Due to COVID-19, cities start connecting more to exchange on crises, meetings are held online, the Charter is shaped thanks to collective and bilateral conversations with cities and experts from all continents.

The Charter is discussed in a series of global public meetings online held by UCLG, Metropolis, UN Habitat, SDG Festival. The Charter is also considered an elaboration of the UCLG Presidency Decalogue for the COVID-19 aftermath, launched on 22 April 2020, which identifies culture as one of the key priorities to guide the advocacy of UCLG in the coming years, as an “antidote for the secondary effects” of the COVID-19 crisis.

The first draft of the Charter is released to be globally and locally discussed in its implications.

First public appointment of the Charter, during the Global Executive Bureau of the UCLG with more than 100 Mayors from all over the world.