By May 31st, the Guangzhou Award Secretariat has received a great number of registrations from cities and local governments around the world.
Considering that some applicants have…
The cities of Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, and the conurbation authority of Plaine Commune, at the invitation of the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy…
The last round of negotiations in New York for the Rio Summit open up today with a new draft text on the table produced by the Co-Chairs (Antigua and Barbuda - Latin…
After some consultations carried out last week on the participation of UCLG in Rio de Janeiro next June, the UCLG Presidency has decided to cancel the Executive Bureau initially…
For the first time since it was adopted in 2006, the Montreal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities has been revised through public consultation in accordance with a provision of…
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, the city of Saint-Denis and the conurbation authority of Plaine Commune …
From June 11th to 13th, the 12th International Observatory on Participatory Democracy Conference will be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organized by Porto Alegre´s City…
The National Federation of Tunisian Cities (FNVT) is organizing, jointly with United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and the Province of Barcelona, with the support of…
A High-level Local and Regional Authorities´ delegation is to meet the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon on 23 April at UN Headquarters in…
The "Serie Derechos Humanos Emergentes" (Emerging Human Rights Series) collection of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia includes a new publication devoted to “The right to…
On the occasion of the 6th World Water Forum, held in Marseille from 12 to 17 March 2012, 350 local and regional elected officials from across the 5 continents have met to…
´Cities are us´ is a series of events culminating in an international conference that will be held between 28 and 30 June 2012 in the Portuguese city of Coimbra, and a summer…
The first Porto Alegre International Film Festival (Democracine) will take place in the Brazilian city from 13th to June 16, 2012.
This festival aims to raise the profile of…
The Fifty-Sixth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the United Nations will be held on 27 February-9 March 2012 in New York.
Due to the thematic topic of…
As the World Water Forum is approaching, a preparatory meeting took place in Barcelona on 15th February. Many cities and international organizations from different world regions…