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The Programa de Agricultura Urbana (PAU) implements the re-use of vacant urban land for agro-ecological farming on the part of marginalized sectors of local society, granting food…
The timeline exhibition celebrating the centenary of the international municipal movement is now available on-line for consultation and printing. In 1913 in the Dutch…
Rabat, 3 October 2013:The third report of the Global Observatory of Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD III) was warmly received by participants on the occasion of its…
The World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders of UCLG culminated today in Rabat with the announcement of the new Presidency of UCLG – the largest organization of Mayors and local…
We are pleased to send you the working documents of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of UCLG, which will take…
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory and Human Rights of UCLG organized this parallel session, which will take place on 3rd October 2013 from 16h to 17:…
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory and Human Rights of UCLG actively participated in the organization of this thematic round table, which will take place on 3rd…
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory and Human Rights of UCLG will organise, together with Habitat International Coalition (HIC), a side event on the right to the city…
Surakarta, also called Solo or Sala, is a city in Central Java Province in Indonesia of more than 500.000 people. The increasing number of street vendors, people struggling to…
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) will celebrate, along with the international community, the International day of Democracy taking place just two weeks before…
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of UCLG will organise several activities as part of the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders…
In Hangzhou, on 14-17 May 2013, UNESCO and the PR of China organised the largest congress ever on culture and sustainable development. The last paragraph of the Final Declaration…
The World Summit is approaching. In around one month the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) will take place in the Moroccan…
The Vauban Sustainable Urban District process took place in the German city of Freiburg between 1993 and 2006. It is based on the city government's aim of restoring an old…
In just over two months, between the 1st and 4th of October, local and regional leaders and elected representatives from all over the globe will gather in Rabat for the…