Enhanced political participation

A human settlement with enhanced political participation in the definition, implementation, monitoring, and budgeting of urban policies and spatial planning in order to strengthen the transparency, effectiveness and inclusion of the diversity of inhabitants and their organizations.

Enhanced political participation

Publications

Towards the implementation of the Right to the City

Towards the implementation of the Right to the City

This guide intends to present a series of indicators that allow for monitoring the implementation of public policies at the municipal level, and that make it possible to advance in the concretion and implementation of the Right to the City. We understand the Right to...

The Right to The City in Asia Region: Stories from the ‘Invisible’

The Right to The City in Asia Region: Stories from the ‘Invisible’

This research raises questions about the right to the city both in terms of definition and practice in the Asian region, drawing on the experiences of four countries: China, South Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Through a fruitful collaborative process, the...

[THEMATIC PAPER] The impact of COVID-19 on the Right to the City

[THEMATIC PAPER] The impact of COVID-19 on the Right to the City

Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked on a collective learning process together with all its members and allies for the elaboration of a series of thematic papers to explore and deepen into the key conceptual and programmatic...

Guide to digital advocacy campaigns

Guide to digital advocacy campaigns

This guide is the result of the work developed over two theoretical and practical training workshops on digital advocacy campaigns on issues related (in the broadest sense) to the Global Platform for the Right to the City held in May 2019. The guide aims to help in...

Right to the City in the United Arab Emirates

Right to the City in the United Arab Emirates

This note was crafted by the GPR2C ahead of the 10th edition of the World Urban, which  took place from the 8th to the 13th of February 2020 in Abu Dhabi (UAE), in order to highlight preocupations concerning the lack of of protections for women, children and foreign...

Cities for All: Proposals and Experiences Towards the Right to the City

Cities for All: Proposals and Experiences Towards the Right to the City

For over thirty years, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) has focused on the link between human habitat, human rights, and dignity, together with people’s demands, capabilities, and aspirations for freedom and solidarity. HIC has been committed to be involved in...