The Decalogue arises from the alliance between civil society organizations, social movements, universities, research centers, international and regional organizations and networks that have come together within the framework of the "Synergies for Solidarity"...
Inclusive rural / urban linkages
A sustainable city/human settlement with inclusive rural-urban linkages that benefit poor people, both in rural and urban areas, and ensures food sovereignty; a city/human settlement that protects biodiversity, natural habitats, and surrounding ecosystems.Inclusive rural / urban linkages
Campaigns
The Right to the City at the High-Level Political Forum
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is the core United Nations platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The theme of this year's edition is "Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and...
News
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...
The 8th Urban Social Forum: Reclaiming the Right to the City, Affirming Another City is Possible!
By Vanesha Manuturi, Kota Kita In the past year, the cities that we live in today face what feels like a growing list of uncertainties. Communities in Indonesia and around the world have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic like nothing we have ever seen or...
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....
Publications
[THEMATIC PAPER] The City as a Common Good: A Pillar of 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...
[THEMATIC PAPER] Right to the City: A Roadmap for Climate Justice
This paper proves that the Right to the City framework is already providing substantial alternatives to work for Climate Justice, with examples of successful experiences worldwide! Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked...
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...
Events
Beyond urban-rural linkages: the defense of territories and cities for life – launch and presentation of the latest GPR2C Thematic Paper
Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C)has been leading a collective learning process that has culminated in the development of a series of seven thematic papers dedicated to deepening some of the Right to the City components as well as key...
United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 27)
From 6 to 18 November 2022, the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27), with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to effectively tackle the global...
[IN SPANISH] Climate Justice: Institutional Responses and Significant Experiences from Latin America
In the first place, this event on "Climate Justice: institutional responses and significant experiences in Latin America" will seek an approach, at a global level, to the Right to the City, through the Thematic Document "Right to the City: Roadmap towards climate...
Ciclo de debates “Avances del derecho a la ciudad en América Latina”
En 2021, se conmemoran 5 años de existencia de la Nueva Agenda Urbana (NAU) y se celebran los 20 años del Estatuto de la Ciudad (EC) de Brasil, ambos productos de importantes movilizaciones y estrategias de incidencia que han involucrado a distintos actores sociales y...
Members
Arquitectura Sense Fronteres de Catalunya- ASF Catalunya
Description: In Architecture Without Borders of Catalonia, we promote universal access to decent housing, overcoming poverty, improving access to education and health, gender equity and environmental quality, with projects both locally and...
FMDV-Global Fund for Cities Development
Description: FMDV-Global Fund for Cities Development is a global alliance of cities and regions working on sustainable financing and local economic development engineering in order to support local sustainable development. Mission: "Created...
CESAL
Description: We are a Spanish development cooperation NGO, with a long history of work in Peru. We are currently present in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and Europe, seeking to promote the development of peoples and...
Asocijacija za demokratski prosperitet – Zid
Description: Our organization is involved in many programs, ranging from social policies, social rights, volunteering, employment, youth work, innovations, and others. Mission: To help the development of the community and society in general, by...