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Source: CGLU For the first time, UCLG contributed to the International Labour Organisation Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy public policies, which its 8th…
The poverty reduction strategy carried out by the city of Toronto aims at ensuring, by 2035, that Toronto becomes a city with opportunities for all, pioneer in the collective…
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…
In the last months, Madrid has promoted various relevant initiatives in areas like participatory democracy, transparency and human rights. The Strategic Plan for Human Rights was…
Under the leadership of Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and through its Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, UCLG is putting the right to…
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…
The world’s largest gathering of cities for culture was held last May in Jeju, Republic of Korea, with the commitment to strengthen international collaboration to make culture a…
Source: UCLG The Fourth Report of the Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD III) reviews the diverse realities of metropolitan areas, intermediary…
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, the Gwangju Metropolitan City and the Gwangju International Centre are…
Next 20 June, the trial against the arrested Co-Mayor of our member city of Diyarbakır, Gültan Kışanak, will take place under a context of state of emergency in Turkey. According…
The Kashatakh region is one of the seven administrative units of Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory between Azerbaijan and Armenia. In the early 1990s, as a result of the armed…
On 18 April, on the occasion of the UCLG Executive Bureau held in Madrid, the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights and the City Council of…
Source: UCLG In partnership with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the Climate Chance association, Mr. Roland Ries, Co-President of UCLG and…
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights shares its 2016 Activity Report. This document reflect the progress made towards the realization…
Source: UCLG UCLG calls on partners to join campaign highlighting the role of local and regional governments in the localization of the SDGs and New Urban Agenda Local and…