You are here

Home » News and agenda

News

1st 2011 Biannual Meeting - Commitee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Monday, 14 February 2011
The Committee´s first meeting in 2011 took place between 5 pm and 7 pm on 10 February at the Hotel des Almadies in Dakar. The session had a single theme and focused on presenting the results of the work done by the International Observatory on Local Social Inclusion Policies.   Two research studies were carried out by the Observatory in 2010. The first, a...
Seminar with African peripheral cities
Thursday, 03 February 2011
At the 9th FAL, and under the coordination of Nanterre (France), the World Forum of Peripheral Local Authorities (FALP) is organising a working session with peripheral African towns which will take place on 7 February in the Senegalese city of Pikine. The debate will focus on how to strengthen the role of peripheral cities, especially those in Africa, within their...
2nd Assembly - International Participatory Budgeting Platform
Thursday, 03 February 2011
The 2nd Assembly of the International Participatory Budgeting Platform will take place on 10 February from 9 am to 5 pm. This Platform brings together various networks of cities that have implemented this type of process. After a first meeting in Belo Horizonte (2008) and Belém do Pará (2009), the Dakar Assembly will debate the situation of participatory budgeting in...
9th Local Authorities Forum (FAL) for Social Inclusion
Monday, 31 January 2011
The ninth assembly of the Local Authorities Forum (FAL) for Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy will take place on 8 February 2011 in Dakar (Senegal) during the World Social Forum (WSF). The FAL will be entitled "Local power and global crisis", and will bring together cities from all over the world to debate on the local alternatives to the global crisis....
The Global Charter-Agenda of Human Rights in the City at the World Social Forum
Thursday, 27 January 2011
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, in collaboration with the International Human Rights Secretariat of Nantes - Pays de la Loire (France) organised a seminar on the Global Charter-Agenda of Human Rights in the City during the WSF in Dakar. The activity took place on 9 February from 5 pm to 7 pm in the WSF area and its...
SEASON´S GREETINGS
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
UCLG´s Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights sends you  Season´s Greetings and best wishes for 2011.
Meeting of mayors and mayoresesses for the living together in cities
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Last December 13-14, 2010, 11 cities from all the world gathered at the Palace of Aiete - House of Peace and Human Rights of San Sebastian upon invitation of its Mayor and member of the Commission, Mr. Odon Elorza. The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights actively contributed to the organisation of this meeting by mobilizing ...
Renewed Mandate of the Committee in Mexico with a new name
Friday, 10 December 2010
The 3rd UCLG World Congress (Mexico City, 16 – 21 November 2010) ended with a renewal of the Committees´ mandate and the merger of the Decentralised Cooperation and City Diplomacy Committees into a single working structure. Several cities belonging to UCLG also declared their interest in providing a fresh impetus for the Gender Committee (Aubagne, Paris and Geneva)...

Pages