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Urban Agenda - 26/09/2013
By Michael Dixon, General Manager, Smarter Cities, IBM
Today we live in an urban world. Economic activity is happening in cities, and cities matter like never before.
This is because cities around the world are getting bigger, fast. By 2015, there will be 22 metropolitan areas with... (+)
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Culture - 30/08/2013
In Hangzhou, on 14-17 May 2013, UNESCO and the PR of China organised the largest congress ever on culture and sustainable development.
The last paragraph of the Final Declaration says: “We recommend… that a specific Goal focused on culture be included as part of the post-2015 UN... (+)
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Urban Policy - 26/08/2013
A foundation conference of urban forum of CIS countries was held on July 3 in Khabarovsk. It was organized by the UN - HABITAT (United Nations Program on sustainable development of communities), the secretariat of the Intergovernmental Council for Cooperation in a sphere of construction of CIS countries... (+)
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Smart Cities, Sustainable cities - 02/08/2013
The parallel session of "Smarter Cities" will be linked to the general debate on Fostering Wellbeing that will be held on 3rd October as part of the 2013 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders in Rabat. IBM will host the session as a partner of the leading organization of Local and Regional authorities worldwide, UCLG. (+)
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Human Rights, Sustainable cities - 31/07/2013
The 2013 Metropolis Annual Meeting, held in Johannesburg, was closed with great success on 19 July 2013, having drawn over 400 participants from different cities from around the world.
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Social Inclusion, Inclusive cities - 26/07/2013
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights reissued its publication "For a World of Inclusive Cities”.
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