The Committee on Local Economic and Social Development is a voluntary community of local authorities, representatives of local governments and associations of local and regional governments, members of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).

It is an organized group of local governments, and a group of members from different sections of UCLG, and it has a specialized Technical Secretariat.

The Committee reinforces cooperation among local and regional governments and promotes their recognition in the construction of new models of economic and social development. It is, therefore, a tool to promote the co-responsibility of local and regional actors for sustainable global action.

Constituted at the World Council Meeting held in Hangzhou in December 2017 it is chaired by The Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI), in coordination with its role as secretariat of the World Forum ofLocal Economic Development.

The Committee contributes to UCLG general objectives by strengthening cooperation between local governments in different regions of the world and developing content related to sustainable local economic development for social cohesion and gender equality.

In order to consolidate the messages from our leaders on the topic of local economic and social development towards the V Global Forum, the Committee launched the document “Key messages from local governments on local economic and social development" with the aim of collecting contributions that enriched the discussion.

This publication aims to order key concepts and proposals that contributed to the process of reflection and commitment of local governments with sustainable economic and social development articulated in three main content axes:

1. Territory as the basis of social, economic and environmental innovation

2. Territorial economic and productive models to address inequality

3. The future of work and the work of the future from a territorial perspective