The World Urban Forum, convened by UN-Habitat, has become one of the most relevant international gatherings on sustainable urban development. The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and its members have successfully participated in several of the previous gatherings and consider the WUF an important forum to advocate for sustainable and inclusive […]
The World Urban Forum, convened by UN-Habitat, has become one of the most relevant international gatherings on sustainable urban development. HIC will participate at the Tenth Session (WUF10) to advocate for sustainable and inclusive urban development, promoting the role of civil society in the implementation of international agendas: the Agenda 2030 and the New Urban […]
The fifty-eighth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD58) will take place from 10 to 19 February 2020 in Conference Room 4, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development. In 2020, we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Commission and the 25th […]
In 2020, the global community will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). A five-year milestone will be reached towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 2020 is therefore a pivotal year for the accelerated realization of gender equality […]
Proposed agenda: Actions taken by Members to ensure human rights related to Habitat during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis. Responses from state or municipal authorities. The meeting aims to learn the actions from other networks, articulations or individuals to face the Coronavirus crisis.
Working together during and beyond the COVID-19 outbreak to protect habitat’s rights As the COVID-19 emergency starts hitting Africa, we are calling a virtual meeting with all Members in the African region on Thursday 9th April (Please check the meeting schedule in your local time clicking here. The aim is to establish a space for collective learning […]
The World Social Forum of Transformative Economies is the process of convergence of different local and international movements from the alternative economy, which we call transformative economies. The main objective of this process is to bring together social movements and projects which share the will to put people and the environment at the centre of the economy, […]
Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2020 Venue: WCCB City: Bonn Country: Germany More information about the conference will be available soon: https://unfccc.int/event/bonn-climate-change-conference-june-2020
Post COVID-19 Urban Futures webinar series - No. 6 Hosted by: Adriana Allen & Julia Wesely co-organised with the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) programme and Habitat International Coalition (HIC) Event Information Open to All Registration required - https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_POa0gfx5ROiHre84uldTtA This event will be held in English and Spanish with simultaneous translation. Since the beginning […]
The Co-Habitat Network is a network of community-led housing organizations and allies, who work together to secure housing through collective, non-speculative, people-led solutions The next meeting of the Co-Habitat Network will take place in June. Two CoHabitat online sessions in early June to catch up, connect and reflect on ongoing activities, challenges we are facing […]