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PARLOCAL is a project focused on doing research, providing training and strengthening networks for participatory democracy and participatory budgeting which the Malaga…
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…
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 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 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 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…
In 2007, the Committee laid the foundations for the creation of an International Observatory on Local Social Inclusion Policies. The initiative aimed to place a consultation tool…
The Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City is an initiative that the Committee is promoting with the support of Nantes - Pays de la Loire region in order to foster the…
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…
The regular annual meeting of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) took place on Sunday 10 April. This was the first regular meeting of UNACLA…
The 1st Biannual Meeting 2011 of the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights was held in Dakar on 10 February. The meeting was chaired by the…
A total of 6 working groups were held in Dakar on 8 February 2011 during the 8th Forum of Local Authorities for Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy (FAL). Based on the…
More than 1,000 participants and 300 delegates attended the meeting gathering local governments in favour of another possible world. During the journey, different working groups…