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About WeGO & What is WeGO’s EXCOM Meeting?

The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO), established by 50 founding members in 2010, is an international association of city and other local governments, smart tech solution providers, and national and regional institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart sustainable cities.

WeGO’s Secretariat is based in Seoul and supported by regional offices in East Asia (Chengdu, China), Eurasia (Ulyanovsk Region, Russia), the Mediterranean (Beyoğlu, Turkey), and Latin America (Mexico City, Mexico).

WeGO has more than 200 members around the world and serves as their international platform to improve the quality of life, innovate in the delivery of public services, and strengthen regional competitiveness.

The WeGO Executive Committee (EXCOM) guides the operations of WeGO and provides support for WeGO projects. The committee convenes annually in a host city selected through an official bidding process. Other invited non-EXCOM local governments and institutions also take part and share their opinions.

EXCOM members serve a term of three years and may be re-elected. The current members (2017-2020) are Addis Ababa, Beyoglu, Bucharest, Chengdu, Hebron, Goyang, Ha Noi, Jakarta, Khartoum State, Kigali, Makati, Mexico City, Moscow, Nairobi, Pittsburgh, Seberang Perai, Seoul, Ulaanbaatar and Ulyanovsk Region.


More About Past EXCOM Meetings
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• Chengdu is the administrative center of Sichuan province in South-Central China. As of 2019 the population of Chengdu was 16.33 million.
• The city is considered one of the economic centers of China, where many IT-companies are headquartered. Chengdu is considered a benchmark city in terms of the investment climate in China. In addition, this city is home to one of the country's largest aerospace industries-Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation.
• Chengdu is the center of information technology in China, the city with the largest investment inflow in Western and Central China.

• In 2019, the population of Ulyanovsk was 630 thousand people,
• The city is ranked 21st in the list of the largest cities in Russia
• The Ulyanovsk region has created attractive conditions for implementing the innovative potential of Russian and foreign scientists in the nuclear, aviation, and agricultural sectors through the targeted development of promising high-tech projects,
• One of the Top-10 most innovative regions in Russia

• Mexico City is the capital of Mexico
• Population - 9 million, the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world
• Refers to global cities, leading financial centers in North America
• The city's industry produces over 20% of the country's GDP
• The main sectors of the economy are the automotive industry, metalworking, electronics, as well as the rapidly developing chemical, food, oil refining and textile industries

• Beyoglu is a district located in Istanbul (Turkey).
• Surrounded by the waters of the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn Bay.
• Population - 230 526 people.
• Since the mid-1990s, Beyoglu has been considered one of the leading urban areas with the fastest growing economy
• The main sectors of the economy are mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, chemical and light industry, tourism.