On October 19th, at UCE – Central University of Ecuador, the Convergence Assembly on the Right to the City Happened in the context of Habitat III – The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, held from October 17 – 20, 2016 in Quito, Equador. The Convergence Assembly aimed to bring together organizations, […]
The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) held from 17 to 20 October 2016 in Quito, Equador, included, for the first time in history, the Right to the City in the official outcome document: the New Urban Agenda. From left to right: Augusto Barrera (FLACSO), Sandeep Chachra (ActionAid, India), Nelson […]
“Quito 20 October Good morning; Thank you, Mr/Mrs Chair for the opportunity to address this distinguished audience. My name is Nelson Saule Júnior, speaking by Polis Institute on behalf of the Global Platform for the Right to the City – an action-oriented advocacy network committed to social change and with the promotion of the Right […]
STAND 47 – The Global Platform for the Right to the City – Full Agenda Schedule Social Regulation of Real Estate Markets and Market Alternatives – follow up discussion | La regulación social de mercados inmobiliarios y Alternativas de Mercado – seguimiento a la discusión (English and Spanish | Inglés y Español) Date/Fecha: Oct. 17, […]
The Global Platform for the Right to the City identified the elements of the Right to the City in the New Agenda Urban: QUITO IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE NEW URBAN AGENDA 1 – Commitments: “States commit to promote/support, acknowledge, reaffirm”1 Subnational and local governments: stronger coordination for the provision of social and basic services and […]
The New Urban Agenda will be released during HabitatIII Conference and will affect all cities for the next 20 years. After a long advocacy and negotiation process, the Right to the City will be mentioned for the very first time in an UN agreement. The New Urban Agenda consists of 175 paragraphs, outlining the global […]
The Global Platform for the Right to the City is organizing several events in Quito during HABITAT III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development – October 2016. 1. Networking Event – “Moving from Habitat III to implementing the Right2City” Date: 19 October Time: from 2pm to 4pm Venue: Habitat 3 Conference […]
At Surabaya, Indonesia, 22-23 July 2016, The Global Platform for Right to the City hosted the Asia Regional Meeting II. “What does the Right to the City mean”, “Perspectives of Right to the City in the Asia Region” and “The Right to the City – the needed human rights approach for a New Habitat Agenda […]
Agenda GPR2C Asia meeting 22-23_July2016 (4)