The fourth edition of the Latin American and the Caribbean Forum on Housing and Habitat, co-organized by Habitat for Humanity and Urban Housing Practitioners Hub (UHPH), took place from 17-21 May 2021. As in previous editions, the Global Platform for the Right to the...
Quality public spaces and services
A city/human settlement with quality public spaces and services that enhance social interactions and political participation, promote sociocultural expressions, embrace diversity, and foster social cohesion; a city/human settlement where public spaces and services contribute to building safer cities (especially for women and girls) and to meeting the needs of its inhabitants (especially those related to livelihoods).Quality public spaces and services
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How cities can mitigate human-nature conflict
Climate justice must be put at the centre of the agenda, radically changing how we relate, produce and consume in our societies.A group of people participates in the sit-in in front of the Congress of Deputies called on the occasion of the Global Day of Action for...
Second dialogue between civil society, local governments and UN Special Rapporteurs
Collaborating internationally and working locally towards care and systemic transformation Following a first roundtable held on December 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C), Habitat International Coalition (HIC) and United Cities and...
The GPR2C opens a news inbox for its member organisations and allies
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C), among other objectives, aims to be a space for the dissemination of relevant news on the Right to the City. We are here to make it easier for all GPR2C members and allies to publish, in a more agile way, on the...
Publications
Events
Conversation with United Nations Special Rapporteurs
Along with Habitat International Coalition, the GPR2C is co-organizing a conversation with United Nations Special Rapporteurs (SRs) focused on how to improve synergies between their work and that of civil society and grassroots organizations. A series of SRs will be...
Online course “Decoding the Right to the City”
Registrations are closed now! Thank you all for your interest! The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) aims to contribute to the emergence of new emancipatory utopias and social pacts for a better future in all human settlements, giving visibility...
Webinar : Creating accessible and inclusive public spaces with/for resilient communities
Photo by Etienne Boulanger on Unsplash Creating accessible and inclusive public spaces with/for resilient communities Thursday June 18, 1.00 - 2.30 pm CET >>> Registration Nelson Saule Junior, from the Global Platform for the Right to the city, will be...
(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...
Members
Observatorio del Derecho a la Ciudad – ODC
Description: Observatorio del Derecho a la Ciudad (ODC) is an independent and interdisciplinary social organization that vocationally participates in public debates and in all dimensions of urban policies with the conviction that cities should be...
Observatorio por el Derecho a la Ciudad de Bariloche (ODCB)
Description: Observatorio por el Derecho a la Ciudad de Bariloche (ODCB) holds meetings open to the public with the assistance of experts, to review local conditions and conflicts on: local urban infrastructure and services, demand for land and...
DESCO-Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo
Description: DESCO, Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo, is a non-governmental development institution that has been part of Peruvian civil society for 53 years. It is dedicated to the promotion of social development and the strengthening of the capacities...
CJUR Internacional
Description: Colegio de Jurisprudencia Urbanística (CJUR International) is a Non-Governmental Organization with influence in 4 continents whose essential objective is the social transformation for a dignified life and happiness, through urban law,...