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…
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 “…
The publication “Social cohesion and intercultural and inter-religious dialogue: The role of local authorities in public policies for the social inclusion of migrants” highlights…
For her next thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council’s 37th session, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha, intends to focus on how national and local…
A successful 7th edition of Gwangju World Human Rights Cities Forum and a rising interest by the UN Human Rights Council show that the Human Rights-Cities Movement is gaining…