Stories of environmental degradation and social injustice seem to dominate the news. But all around the world, people are developing local solutions to global problems. Through a different lens, we see that another world is not only possible, it is already being built. We launched an award for people-led initiatives to highlight and strengthen stories […]
You are directly or indirectly involved in the development of your neighbourhood or city, so come and strengthen your knowledge or share your experience on December 19-20, 2019 at Saint Jerome Catholic University. More information on the Cameroon Cities and Roofs Fair
This fourth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) will focus on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. More than 55 per cent of the world’s population now lives in urban regions (United […]
This fourth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) will focus on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. More than 55 per cent of the world’s population now lives in urban regions (United […]
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 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 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.