[IRPCoalition] [now online!] Guide for mainstreaming human rights in the digital transformation of cities

[Hanane Boujemi]

This is impressive Milou. Thank you for the update

Hanane Boujemi

On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 10:10, minda moreira <mindamoreira at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Milou,
>
> Thank you so much for sharing and apologies for the slow reply as the
> email found its way to my junk folder 😬
>
> What an impressive expansion: 55 members in only four years!
> Congratulations!
>
>
> All the best and do count on us for further collaboration,
> Minda
>
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> *From:* IRP <irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org> on behalf
> of Jansen, Milou <milou.jansen at amsterdam.nl>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 23, 2022 10:11 AM
> *To:* IRP Coalition <irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
> *Cc:* Florencia Serale <florencia.serale at un.org>
> *Subject:* [IRPCoalition] [now online!] Guide for mainstreaming human
> rights in the digital transformation of cities
>
>
> Dear Collegues,
>
> The Cities for Digital Rights | <https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/home>,
> launched by the Cities of Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York in November
> 2018 and now with a membership of over 55 cities, is a network of cities
> helping each other in the greenfield of digital rights based policy-making.
>  The Coalition's Principles are inspired by the Internet Rights and
> Principles Coalition based at the UN Internet Governance Forum and in this
> endeavour the Coalition Cities have been joined by United Nations Human
> Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), United Cities and Local Governments
> (UCLG) and Eurocities in an effort to promote and defend digital rights in
> urban context through city action, to resolve common digital challenges and
> work towards legal, ethical and operational frameworks to advance human
> rights in digital environments.
>
> With 4 year in the way in practically applying these principles in the
> digital transformation of local governments, we have worked hard on the
> past year to summarize the learnings in a practical and coherent guide for
> cities to undertake actions and start engaging with the topic.
> We are currently piloting the guide in 4 cities, until march 2023 and we
> are looking for possibilities and funding to scale up the work in different
> regions.
>
> The project has two components:
> *1. Launch of the Guide*: Mainstreaming human rights in the digital
> transformation of cities – A guide for local governements | UN-Habitat
> (unhabitat.org)
> <https://unhabitat.org/mainstreaming-human-rights-in-the-digital-transformation-of-cities-a-guide-for-local-governements>
> *2. Launch of The Digital Helpdesk for Cities*: makes technical support
> accessible to cities and communities on topics such as inclusive digital
> transformation, digital governance, and digital human rights. It aims at
> contributing to accelerating people-centered digital transformation by
> addressing local needs.
>
> If you are in contact with city-governments that may find this piece work
> interesting, please don’t hesitate to contact us!
>
> For more information or possible collaboration please contact: Florencia
> Serale florencia.serale at un.org.
>
> Let us know if you would like to stay updated and follow this piece of
> work!
>
> ----
>
> *UN-Habitat, the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights and partners launch a
> guide for mainstreaming human rights in the digital transformation of
> cities*
>
> Nairobi/Barcelona, November 15, 2022 - UN-Habitat, the Cities Coalition
> for Digital Rights, Eurocities, and United Cities and Local Governments
> (UCLG) with support from Open Society Foundations have developed the guide
> “Mainstreaming human rights in the digital transformation of cities — A
> guide for local governments” to support city governments in fostering a
> human-rights based approach in their digital transformation journeys.
>
> Full press release: UN-Habitat, the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights
> and partners launch a guide for mainstreaming human rights in the digital
> transformation of cities | Cities for Digital Rights
> <https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/un-habitat-cities-coalition-digital-rights-and-partners-launch-guide-mainstreaming-human-rights>
>
>
> Kindest Regards,
>
> Milou Jansen
> Coordinator – Cities Coalition for Digital Rights
> (1) Cities Coalition for Digital Rights: Overview | LinkedIn
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/citiesdrights/>
>
>
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