Urban October is an opportunity for everyone to be part of the conversation about the challenges and opportunities we face in the defense of our Human Rights related to Habitat. The month begins with World Habitat Day on the first Monday of the month, 5 October 2020, and ends with the World Right to the […]
The United Nations' (UN) World Habitat Day is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October to reflect on the state of human settlements and people's right to sufficient shelter. By a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1985, the first Monday in October of each year is commemorated as World Habitat Day or World […]
Friday 9 October 2020, 3-5pm CEST (click here to see your local time) This year’s World Habitat Day is themed Housing for All: A Better “Urban” Future, a theme that echoes the UN SDGs and New Urban Agenda to Leave No One Behind. Yet, COVID-19 is showing us that many are being left behind. While […]
The World Social Forum on Transformative Economies will celebrate its second face-to-face edition from 23 to 25 October, under the theme “We Accept the challenge: Transformative Economies versus COVID-19”, during the Solidarity Economy Fair of Catalonia in Barcelona. The first edition took place from 25 June to 1 July, a meeting that aims to bring together social movements and initiatives that share […]
HIC has an opportunity to share our priorities on habitat rights with the new UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal. Our Members, Allies and Friends are invited to join us for a one hour call on Wednesday 28 October at this time on zoom: if you have not received the […]
On October 31st, the Global Platform for the Right to the City and organization Members and Allies have agreed to celebrate the World Day for the Right to the City, reinterpreting United Nations designation of World Cities Day. The reason behind this decision is simple: it is not enough to celebrate cities. The affirmations to “leave no-one […]
When: Monday 23 November at this local time. Interpretation: Arabic, French and Spanish RSVP: to gs@hic-net.org to confirm your attendance and to get the link of the call GOLD is the Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization, created in 2006 by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). The GOLD initiative and report are a major source of information on local self-government, local […]
The 2nd December 2020, the Transformative Cities Initiative will announce which four initiatives received the most popular support and are thus the recipients of the Transformative Cities 2020 People’s Choice Award. Register here Transformative Cities is an opportunity for progressive local governments, municipalist coalitions, social movements and civil society organizations to popularize and share their […]
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 An online space for sharing ongoing processes, ideas, events and plans for 2021 with the Co-Habitat partners.
This collective dialogue will be the beginning of drawing connections across the spectrum of Habitat Rights and the Right to the City: Roundtable between United Nations Special Rapporteurs, civil society organizations and local and regional governments The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it is not possible to separate the protection of health from access to […]