After the earthquake in Haiti last January, many cities and local government associations have mobilised in support of the country´s reconstruction process. UCLG has created a…
The CSIPD is making progress on the creation of the International Observatory on Local Social Inclusion Policies. The Observatory has 15 innovative policies available for…
On 19 February, Saint-Denis hosted a preparatory meeting for the 7th Conference on the European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City, which will take place…
The photomontage produced by the ETCS Co-operative (Barcelona) of the working seminar involving the CSIPD member cities at the 2009 Annual Meeting, which took place in…
At a time when half of the world´s population lives in cities, the challenges faced by local governments are rapidly increasing. The dynamics of growth of the major cities means…
After the last WSF, which took place in January 2009 in the Brazilian town of Belém do Pará, several decentralised forums are planned this year in countries such as Brazil, Spain…
The next Conference on the European Charter on Human Rights in the City will take place in Tuzla (Bosnia - Herzegovina) between 7 and 9 October 2010. After the Conferences in…
Around 500 representatives of local and regional authorities, and their partners - international institutions and some national representatives - visited Guangzhou (China)…
The Committee´s Working Group on "Human Rights and Local Governments" has recently been strengthened with the incorporation of the cities working on the European Charter on Human…
For the second year running, the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) invited the CSIPD to be part of the International Jury for the 4th Distinction "Good…
The CSIPD will be holding its 2009 annual meeting on November 21st in Reggio Emilia (Italy). The meeting will take place on the occasion of the 9th IOPD Annual Conference, as a…
From September 9 to September 12 the municipality of São Bras de Alportel (Algarve, Portugal) hosted the Summer Course "Governation and participation challenging the crisis". This…
As announced in the previous newsletter, on June 30th the first meeting of the CSIPD Coordinating Group was held in Barcelona. The structure of this group was formally established…
The UCLG World Secretariat, with the support of the CSIPD and other partners, participated in the call for proposals of the European Union (UE) named "Non-State Actors and local…
The draft of the World Charter-Agenda on Human Rights in the City, which was recently presented and discussed at the 8th World Assembly of the Local Authorities Forum, is…