Theevent will take place at Ford Foundation, New York City, Wednesday, June 29,
2016, at 8-10am.
The
“right to the city” is the right of all inhabitants, present and future,
permanent and temporary to use, occupy and produce just, inclusive and
sustainable cities, defined as a common good essential to a full and decent
life. This concept has been built through decades, from base movements, and
reaffirms the sense of city as commons, articulating all different dimensions
of cities and urban life (public spaces, housing, services, etc.). On the other
hand, the “cities for all” concept emerged only recently and relates foremost
to the dimension of equality and of non-discrimination in cities.
The
Zero Draft of the New Urban Agenda (both, the first and the revised version)
included these concepts in the Quito Declaration, anchoring the vision in the
“cities for all” concept, which in some countries would be understood as the
Right to the City. Although their inclusion in the NUA is extremely important,
this formulation leaves many questions open for debate. Therefore, our Urban
Breakfast aims to bring together representatives from governments and various
civil society stakeholder groups to discuss the meaning of both concepts and
also to debate the best way to frame this issue in the New Urban Agenda.
By
the Global Platform Right to the City is important this initiative to bring
together representatives from governments and various civil society stakeholder
groups to discuss the better way to include the Right to the City in the New
Urban Agenda.
Ford
Foundation, 320 E 43rd St, New York, NY 10017, Estados Unidos
Wednesday,
June 29, 2016, at 8-10am.
RSVP
toJo.Cook.ContingentWkr@fordfoundation.org
Virtual Attendance
Attendees unable to join in person may participate
via phone and/or WebEx.