Originally published in : https://www.habitants.org/ 122 women and 155 men from 48 countries registered to participate in the first Virtual World Assembly of Inhabitants in history on 31/07/2020, almost 4 hours of focused and passionate speeches, solidarity expressed...
Enhanced political participation
A human settlement with enhanced political participation in the definition, implementation, monitoring, and budgeting of urban policies and spatial planning in order to strengthen the transparency, effectiveness and inclusion of the diversity of inhabitants and their organizations.Enhanced political participation
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[Video] The Right to the City to face COVID-19
The global crisis generated by COVID-19 shows the urgency of putting life and people before profit. This short video explains the vision from the GPR2C to build the post-pandemic world, focusing on: Recovering and strengthing community public services Moving towards...
Right to the City. The construction of a collective utopia
Article by HENRIQUE BOTELHO FROTA and LORENA ZÁRATE Originally published in spanish in Crítica Urbana. Revista de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales Vol.3 núm. 13 Derecho a la ciudad.. A Coruña: Crítica Urbana, July 2020. "The right to the city has gained...
Fulfilling SDG11 and the NUA beyond the pandemic through the Right to the City
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) held an online side event at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020 on July 16th, facilitated by Sophia Torres from the GPR2C support team. GPR2C members and allies from local governments, international...
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Events
World Social Forum on Transformative Economies (II)
Originally published in: https://transformadora.org/ The World Social Forum on Transformative Economies will celebrate its second online edition from 23 to 25 October, under the theme “We Accept the challenge: Transformative Economies versus COVID-19”, during the...
(Webinar) Saídas urbanas – iniciativas em favelas diante do Covid-19
Em 2020, o Instituto Pólis retoma o projeto "Escola da Cidadania", uma série de formações e conversas voltadas a temas centrais do Direito à Cidade. Até que o projeto possa ser lançado de forma presencial, ele será desenvolvido por meio de webnários semanais...
(Webinar) With everything up for grabs: The Green New Deal(s) the world needs now
While the coronavirus crisis emphasises the need to rethink the commodification of many sectors as well as the role and shape of public services and public utilities, the concept of a Green New Deal conveys new ideas regarding the place, role and form of public...
Talks for future
In face of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Fridays for Future collective has postponed all mass gatherings around the world, calling for an "online climate strike" every friday while the global containement efforts are still in place. Beyond continuing with the weekly...
Members
Corporación Región para el desarrollo y la democracia
Description: Corporation REGION is a Non-Governmental Organization that believes in building a just, democratic, and peaceful society. We work in processes of citizen formation, political incidence, research, and wide production of knowledge. We...
Crítica Urbana
Description: It is a collective that publishes a bimonthly magazine about urban and territorial issues Mission: Contribute to a rigorous critique of the reality of our cities and territories. In particular with regard to destructive dynamics on...
FEMUM-Federación Mujeres&Municipalidades ALC
Description: FEMUM is a Latin American network of leaders who promote Good Practices in the field of local management and municipal government since 1998.The Urban Thinkers Campus is promoted by Femum Peru, since 2015, in the...
UCLG-CISDP
Description: The United cities and local governments- Committee of Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights brings together local governments from across the world committed to the global advance of human rights and the right to...