The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) will be held from 2 to 12 December in Madrid, in the IFEMA space. HIC will participate in this summit to bring the voice of civil society and the importance of the realization of human rights related to habitat - […]
Theme: THE POTENTIAL OF POPULAR AREAS Date: 4-5 December 2019 Location: Douala - Cameroon Languages: English and French In collaboration with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MINHDU) of Cameroon, the Diocesan Committee for Social Activities and Caritas of the Archdiocese of Douala is organizing the first Salon Villes et Toits du Cameroun in […]
Stories of environmental degradation and social injustice seem to dominate the news. But all around the world, people are developing local solutions to global problems. Through a different lens, we see that another world is not only possible, it is already being built. We launched an award for people-led initiatives to highlight and strengthen stories […]
You are directly or indirectly involved in the development of your neighbourhood or city, so come and strengthen your knowledge or share your experience on December 19-20, 2019 at Saint Jerome Catholic University. More information on the Cameroon Cities and Roofs Fair
This fourth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) will focus on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. More than 55 per cent of the world’s population now lives in urban regions (United […]
This fourth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) will focus on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. More than 55 per cent of the world’s population now lives in urban regions (United […]
The World Urban Forum, convened by UN-Habitat, has become one of the most relevant international gatherings on sustainable urban development. The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and its members have successfully participated in several of the previous gatherings and consider the WUF an important forum to advocate for sustainable and inclusive […]
The World Urban Forum, convened by UN-Habitat, has become one of the most relevant international gatherings on sustainable urban development. HIC will participate at the Tenth Session (WUF10) to advocate for sustainable and inclusive urban development, promoting the role of civil society in the implementation of international agendas: the Agenda 2030 and the New Urban […]
The fifty-eighth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD58) will take place from 10 to 19 February 2020 in Conference Room 4, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development. In 2020, we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Commission and the 25th […]