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First World Forum on Local Economic Development Agencies
Monday, 10 October 2011
The "First World Forum on Local Economic Development Agencies" (ADEL Forum) took place in Seville (Spain) from 5 to 7 October 2011 on the initiative of the Andalucía Autonomous Regional Government, ART-UNDP and the Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI). More than 1,300 delegates from 47 countries attended the meeting, representing...
Meeting on participatory budgeting in Rivas Vaciamadrid
Thursday, 22 September 2011
On the occasion of the 4th Assembly of the Spanish Participatory Budgeting Network, the municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid, the FAL Network and the Spanish Participatory Budgeting Network have convened a European meeting from 21 to 23 October in order to exchange local experiences of participatory democracy. To see the programme of the meeting, please click here....
The Gobal Charter-Agente for Human Rights in the City is presented in Montreal
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Ecocity World Summit, an event aimed at reflecting on how to build and manage sustainable cities from an environmental, social and political perspective. One of the themes of the Summit focused on the issues of "Governance and Democracy" and in this context, Montréal City Council organised a round table on "Human rights in the city", to which it invited the...
The PARLOCAL Project ends
Thursday, 22 September 2011
PARLOCAL is a project focused on doing research, providing training and strengthening networks for participatory democracy and participatory budgeting which the Malaga Provincial Council, the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU) and the Municipality of Paysandu (Uruguay) launched in 2010 with financial support from the European Union. Over a 2-year...
The Commitee at the Tavira Summer University 2011
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
The third edition of the Summer University, this time on "Societies in Transition, building inclusive communities from the local level", was held from 6 to 9 September in the municipality of Tavira (Algarve, Portugal). This activity is a result of the three-way partnership between a civil society organisation, the Asociación In Loco; a research centre, the Centro...
Next UCLG World Council in Florence
Friday, 02 September 2011
The next meeting of the UCLG World Council will be held between 9 and 11 December 2011 in Florence (Italy), at the invitation of the Mayor Matteo Renzi. UCLG will soon be sending the registration forms and all the relevant logistics information. At the Council meeting, the Committee will present the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City for formal...
Josep Roig, new UCLG Secretary General taking office
Friday, 02 September 2011
The meeting of the UCLG Executive Bureau in Rabat held from 22 to 24 June 2011, appointed Josep Roig as UCLG Secretary General after an international selection process. Josep Roig, who has been Secretary General of Metropolis since 2000, has been involved in the UCLG´s Metropolitan section as a founding and active member since 1985. He is an economist by profession...
New policies available in the Social Inclusion Observatory
Friday, 20 May 2011
In 2007, the Committee laid the foundations for the creation of an International Observatory on Local Social Inclusion Policies. The initiative aimed to place a consultation tool for the design and implementation of local social inclusion policies at the disposal of the members of the Committee and UCLG cities. On the basis of this empirical data, the Observatory...

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