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The call for candidacies for the Presidency of the IOPD next 2019 is now open
Monday, 03 September 2018
Source: IODP - International Observatory on Participatory Democracy Until the 12th November, local governments which are members of the IOPD can submit their application to be appointed the President of the IOPD next 2019. The city which is chosen for the presidency of our network will also host the 19th Conference of the IOPD. Anyone interested shall send their...
Social production of habitat: Promoting new partnership on housing between public administrations and local inhabitants?
Monday, 20 August 2018
Last June 11 and 12 June, Urbamonde held in Geneva a meeting of civil society organizations working on the “social production of habitat”. That is the case of initiatives such as Slum Dwellers International, the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, FUNDASAL or Urbansen. These meetings have taken place on a yearly basis since 2014, with a view to reflect and promote...
Defending a policy for urban commons at the local level (Naples)
Monday, 13 August 2018
From 4 to 7 July 2018, our Committee took part in a study trip organized by the Ecole de Rénovation Urbaine (France). The delegation was formed by representatives of Plaine Commune (co-chair of the Committee), local elected representatives and about thirty citizens from the “Conseils citoyens” of various French priority neighborhoods. The Committee met with the...
Cities for Adequate Housing: a call for action to ensure the right to housing
Monday, 06 August 2018
Our constituency lived a historical turning point last 15 and 16 July, when a group of major global cities brought to the UN a firm pledge for the Right to Housing in the form of the Declaration “Cities for Adequate Housing”. This global call to action builds on the #MakeTheShift campaign, launched by the UN Rapporteur on Adequate Housing. Local and regional...
New case studies: Fostering social inclusion of migrants at the local level
Monday, 30 July 2018
From today onwards, our Inclusive Cities Observatory will offer nine new case studies developed in the framework of the project MC2CM – Migration City-to-City in the Mediterranean. These documents reflect on the experience of nine Mediterranean cities carrying out policies aimed at the social inclusion of migrants. As a whole, they showcase the key role played by...
Right to Housing and Right to the City: cities from across the world come together to launch a common message
Monday, 16 July 2018
Last Sunday, 15 July, UCLG and its Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights co-organized a special session on the Right to Housing as a preview of the Local and Regional Governments’ Forum held in parallel to the High Level Political Forum (New York, 15-18 July), in partnership with the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing and...
Cities for Adequate Housing (UCLG’s Wave of Action on the Right to Housing and HLPF’s focus on SDG 11)
Monday, 02 July 2018
Source: UCLG United Cities and Local Governments considers the Right to Housing as a fundamental pillar of human rights and the Right to the City. Indeed, this was a cornerstone of the advocacy strategy led throughout the debates around the New Urban Agenda (Habitat III). Accordingly, UCLG’s Bogotá Commitment and Action Agenda (October 2016) launched a call to “...
Right to Housing: joining the voices of local governments (Special session 15th July)
Thursday, 28 June 2018
Our Committee is co-organizing a special session on the Right to Housing on the occasion of the first Forum of Local and Regional Authorities held in the framework of the HLPF The Right to Housing is a fundamental human right and a growing concern at a global scale. On the occasion of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on the monitoring of SDG 11, and the first...

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