On May 2016, the zero draft of the New Urban Agenda was released, after being written by the Habitat III Bureau under the coordination of the Secretariat and based on…
[This article was published by Citiscope on April 10th 2016]
Nutrition and agriculture as key parts of integrated urban-rural development are almost completely absent from the…
“Municipalities are key to consolidate democracy”. This statement from Fernando Pindado, (Director of Citizen Rights, Participation and Transparency of the Barcelona City Hall)…
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) European Regional Meeting was held on April 2nd and 3rd 2016 in Barcelona, Spain, gathering 74 participants from 19…
From 21 to 24 July 2016, the 6th World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) will be sponsored by Gwangju Metropolitan City and Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education…
Last 5th April, as part of the Habitat III Thematic Meeting on Public Spaces in Barcelona, it took place the side event on “Homeless people’s rights: what place in the New Habitat…
On 21-22 April 2016, it was held in Barcelona the first Pan-European Meeting of “Local Authorities and the New Generation of Free Trade Agreements”, organized by the …
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights attended International Social Integration Summit, organized by the Union of…
From 4 to 10 December 2015, the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights was in Paris and its surrounding areas (Seine‑Saint‑Denis) to participate…
International and local organizations meet during the weekend prior to the Habitat III thematic conference in Barcelona
Barcelona, 29th…
Being satisfied that the issue of wealth distribution through taxation and the public and citizen control of the land and housing market are necessary to ensure the right to the…
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,…