Quito, Ecuador. Photo by Ariel Tutillo on Unsplash Because for the members and allies of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) it is a great responsibility, even if the obligation lies with States. It is a great responsibility because thanks to the...
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2022 Right to the City Overview
Dear friends, As the end of 2022 is approaching, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all members and allies of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) for another very engaging and productive year of collaborative work and mobilization around...
Transformative Cities People’s Choice Award: Vote now!
The vote for the finalists of the 2021-2022 edition of the Transformative Cities Award is now open. To select the awarded stories, the public (this means you!) will vote on the top twelve initiatives via this page, starting from 6th October and ending on 6th November...
Chile will decide whether to approve or reject a new Constitution that includes the Right to Housing and the City
On 4 September the Chilean people will vote on the text of a new constitution. The new constitution will replace the 1980 Constitution, designed by the dictatorship of General Pinochet. After the social outburst in October 2019, 80% of Chileans expressed in a...
Accelerating New Urban Agenda implementation through the Right to the City: the GPR2C at WUF11
As in previous editions, the GPR2C and members have participated actively in the 11th World Urban Forum, held in Katowice, Poland, from the 26th to 30th of June. As the largest forum convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum was marked as a key space for...
Advancing on the Right to the City trough Municipal Policies: the Right to the City Indicators
Over the last years, Observatory DESC and the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) have been collaborating in a series of joint projects and initiatives that seek to reinforce the awareness around and recognition of the Right to the City as a key vector...
Civil society and local and regional governments working together to strengthen the commons
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has been invited by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) to facilitate a thematic Town Hall process during 2022. The goal is to foster shared narratives and concrete recommendations from civil society...
GPR2C 2021 Thematic Papers: A collective learning experience on the Right to the City
Since last year the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked on the preparation of a series of thematic papers to deepen the key conceptual and programmatic contents related to the right to the city. These documents are intended to strengthen the...
Planact advocating for the Right to the City in informal settlements in South Africa
Masakhane is an informal settlement in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga (north-east South Africa). People started living here 50 years ago. It has nowadays an aproximate population of more than 3.700 people. Residents of Masakhane in eMalahleni have never had running water....
Find out more about HIC Co-learning Spaces
HIC Co-learning Spaces - the Habitat International Coalition is an active member of the Global Platform for the Right to the City - are cross-regional, multi-session encounters open to all HIC Members, Friends, and allies to generate and multiply emancipatory learning...