The forum is a platform for global, collective and horizontal advocacy, with the aim of offering solutions at the political level and implementing policies to construct coexistence and peace in the territories. The challenges posed by the pandemic pose a greater challenge, given its impact on health, economic, social, political, cultural and environemnt fields. This requires more creativity, cooperation and exchange of experiences.

The forum started on 2017 in Madrid. Over 10.000 participants from 100 countries took part in previous editions, from all over the world and representing international instituttions; national, regional and local governments; community organisations; social activists; universities; companies and pupils. The on-site edition of the third Forum, to be celebrated in Mexico City, has been postponed to 2021 given the current health situation. The International Association of Educating Cities is part of the Scientific Committee, together with UCLG, Mayors for Peace, Metropolis and several UN agencies.

FORUM’S AGENDA ITEMS:

• Embracing migration to the cities
• Facing the gaps: social, economic, and territorial inequalities
• Eradicating violence against women and LGBT+ people
• Promoting anti- racist, xenophobic, aporophobic and homophobic policies, and targeting all other forms of intolerance
• Cities and territoriesthat are free of corruption
• Countering violent extremism
• Building territories that are free of interpersonal violence

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