The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights is pleased to invite you to the round table "Local Governments and the Right to the City" taking…
This issue features a special report on Climate change, sustainable cities and aid effectiveness. The fourth edition of United Cities adresses questions such as: What can cities…
United Cities and Local Governments welcomes the decision of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint Ms. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, of the Republic of Rwanda, as new Deputy…
The European Local Democracy Week (ELDW) is an annual event in which local authorities from the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe (CoE) organize public events to meet…
Mondissimo, the Local World Forum in Aubagne (France) which was held from 8 to 15 October 2011, opened up the debate on democratic renewal. The forum aimed to bring together…
The "First World Forum on Local Economic Development Agencies" (ADEL Forum) took place in Seville (Spain) from 5 to 7 October 2011 on the initiative of the Andalucía Autonomous…
On the occasion of the 4th Assembly of the Spanish Participatory Budgeting Network, the municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid, the FAL Network and the Spanish Participatory Budgeting…
Ecocity World Summit, an event aimed at reflecting on how to build and manage sustainable cities from an environmental, social and political perspective.
One of the themes of…
PARLOCAL is a project focused on doing research, providing training and strengthening networks for participatory democracy and participatory budgeting which the Malaga…
The third edition of the Summer University, this time on "Societies in Transition, building inclusive communities from the local level", was held from 6 to 9 September in the…
The meeting of the UCLG Executive Bureau in Rabat held from 22 to 24 June 2011, appointed Josep Roig as UCLG Secretary General after an international selection process. Josep…
The next meeting of the UCLG World Council will be held between 9 and 11 December 2011 in Florence (Italy), at the invitation of the Mayor Matteo Renzi. UCLG will soon be sending…
The European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City is a foundational documents of the human rights cities’ movement in Europe and the rest of the world. It…
The Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City is the main global framework produced by local authorities to date aimed at addressing human rights from a local perspective…
It is now available in several languages the final declaration of the International Assembly of the Peripheral Cities Forum (FALP), which was held in Pikine (Senegal) during the…