Start Date : 14 Sept 04   End Date : 14 Sept 04 Location: Barcelona, Spain

The 8th Steering Group Meeting was held in conjunction with the second World Urban Forum in Barcelona. As the Steering Group had previously met just three months ago, no formal progress report was circulated. The meeting focused on specific areas where partnerships could be built amongst various Steering Group members and the Campaign secretariat at UN-HABITAT, including national campaigns, promotion of various tools produced by the Campaign, and the dissemination and application of the Urban Governance Index. The participation of the UCLG Secretary-General helped to take the discussions on UCLG/UN-HABITAT collaboration forward in a constructive manner.

The second half of the Steering Group Meeting was dedicated to a discussion on the Localising MDGs proposal. The group was expanded to include members of the Programme Review Committee of the Urban Management Programme, including Sida and SDC. This was an attempt to open up the discussion on Localising MDGs to the partners of the Governance Campaign, and to discuss possible cooperation in this area.