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Committee Meetings 2009
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
This year, the Committee on Social Inclusion will be holding one annual meeting, taking place on November 21 in Reggio Emilia (Italy), within the framework of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy. Before this meeting, the Committee´s Coordinating Group, formally established at the 2nd Biannual meeting 2008 of the CSIPD...
On line forum on the Charger-Agenda
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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 currently undergoing an on line debate lead by the International Permanent Secretariat "Human Rights and Local Governments" (Nantes-Pays de la Loire, France), coordinating the CSIPD working group on...
Call for proporsals of the European Union
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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 governments in development actions", a programme aiming at strengthening local governments and civil society organizations as a pre-condition for a more open, democratic and equitable society...
Publication of the political document on social inclusion
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
In June, the first publication by the Committee on Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy (CSIPD), For a world of inclusive cities will see the light of day. This document, published in 4 languages, contains the political document "Let´s build the inclusive cities of the 21st Century" that was approved last November 30, 2008 by the UCLG World Council in...
Debating social inclusion at municipal councils
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Stemming from the proposal launched by the municipality of Córdoba (Spain) at the 2nd Biannual meeting 2008 of the CSIPD in Istanbul, the City Council of Barcelona has recently fostered a debate within its Municipal Council regarding the document "Let´s build the inclusive cities of the 21st Century". This debate concluded with an official statement unanimously...
For Millennium cities and local governments
Monday, 20 July 2009
The project "For Millennium cities and local governments: achieving the MDG´s at local level", presented by the UCLG World Secretariat with the support from the CSIPD and other actors was not selected by the European Union. However, a second project presented by the World Secretariat regarding decentralization will have the economic support from the EU for its...
Let´s build the inclusive cities of the 21st century
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The Social Inclusion Committee has played a lead role in preparing a political document on social inclusion that is the steering force for the promotion of inclusion policies within the framework of UCLG. This document, named "Let´s build the inclusive cities of the 21st Century" was approved on November 31 by the UCLG World Council at its meeting in Istanbul...

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