For the first time since it was adopted in 2006, the Montreal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities has been revised through public consultation in accordance with a provision of…
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, the city of Saint-Denis and the conurbation authority of Plaine Commune …
From June 11th to 13th, the 12th International Observatory on Participatory Democracy Conference will be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organized by Porto Alegre´s City…
The National Federation of Tunisian Cities (FNVT) is organizing, jointly with United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and the Province of Barcelona, with the support of…
A High-level Local and Regional Authorities´ delegation is to meet the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon on 23 April at UN Headquarters in…
The "Serie Derechos Humanos Emergentes" (Emerging Human Rights Series) collection of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia includes a new publication devoted to “The right to…
On the occasion of the 6th World Water Forum, held in Marseille from 12 to 17 March 2012, 350 local and regional elected officials from across the 5 continents have met to…
´Cities are us´ is a series of events culminating in an international conference that will be held between 28 and 30 June 2012 in the Portuguese city of Coimbra, and a summer…
The first Porto Alegre International Film Festival (Democracine) will take place in the Brazilian city from 13th to June 16, 2012.
This festival aims to raise the profile of…
The Fifty-Sixth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the United Nations will be held on 27 February-9 March 2012 in New York.
Due to the thematic topic of…
As the World Water Forum is approaching, a preparatory meeting took place in Barcelona on 15th February. Many cities and international organizations from different world regions…
The Metropolis Initiatives launched in 2012 constitute the main lynchpin of the new Action Plan of the Metropolitan Section of UCLG to foster specific projects and services for…
We are pleased to announce that the 1st 2012 half-yearly meeting of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights will take place in Aubagne on…
As we approach the 6th World Water Forum co-organized by the French Government, the City of Marseilles and the World Water Council, we would like to inform you that the 14th…
The International Observatory for Participatory Democracy (IOPD) encourages you to present a candidacy application for the 6th Edition of the "Best Practice in Citizens´…