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Grassroots movements of Seoul are getting organized to turn their Right to the City into a reality

Monday, 05 February 2018

After attending the 2017 edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum organized by the city of Gwangju (one of the Committee’s co-chairs), our Secretariat visited Seoul to meet with municipal agencies and grassroots organizations defending Human Rights and the Right to the City. On this occasion, and thanks to the support of our partner organization Global...

The IOPD has participated in the 4th UCLG Retreat and Campus

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Source: International Observatory on Participatory Democracy The fourth edition of the Annual Retreat & Campus took place in Barcelona, the home of the organization's World Secretariat, from 22 to 26 January 2018. The UCLG Retreat is the occasion to harness the power of the local government's global network and continue the work based on the collaboration and...

Culture discussed at the 9th World Urban Forum

Monday, 29 January 2018

Source: Culture 21 The 9th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) will be held in Kuala Lumpur on 7-13 February 2018. The WUF, described as 'the world's premier conference on cities' is a technical forum convened by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) since 2002. Entitled 'Cities 2030, Cities for all: Implementing the New Urban Agenda', WUF9 will be...

"The Coffee Trail," a cooperation project to promote sustainable agriculture and responsible tourism

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

'The Coffee Trail' policy consists of enhancing the value of the potential and productive chains in the territory in order to halt migration from the mountains towards large cities. This has been achieved by means of projects to enhance the value of the territory that arose in the context of decentralized cooperation between the province of Arezzo (Tuscany, Italy)...

Changwon invites you to the 2018 IAEC General Assembly

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Source : International Association of Educating Cities The next IAEC General Assembly will take place in Changwon (Korea) on 14-16 March 2018. « In 2012, the City of Changwon hosted the 12th International Congress of the IAEC. This enabled Changwon to learn a lot from many of your cities. Since then Changwon City has been working hard to achieve its goal of...

In Seoul, a municipal government division works to mainstream the rights approach in local public action

Monday, 15 January 2018

Last September, after the 7th edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum, the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights met with the Human Rights Division of the Metropolitan Government of Seoul. Our aim was to learn more on the initiatives undertaken by South Korea’s capital to mainstream the rights approach into its own...

Call for contributions - International Forum on the Well-being: What indicators to build for tomorrow? (Grenoble)

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

The International Forum on the Well-being (Bien Vivre in French and Buen Vivir in Spanish) will take place in Grenoble (France) on June 6, 7 and 8 2018. This Forum is a result of the collaboration between local authorities (Grenoble-Alpes Métropople and the city of Grenoble), members of Grenoble universities (COMUE and Université Grenoble-Alpes) and civil society...

Local voices for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy

Monday, 08 January 2018

After the celebration of its 7th edition in September 2017, the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) has proved to be the main meeting point for human rights cities at the global level. Here are some its last year's edition outcomes. Over the last years, the city of Gwangju (also a co-Chair of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and...

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