The International Meeting
on the Right to the City aims to foster global and local debates on tools and
strategies in order to implement the right to the city. The meeting will be
held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from November 12th–14th. The event is free of
charge and registration is available on the website:
http://www.righttothecityplatform.org.br/register-2/?lang=en
Participants will
help to build a Global Platform on The Right to the City that enhances principles, themes, commitments, goals
and indicators. This platform will be presented during the debates on the Post
2015 Development Agenda at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Urban
Development (Habitat III), as well as before global and
regional systems for the protection of human rights.
A Common
Agenda for Action, Articulation and Social Mobilization will also be created in
order to strengthen the international movement for the right to the city and
for the acknowledgment of this right by United Nations institutions and local and
international governments.
Among the
confirmed speakers are academics and experts, social leaders and public
authorities of the following countries: India, Egypt, South Africa, South
Korea, Portugal, United States, Germany, England, Spain, Mexico and Brazil.
The meeting is divided
into four main topics: 1. Human Rights in the Cities; 2. Participatory and
Democratic Governance in the Cities; 3. Urbanization, Sustainable Use of the Territory
and Social Inclusion and 4. Social Inclusion and Economic Development in the
Cities. Workshops and debates for each of these topics are also included in the
schedule.
To register, please visit the
meeting’s website:
http://www.righttothecityplatform.org.br/register-2/?lang=en
Click below to see the full schedule : http://www.righttothecityplatform.org.br/programacao/?lang=en
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