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MedCities celebrates its Annual Conference looking forward to strengthen the links between local and global agendas in the Mediterranean

Thursday, 18 October 2018

The network of Mediterranean cities MedCities celebrated its Annual Conference last 4 and 5 October in Barcelona in a meeting gathering 40 local representatives from across the Mediterranean. Held under the theme “Mediterranean cities: sustainable and equitable for all”, the Conference assessed the links between local government and international agendas in the...

IOPD award ceremony within the framework of the international conference

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Source: IOPD Within the conference’s framework, the award ceremony of the 12th IOPD distinction “Best Practice in Citizen Participation” will be celebrated on Tuesday 27th November at night. This prize is annually given by the IOPD to recognize innovative democratic practices which local and regional governments implement. During the ceremony, the name of the...

The "Jugendcollege": Training and education for young migrants in Vienna

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

The Youth College is a free education, training and mentoring programme for young migrants (mostly asylum-seekers) aged between 15 and 21 in Vienna. As part of the city’s broader “Start Wien” integration initiative, the aim of the Youth College is to help young migrants lead an independent life as quickly as possible by preparing them for further education,...

Latest updates on the process to recognize the role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights (Human Rights Council)

Monday, 08 October 2018

The Human Rights Council has adopted a new resolution on the “Local government and human rights” agenda after its 39th period of sessions (10 – 28 September). The resolution encourages the interaction between Sustainable Development Goals and human rights localization agendas, and calls on the OHCHR and relevant stakeholders to interact and strengthen dialogue with...

The “Cities for Rights” Conference official website is open: Register now!

Friday, 05 October 2018

The international conference “Cities for Rights” – to take place in Barcelona next 10 and 11 December – has just launched its official website. It contains relevant information on logistics, concept note and the provisional program of the Conference. The Committee invites all its interested members to register already to the event, as well as to keep track of its...

A grassroots approach for integration: Morus Association

Tuesday, 02 October 2018

Morus is a voluntary association that focuses on migrant inclusion. The association supports a small number of refugees in the Valli di Lanzo region, northwest of Turin. The association works with those individuals who have been granted refugee status in Italy in order to help them find housing and employment in the region’s rural towns and villages. To this end,...

Habitat International Coalition and the Habitat Conferences 1976-2016

Monday, 01 October 2018

Source: HIC HIC launches publication on World Habitat Day commemorating more than 40 years of struggle for Social Justice "Habitat International Coalition and the Habitat Conferences 1976-2016" brings together the memory of 40 years of local and global struggles and HIC’s experiences throughout the process of the Habitat Conferences On the day designated by the...

Madrid - World Council 2018

Friday, 21 September 2018

Source: UCLG The World Council will take place from 5 to 8 November in Madrid, back-to-back with the second edition of the World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace, at the kind invitation of Mayor Manuela Carmena. PROGRAMME: The key institutional day for UCLG will be 6 November, where both the Executive Bureau and World Council will...

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