R-Existences, the turning point of Quito. The New Inhabitants' Agenda VS the New Urban Agenda
Quarta-Feira, 24 de Janeiro de 2018
Introduction
Quito, the turning point: the New Inhabitants' Agenda vs the New Urban Agenda
Inauguración del Foro Social de Resistencia Popular a Habitat III, QUITO, ECUADOR (16 Octubre 2016)
We waited a year to understand what really happened in Quito in October 2016 and the social and political impact it had.
In Quito there was no epic battle, and there were no street confrontations between opposing visions for the future of the world. There were a few thwarted attempts to repress the People's Social Forum in Resistance to Habitat III, during the opening of the International Tribunal on Evictions in Guayaquil and the closing event in Quito, but the very difficult debate on policies continued from a distance.
Quarta-Feira, 24 de Janeiro de 2018
Context
Popular Resistance to Habitat III
Misión AIH en Quito, Ecuador (junio 2016)
Background: the
People’s Alternative Urban Forum in Medellin
For its participation in the process of mobilizing resistance to Habitat III, the International Alliance of Inhabitants drew on the experience of 2014 when all the local and national organizations in Colombia worked together to create the People’s Alternative Urban Forum (PAUF), as part of the World Urban Forum (WUF) organized by the UN in Medellin.
Defence of land and right to the city: for a new global agenda for inhabitants
Cierre del Foro Social de Resistencia Popular a Habitat III, QUITO, ECUADOR (20 octubre 2016)
1. A quick tour of cities shows us that today there are serious shared problems that affect the majority of the population. Examples of some of these problems are: the current neoliberal urbanisation model, which is market driven and does not take into account needs and quality of life, nor the minimum planning requirements; the development of large-scale infrastructure investments by states, with a view to creating favourable conditions for major private investment, which causes the eradication of populations, the division of territories and the fragmentation of the city; the unlimited growth of the real estate market, which allocates the best land to high-earning sectors of society, privatises public spaces and builds houses that remain empty.
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Defining the terms: developmentalism vs human rights and mother earth
Declaração pela defesa dos nossos territórios
A especulação desenfreada, fundamento da nova economia global, tem nas cidades o seu motor de crescimento. Os processos de urbanização apresentam-se como inevitáveis e as agendas oficiais baseiam-se neste aspeto para ocultar que as cidades se converteram em mercadoria, objetos de desejo para a acumulação de capital. Isto conduziu-nos a cidades mais segregadas e desiguais, reproduzindo-se a violência permanente de um sistema patriarcal, racista e xenófobo. Neste modelo, o acesso a serviços converteu-se mais num privilegio que num direito.
The New Urban Agenda: the error of leaving the solution of challenges and commitments to the market
Ritaual de clausura del Foro Social de Resistencia Popular a Habitat III, QUITO, ECUADOR (20 Octubre 2016)
Through Resolution 66/207 on December 22, 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to convene the Habitat III Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, to be held in Quito, Ecuador from October 17 to 20, 2016, with the aim of examining the global urban situation and approving a New Urban Agenda.
World Charter for the Right to the City
Marcha de inauguración del Foro Social de Resistencia Popular a Habitat III, QUITO, ECUADOR (17 octubre 2016)
PREAMBLE
The new millennium dawned with half of the world’s population living in cities, and experts forecast that by 2050 the world’s urbanization rate will reach 65%. Cities are potentially territories with vast economic, environmental, political and cultural wealth and diversity. The urban way of life influences the way in which we link with our fellow human beings and with the territory.
El Manifiesto de Quito
Ritual de apertura del Foro Social de Resistencia Popular a Habitat III, QUITO, ECUADOR (16 octubre 2016)
¿Quiénes hacen las ciudades?
Las ciudades no las hacen los propietarios rentistas del suelo, ni los promotores especuladores, ni los constructores explotadores. No las hacen los bancos ni los fondos de inversión que venden mercancías para las clases solventes o productos averiados para el resto o para nadie.
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