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Global Platform sends letter to Habitat III Secretariat

Global Platform for the Right to the City sent, in last May, a letter to the representant of Habitat II Secretariat, Ana Moreno.  The document is focused on the appointment of experts for Policy Units groups in the context of Habitat III Conference. According to UN...

Civil society must ensure equitable inclusion in Habitat III

By Jane Katz Citiscope.org The road is looking a bit rockier than once thought to get to the New Urban Agenda, the outcome document for next year’s Habitat III conference on cities and the intended blueprint for a new global strategy around urbanization. Nonetheless,...

Global Platform’s Agenda

The Global Platform members contributed, in Porto Alegre (Brazil),  to the UCLG Executive Bureau debate, from 10 to 12 June 2015. In the framework of the meeting of UCLG, the joint session with civil society discussed strategy and content to influence Habitat III....

Declaration of World Assembly of Inhabitants

We, the participants of the World Assembly of Inhabitants , gathered in Tunis from 24 to 28 March 2015, have met for many activities grouped under seven themes during the World Social Forum to continue the processes of convergence as in many previous gatherings...

PrepCom 2: Official statements indicate concerns around participation

By Greg Scruggs and Carey L. Biron - Citiscope Developing countries and other stakeholders are expressing concerns on two issues in particular as talks in Nairobi push forward the Habitat III process: broadening participation in that process and figuring out how to...

World Social Forum

The World Social Forum is an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate...