Quality public spaces and services

A city/human settlement with quality public spaces and services that enhance social interactions and political participation, promote sociocultural expressions, embrace diversity, and foster social cohesion; a city/human settlement where public spaces and services contribute to building safer cities (especially for women and girls) and to meeting the needs of its inhabitants (especially those related to livelihoods).

Quality public spaces and services

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Call for Proposals: Public Spaces and Right to the City

Call for Proposals: Public Spaces and Right to the City

Do you have an initiative related to public space occupation and right to the city? We want to talk with you! The Pólis Institute, GPR2C member, launches a call for proposals for collectives, organizations and social movements acting on the Metropolitan Region of São...

Questionnaire from the Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights

Questionnaire from the Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights

Karima Bennoune, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, is seeking contributions to an ongoing study on “Cultural rights and public space”. This report explores  how actors from across the cultural ecosystem access and use public spaces, identify the...

The Right to the City, a cornerstone for “leaving no one behind”

The Right to the City, a cornerstone for “leaving no one behind”

The Right to the City is a collective demand and agreement on the need to implement the Global Agendas for Sustainable Development with a human rights approach. "In his book "The Invisible Cities", Italo Calvino asked this question in a work dedicated to urban spaces,...