The Africities 7 Summit, the seventh edition of the Local Governments Pan-African Days, will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 29 November to 3 December 2015.
Its central theme will be: “Shaping the future of Africa with the people: the contribution of African local authorities to agenda 2063 of the African union.” The Summit has long been a highlight for the gathering of African local authorities and intends to be the mouthpiece of the 15000 African local governments from all the regions of Africa. The Africities Summit pursues two major objectives namely defining appropriate shared strategies in order to improve the living conditions of the people at the local level and to contribute to the integration, peace and unity of Africa starting from the grassroots. The Africities 7 Summit is organised in three segments:Thematic Sessions
The Summit will deepen the theme of shaping the future of Africa with the people. The contribution of the African local authorities to the African Union 2063 Agenda will be supported with a development of local government policies and strategies to meet the needs of the people in concrete situations.Open Sessions
Allow different networks of African local authorities and networks wishing to work with the African local authorities to present their proposals and to contribute to the reflections. Open sessions will be organised in three blocks:- The block of African local coalitions: which will address the relationship between;
- The block of UCLG-A programs: which will take stock of the work done by the organisation in implementing its long term perspectives strategy, also known as the Governance, Advocacy and decentralised development in Africa. (GADDEPA)
- The block partnerswishing to cooperate with African local authorities for proposals local authorities and the different African local stakeholders of programs, methods and tools in response to the main concerns of African local governments.
