(English) World Assembly of Urban Inhabitants

The World Assembly of Urban Inhabitants was an important fora for debate organized by housing movements in the turn of the 21st century. It took place in Mexico City, from October 2 to 6, 2000. The event theme was “Rethinking the City from the Grassroots” and its objectives were:

• Reflect on the city that we want and advance in the construction of a collective ideal.
• Propose strategic fields of joint action based on our innovative social experiences, to support and advance the transformation processes that we promote.
• Establish the bases for strategic alliances and build exchange networks, fronts and coalitions at all levels to disseminate our proposals and experiences and to promote our recognition as legitimate agents of dialogue with governments, international agencies, multilateral financial institutions and other actors who impact on urban policies.
• Establish agreements on coordination strategies and mechanisms to present united fronts for the necessary work in lobbying, negotiation and pressure to defend, promote and implement our right to the city and to guarantee the full realization of our human rights.

The meeting elected strategic fields of action within which participants would orient their projects and coordinate innovative practices: democratic city, inclusive city, sustainable city, livable city, productive city, healthy city, educational city, safe city, enjoyable city. The event final documents and resolutions can be found at: http://www.hic-al.org/anterior/results.html, as well as documents resulting from preparatory meetings to the World Assembly of Urban Inhabitants.