Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (REFELA).
As a reminder, the Executive Committee of UCLG Africa is the body in charge of the political direction of the organization. The Executive Committee is composed of 16 members, 15 members elected by the General Assembly of UCLG Africa (3 for each of the 5 regions of Africa), plus the President of the Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA), which is the standing committee for gender equality of UCLG Africa.
