European Local Democracy Week (ELDW) has chosen its theme for 2012. As it did last year, this year the week will focus on "Human rights for more inclusive local governments…
Over the last few days, the cities of Coimbra and Lisbon have hosted the Cities are Us meeting, at which researchers and political representatives from all over the world…
On the 4th of December 2012 and in the framework of the VI Africities Summit to be celebrated in Dakar, leaders and representatives of regions throughout the…
The Alliance of Civilizations, launched in 2005 by the former Secretary General of the United Nations and at the initiative of Turkey and Spain, aims to improve the…
As Local Economic and Social Development are increasing priority in local governments agenda, UCLG has signed aMemorandum of Understanding with the …
The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of the international organizationUnited Cities and Local Governments(UCLG), the Centre…
We are pleased to send you the minutes of the preparatory meeting of the 1st World Summit of Local Governments for the Right to the City, which took…
Barcelona, 1 October 2012. Our world is one of global cities with great opportunities and challenges where citizens demand to make their own choices regarding the…
UCLG and Metropolis gathered city leaders, development partners and networks to debate on learning practices in diverse urban frameworks in order to plan their agendas on City-to-…
On 15 September the United Nations celebrates the international day of democracy.
United Cities and Local Governments would like to recall that no …
The cities of Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis,and the conurbation authority of Plaine Commune, at the invitation of the Committee on Social Inclusion,…
Local commitment to human rights has taken another step forward. After a long time promoting the signing of the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City,…
The United Nations will celebrate the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on 4-15 March 2013 in New York.
CSW is the principal UN…
The Workshop City Protocol to promote a certification system for measuring the degree of efficiency and quality in cities was held on 16 and 17 July. The event brought…
The Workshop City Protocol to promote a certification system for measuring the degree of efficiency and quality in cities was held on 16 and 17 July. The event brought together…