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Through the last months, the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights has welcomed to its network an association of local governments, the…
The Children Municipal Council has adressed problems that affect the empowerment of youth people in local communities, through a social inclusion and participatory-based…
From 7 to 12 March 2017, the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights went to Grenoble to take part to the Biennale des Villes en Transition (…
The Neighbourhood Improvement Community Programme is an initiative by Mexico City's Department of Social Development, in coordination with the Department of Works and Services…
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights and the city council of Madrid, are organizing a meeting of cities for Human Rights and the…
The Vauban Sustainable Urban District process took place in the German city of Freiburg after 1993. It is based on the city government's aim of restoring an old military barrack…
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 “Women’s Desk” project (2008-2010) is a gender mainstreaming experience in a public policy. In addition, the project is an example of a process by which local institutions…
Last Wednesday, Leilani Farha, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, presented her last report at the thirty-fourth session of the UN Human Rights Council (…
Source: UCLG / Picture www.metrocosm.com There are a wide range of local inclusion policies, but all are the result of the proximity of local institutions to…
Barcelona launched a "Municipal Plan to combat Islamophobia". The Action Plan was adopted after a process of consultation with representatives of Barcelona's Muslim community,…
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights relaunches the Inclusive Cities Observatory through a campaign to promote its almost 70 case studies…
In the context of the deepening global migration crisis, United Cities and Local Governments calls for the protection of the values that unite us. Over recent days, many mayors…
The Committee of Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights welcomes three new members and an associated partner to its network: the Metropolitan Government of…
The second UCLG Culture Summit will be hosted by the Province of Jeju (Republic of Korea) from 10-13 May 2017. The UCLG Culture Summit is the main meeting…