We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Round-Table that the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights is organizing in the framework…
The 2013 World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) is an annual meeting of key stakeholders engaged in building a human rights city as a follow-up to two previous forums held in…
This case describes spatial land use planning and urban agriculture practises in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, one of the rapidly urbanising cities in Sub-Saharan Africa. It…
Today, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) launches the 'Rabat 2013' web platform for its World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, to be…
The General Union of Agricultural and Livestock Cooperatives of Maputo (UGC, 1980) is a multi-sector organisation working in the poorer sectors of society, and is a system based…
The "Women's Desk" project (2008-2010) is a gender mainstreaming experience in a challenging socio-cultural context. In addition, the project is an example of a process by which…
The 2013 Metropolis Annual Meeting, scheduled to take place in Johannesburg from July 16 to 19, 2013, will explore the six key issues covered by the event’s theme, “Caring…
A delegation of the World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments lead by its Co-President Muchadeyi Masunda, Mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe, and Vice-President…
In December 2012, the mayor of Mexico City, Dr. Miguel Angel Mancera Espinosa, launched the "For your Family, Voluntary Disarmament"program, which aims to prevent crime…
The "Restructuring of the precarious El Mina district in Nouakchott (Mauritania)" project (02/2003 to 12/2007) aimed at improving living conditions in the precarious El Mina…
Conclusions and perspectives of the 3rd Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the Mediterranean
400 Mediterranean elected officials and policymakers gathered on 3 & 4 April 2013 in Marseille for the 3rd Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of the…
Radio Sigida Joli seeks to create a space for community dialogue, leadership development, and collaboration through biweekly radio segments and, more recently, listeners groups.…
The European Union has selected the Parlocal project, carried out by Malaga Provincial Council for two years, as an example of working on decentralized cooperation.
This project,…
The city of Canoas in Brazil will organize the next June 11th, 12th and 13th, 2013 the III Forum of Local Authorities Peripheral- FALP. The forum theme: “Rights and Democracy for…
Report : Rio+20 and culture. Advocating for Culture as a Pillar of Sustainability
This report is a summary of the strategy that the Committee on culture of United Cities and…