The 3rd UCLG World Congress (Mexico City, 16 – 21 November 2010) ended with a renewal of the Committees´ mandate and the merger of the Decentralised Cooperation and City Diplomacy Committees into a single working structure. Several cities belonging to UCLG also declared their interest in providing a fresh impetus for the Gender Committee (Aubagne, Paris and Geneva) and in starting work on the issue of housing (Florence) and waste management (Vancouver).
After this third international meeting convened by UCLG, the Committee begins a new phase of work from 2011 to 2013, under a new name: Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (CSIPDHR) in order to include in its name the various areas it has been working on for several years.
The minutes of the 2nd 2010 Biannual Meeting of the Committee, which took place on 18 November 2010 in Mexico City, are available on the Committee´s website, together with the report of the pre-congress forum that the Committee staged over several days in order to contribute items for the debate that would take place a few days later at the Local and Regional Leaders World Summit. The Final Declaration and Recommendations of the Summit can also be consulted on UCLG’s website.
