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 (…
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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…
Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting…
To give back to the “right to the city” concept its emancipatory power: this is the main goal of the collective work Unveiling the right to the city. Representations, Uses and…
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights is looking for a new Coordination Assistant, to be based in the UCLG headquarters in Barcelona.…
Local governments’ capability to mobilize financial resources forn the common good and to sustainably and transparently manage it is essential to guarantee the Right to the City…