3rd Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Housing and Habitat

Under the title: "Housing at the heart of the New Urban Agenda", this gathering was be a regional space for exchange and discussion to share lessons learned, trends and challenges in the area of housing and urban habitat. The meeting was be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 12 to 14 June 2018.

Save Our Homes Conference

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Slums: New Visions for an Enduring Global Phenomenon

A symposium being held at Harvard University from September 20-22, 2018 that will challenge participants to discuss the range of perceptions and systemic changes needed to re-imagine integrative urban and social landscapes, as well as the labor and land markets that most often underpin the formation of slums.

Urban Storytellers’ CONVITE

Lorena Zárate, HIC Presidents participate at CONVITE, the celebration of collective actions that result from solidarity and empathy networks among urban dwellers. In Medellín, CONVITE has been a social, cultural and technological tool to build urban infrastructure at the neighbourhood level with a city scale impact.

UN Habitat Assembly

The first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly will be held from 27-31 May 2019, at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi. Member States of the United Nations are expected to participate, as well as other United Nations Agencies, Local authorities and non-state actors including civil society, youth and women group representatives, the private sector and the Academia.

International Social Housing Festival

Housing Europe, Aura HLM, L'Union Social Pour l'Habitat and la Metropole du Grand Lyon are organizing the 2019 edition of the International Social Housing Festival to take place in Lyon from the 4th to the 8th of June 2019.

Al-Haq International Law Summer School

The summer school aims to assist post-graduates and professionals develop a coherent
understanding of the legal and human rights situation in the OPT with an applicable
approach. The summer school offers lectures by human rights professionals and group
discussions on key human rights issues and trends in violations witnessed in the OPT.

High-Level Political Forum 2019

This year, the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development will take place from the 9th to the 18th of July. The general theme of the event will be "Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality".