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Where is the Platform heading towards?

Where is the Platform heading towards?

With the end of the successful advocacy campaign for the recognition of the Right to the City by the United Nations Habitat III negotiation process and the New Urban Agenda, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C)* comes to the end of a busy and fruitful...

Sao Paulo 2017 Planning Workshop

Sao Paulo 2017 Planning Workshop

Sao Paulo was the first stop of a global planning process that the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) is implementing in 2017. This process is supported by the Ford Foundation and is intended to recognize the Platform's achievements in the last years...

Arlequin’s urban renewal: the long struggle of its inhabitants

Arlequin’s urban renewal: the long struggle of its inhabitants

For many years, inhabitants of La Villeneuve (Grenoble, France) have resisted the urban renewal project promoted by the French agency of urban renewal. In reaction to the lack of consultation, a bottom-up initiative has been organised in the neighbourhood through the...

Engaging youth in the discourse on just and inclusive cities

Engaging youth in the discourse on just and inclusive cities

The context Less than a year ago, in 2016, 193 member countries signed the New Urban Agenda. The shared vision of this globally binding agreement stated “We share a vision of cities for all, referring to the equal use and enjoyment of cities and human settlements,...

Statements given by many organizations on Habitat III

Statements given by many organizations on Habitat III

Habitat3 – The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development – took place in Quito, Ecuador, from October 17 – 20, 2016, and launched the New Urban Agenda (NUA).  The New Urban Agenda consists of 175 paragraphs that outline global standards...

Habitat III Visual Art by the Global Platform for the Right to the City

Habitat III Visual Art by the Global Platform for the Right to the City

The Global Platform for the Right to the City hosted several events during HABITAT III – the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development – that took place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016. VISUAL ART BY THE GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR...