On the 22 March 2016 World Water Day will be celebrated across the globe, a chance to highlight all issues related to fresh water. The theme of this year’s World Water Day is “…
Since 2014, the Committee has actively participated in the Global Platform for the Right to the City, an international space for collaboration between around a hundred actors from…
The Government of Mexico City, through its Secretariat for Social Development and the General Coordination for International Affairs, is convening the meeting “Local Governments’…
Within the framework of Montreuil’s People’s Climate Summit, hold during the COP21, Habitat International Coalition and UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion,…
The city of Armenia is located on a water system consisting of 18 microbasins that have the status of a protected area. The area is under pressure from various sources due to…
The Quito conference will offer a major opportunity to reformulate life in human settlements, and the Right to the City can help ensure that all can live with dignity in…
Since the very early stages of the Habitat III preparations, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) has called for the integrity of the Habitat II (1996)…
From 15-19 February, 2016 UCLG will host the second edition of the Annual Retreat in Barcelona, the home of the organization’s World Secretariat. Following the success of…
The City of Vancouver’s Social Development Plan (SDP) is an example of a coordinated municipal Social Inclusion Framework, a municipal strategy to bring…
This study –conducted by the Global Platform for the Right to the City- aims to update and to go deeper in the contents of the right to the city through…
The organisation of Brazilian health services has traditionally been symptom-based and focused on individual medical and curative interventions. However, by effectively…
Last 21 December, the UN General Assembly confirmed the specific rules and processes for the participation of local and regional governments and other stakeholders in…
This policy translates and implements locally the rights of women as defined in the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW…
Until 15 March 2016 local and regional governments may submit candidacies to International Award UCLG-Mexico City-Culture21’s 2nd edition –which aims to recognise leading cities…
The elaboration of a Participative Cultural Framework for the City of L’viv was inaugurated in September 2007. The multi-phase initiative was intended to catalyze the…