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View of a residential area in Seoul.
The report “Competitive Metropolises and Prospects for Spatial Justice” is already available online
The report "Competitive Metropolises and the Prospects for Spatial Justice: the role of metropolitan areas within the global agenda of local and regional governments for the 21st…
“Democratic Cities” meet in Madrid: How to put technology at the service of the common good and citizen participation?
“Democratic Cities” meet in Madrid: How to put technology at the service of the common good and citizen participation?
From 16 to 18 November, the City Council of Madrid and MediaLab Prado organized the Conference “Democratic Cities”. It was held in Madrid in partnership with the UCLG Committee on…
The Right to the City in the agenda of “Solidary metropolitan areas”: reflecting on the outcomes of the 2017 FALP Forum (São Leopoldo)
The Right to the City in the agenda of “Solidary metropolitan areas”: reflecting on the outcomes of the 2017 FALP Forum (São Leopoldo)
Last 23 to 25 November, Antonio Aniesa, collaborator of Plaine Commune’s President Patrick Braouezec, an urban conurbation at the north of Paris, represented the UCLG Committee on…
Dr. Yoon, Committee’s Co-Chair and Gwangju’s Mayor, takes part in a consultation meeting to draft UN Guidelines on the Right to participate
Dr. Yoon, Committee’s Co-Chair and Gwangju’s Mayor, takes part in a consultation meeting to draft UN Guidelines on the Right to participate
Last 2 and 3 October, the Mayor of Gwangju and co-chair of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, Dr. Yoon Jang Hyeon, attended a “…
Two young graduates from Grenoble start a trip around Europe to report on local democracy initiatives
Last June, Camille Dantec and Thomas Simon, two young graduates in participation and geography from Grenoble, started a six-month journey in the framework of the project “Les…
The Committee takes part in the seventeenth edition of the OIDP Conference, held in Montreal under the theme “Participation without exclusion”
The Committee takes part in the seventeenth edition of the OIDP Conference, held in Montreal under the theme “Participation without exclusion”
From 16 to 19 June, the Office of Public Consultation of Montreal hosted the 17th Conference of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy (OIDP). Its thematic…
The city of Barcelona debates around direct democracy and the Right to the City
The city of Barcelona debates around direct democracy and the Right to the City
Last June, Barcelona organized two meetings on direct democracy and the Right to the City. Both conferences gathered elected representatives and technical officers, as well as…
Senegalese Local Governments adopt a Charter of Citizen Participation and Right to the City
Senegalese Local Governments adopt a Charter of Citizen Participation and Right to the City
Last 22 December, 75 Senegalese elected representatives (Mayors and Presidents of Departmental Councils) signed a Charter of Citizen Participation and Right to the City in the…
The Committee participates at the XVI Conference of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy
“Municipalities are key to consolidate democracy”. This statement from Fernando Pindado, (Director of Citizen Rights, Participation and Transparency of the Barcelona City Hall)…