We are pleased to announce the 1st 2014 Biannual Meeting of the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), to be held in Gwangju (South Korea) from 15 to 18 May 2014 at the invitation of Mayor of the city, Mr. Kang Un-Tae, a member of the Committee's collegiate presidency
The meeting will be held during the 4th World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF), which will be celebrated under the topic "Towards a global alliance of human rights cities for all". Please, click on the following link to see the Concept note and program of the WHRCF 2014
The WHRCF is an annual meeting of key actors and stakeholders engaged in building human rights cities (local governments, experts, United Nations agencies, professionals, etc.), which has been organized since 2011. The Forum aims to foster the vision of a "human rights city" as defined in the Gwangju Declaration adopted at the 1st WHRCF.
Objectives of the Committee's 1st 2014 Biannual Meeting:
1. Discuss and approve the 2014-2016 Strategic Plan
The primary objective of the 1st 2014 Biannual Meeting will be to discuss and approve the Committee's new Strategic Plan for the 2014-2016 mandate. A draft of the document will be soon be disseminated, based on the discussions that took place at the 2013 Annual Meeting held in Rabat during the 2nd Local and Regional Leaders World Summit – 4th UCLG Congress.
2. Discuss and approve the Committee's new governance structure
The proposal made at the 2013 Annual Meeting to create a Collegiate Presidency for the 2014-2016 triennium will be discussed.
3. Brainstorming about the organization of the 2nd World Summit of Local Governments for the Right to the City
The event, which is scheduled for 2015, aims to promote the exchange of experiences between representatives of local governments, members of international networks of social movements and human rights experts on how to implement the right to the city at local level. The event will continue the debates that took place during the 1st World Summit of Local Governments for the Right to the City, which was held in Saint-Denis (France) in December 2012, where the discussion focused on how to take forward the implementation of the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City and the European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City.
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