{"id":24,"date":"2025-09-21T03:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T03:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siteemcriacao.com.br\/iclei\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:25:55","slug":"about-iclei","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/siteemcriacao.com.br\/iclei\/en\/sobre-o-iclei\/","title":{"rendered":"About ICLEI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who we are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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ICLEI \u2013 Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of over 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in over 125 countries, we influence sustainability policies and drive local action for zero-carbon, nature-based, equitable, resilient, and circular development.<\/p>\n

Our network and team of specialists work together, offering access to knowledge, partnerships and training to generate systemic changes for urban sustainability.<\/p>\n

ICLEI South America connects its more than 150 member governments in 8 countries to this global movement. In 2018, to continue building strong support relationships with its members, the Regional Secretariat opened two National Coordination Offices, in Colombia and Argentina, respectively. The office in Colombia is hosted by the Metropolitan Area of the Aburr\u00e1 Valley (AMVA); and in Argentina, it is hosted by the city of Rosario. In 2020, the ICLEI Brazil Office was established, based in S\u00e3o Paulo, with the same approach of supporting the largest member base in South America, which today brings together 95 Brazilian subnational governments. In order to strengthen the agenda and to be closer to strategic regions in the country, ICLEI Brazil inaugurated, in 2021, the work of the Subnational Offices in Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, and the Southern Region.<\/p>\n

Over these years, ICLEI South America has excelled in developing and implementing projects on the themes of: Climate and Low Carbon Development, Resilience, Solid Waste, Sustainable Public Procurement, Urban Biodiversity, among others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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ICLEI was founded in 1990 by 200 local governments from 43 countries, who met at the first World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Our operations began in 1991, with the World Secretariat in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n

Our first global programmes were Local Agenda 21, a programme promoting participatory governance and local sustainable development planning, and Cities for Climate Protection\u2122 (CCP), the world\u2019s first and largest programme supporting cities in climate action planning. ICLEI\u2019s programmes evolved from working solely on environmental aspects to embracing broader sustainability issues. The ICLEI Council recognised this and formally broadened the association\u2019s mandate in 2003, when it was renamed ICLEI \u2013 Local Governments for Sustainability.<\/p>\n

ICLEI has been active in Latin America since 1994. The first office for Latin America and the Caribbean was established in Santiago, Chile, in June 1996, and the first Regional Secretariat was based in Rio de Janeiro in October 2000. The city of Buenos Aires was chosen as the headquarters of the Latin American and Caribbean Secretariat between 2006 and 2010, during which time a Project Office was also established in Brazil, in S\u00e3o Paulo. In 2011, the current Secretariat for South America was established in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<\/p>\n

Still in 2011, a new model for our activities in the region was approved, with twoSecretariats, the Secretariat for South America, currently led by the ICLEI office in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, and the Secretariat for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (MECS), led by the ICLEI office team in Mexico.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Strategic Vision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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ICLEI specialists are working alongside local and regional governments to anticipate and respond to complex challenges, from urbanisation and climate change to ecosystem degradation and inequality. We invest in the capacity and knowledge needed to design solutions for these challenges and make decisions informed by data, scientific evidence, and local contexts.<\/p>\n

ICLEI leads the way in knowledge exchange and sparks city-to-city and city-to-region connections around the world. Peer-to-peer exchange and capacity building are at the centre of what we do.<\/p>\n

On a national and global scale, we influence policies that reflect the interests of local and regional governments and apply global policies to sustainable urban development strategies at the sub-national level.<\/p>\n

We form strategic alliances with international organisations, national governments, academic and financial institutions, civil society and the private sector. We create space for innovation and lead our partners to build new ways of supporting sustainable development at an urban scale.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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At the subnational level, ICLEI drives change along five interconnected pathways that cut across sectors and jurisdictional boundaries. This vision enables local and regional governments to think holistically and adopt an integrated approach to sustainable urban development.<\/p>\n

The ICLEI team and subnational government representatives work collaboratively at a municipal or regional level to identify challenges and take success factors to the next level. Through this joint action, we foster long-term and broader thinking on sustainable urban development.<\/p>\n

A project or initiative can be guided by a specific pathway, such as resilient development. Our team explores the connection points with other pathways to foster systemic change \u2013 for example, by looking at where equity intersects with resilience, or where nature-based solutions can contribute.<\/p>\n

On an urban scale, these pathways balance human life patterns, the built environment, and natural systems in and around our cities. This changes individual communities and, through collective action, creates a multiplier effect that drives sustainable development at national, regional, and global levels. These pathways embody the goals and values set out in the global sustainability agenda and are a means of achieving progress at all levels.<\/p>\n

These paths are part of ICLEI's 2024-2030 Strategic Vision and Commitment, and guide the network to optimise solutions that consider the interconnections of urban systems, creating more resilient and sustainable cities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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