Annual CoHabitat Network meeting

The Co-Habitat Network is a network of community-led housing organizations and allies, who work together to secure housing through collective, non-speculative, people-led solutions The next meeting of the Co-Habitat Network will take place in June. Two CoHabitat online sessions in early June to catch up, connect and reflect on ongoing activities, challenges we are facing […]

The Agenda of June: Habitat et Participation

'- La vidéo "B.a - BA de l'habitat groupé" est en ligne ! - Cycle webinair sur l'habitat groupé #4# 12/06 # L'habitat inclusif solidaire  - 18/06 I GT "Habitat solidaire, santé mentale" à Bruxelles - Cycle webinaire sur l'habitat groupé #5# 19/06 # Le statut isolé et cohabitant - Programmation estivale à Bruxelles - […]

High-level Political Forum 2020 under the auspices of ECOSOC

New York

The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2020 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 7 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020, including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 14 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020. Regional preparatory meetings will be organized […]

Meeting of the Latin American Regional Working Group on Social Production of Habitat

The Working Group on Habitat Production and Social Management was formed as a result of an agreement between members and partners of Habitat International Coalition (HIC) on the occasion of a side event at the 7th World Urban Forum (Medellin, 2014). There, it was decided to identify and document transformative experiences throughout the region and […]

Zero Eviction : In Defense of the Urban and Rural Life

The Pólis Institute, Global Platform for the Right to the City and DHESCA Brazil Platform will hold an international online event in favor of the suspension of evictions during the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The event will take place on Friday, September 4th, and will count with the participation of  Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to […]

Urban October 2020

Urban October is an opportunity for everyone to be part of the conversation about the challenges and opportunities we face in the defense of our Human Rights related to Habitat. The month begins with World Habitat Day on the first Monday of the month, 5 October 2020, and ends with the World Right to the […]

World Habitat Day 2020

The United Nations' (UN) World Habitat Day is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October to reflect on the state of human settlements and people's right to sufficient shelter. By a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1985, the first Monday in October of each year is commemorated as World Habitat Day or World […]

Housing Rights: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Friday 9 October 2020, 3-5pm CEST (click here to see your local time) This year’s World Habitat Day is themed Housing for All: A Better “Urban” Future, a theme that echoes the UN SDGs and New Urban Agenda to Leave No One Behind. Yet, COVID-19 is showing us that many are being left behind. While […]

World Social Forum on Transformative Economies (II)

The World Social Forum on Transformative Economies will celebrate its second face-to-face edition from 23 to 25 October, under the theme “We Accept the challenge: Transformative Economies versus COVID-19”, during the Solidarity Economy Fair of Catalonia in Barcelona. The first edition took place from 25 June to 1 July, a meeting that aims to bring together social movements and initiatives that share […]