After the celebration of its 7th edition in September 2017, the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) has proved to be the main meeting point for human rights cities at the…
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…
SOMOS is a local Programme of Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights prepared from scratch along one year and launched in Lisbon at 10 December 2015, costing 100.…
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…
The Committee on Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy (CSIPD) of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) met Hiba Kassir Kchour, Livelihood coordinator from the Amel…
Uruguay’s capital city, Montevideo (1,300,000 inhabitants), is widely recognized for its pioneer policies in the field of housing cooperatives and the Right to Housing. Deeply…
Source: FALP network
The Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio Grande do Sul and the Municipality of São Leopoldo hosted the Seminar of the FALP Network, held from November 23…
In between the French Alps and the Isère River, Grenoble (162,780 inhabitants) is a city with numerous local initiatives reclaiming the Right to the City and the Right to Housing…
Last 16 and 17 November, the Committee took part in the Global Conference on Cities and Migration, in Mechelen (Belgium), organised by UCLG, the International Organization of…
Source: Global Platform for the Right to the City (published on the occasion of the World Day for the Right to the City, last 31 october)
The Global Platform for the Right to…
Source: UCLG
The objective of the International Award "UCLG – Mexico City – Culture 21" is to recognise leading cities and individuals that have distinguished…
Source: UCLG
November will see two major global events on migration; a Mediterranean City-to-City Migration High Level Conference from 7-8 November in Beirut (Lebanon…
[Source: UCLG - Photo credits @UCLG/Mark Schardan]
Local and regional leaders and housing policy experts met in Barcelona from 2-3 November to reaffirm their commitment to…
Located in the French department of Drôme, the town of Saillans (1,251 inhabitants) has been carrying out an innovative and relevant experience of local, participatory democracy…
[Source: UCLG]
Local and regional leaders and housing policy experts will meet in Barcelona to reaffirm their commitment to the Make the Shift initiative and explore concrete…