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…
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…
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…
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´…
UCLG World Council held last 11 December 2011 in Florence (Italy) decided to adopt the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City at the proposal of the Committee on…
At the invitation of Matteo Renzi, Mayor of Florence, the city of Florence hosted the UCLG World Council from 9 to 11 December, gathering 500 local and regional representatives…
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…