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From 29th Nov to 2nd Dec 2022 representatives from grassroots movements, advocacy, human rights, and development organisations, feminist movements, trade unions, and other civil society organisations, met in Santiago, Chile,  to discuss the critical role of public services for our future. 

More than 200 organizations, including SID, have pledged to seek to change our systems in this historic Santiago Declaratio. We want our systems to place a higher priority on human rights and ecological sustainability, rather than GDP growth and narrowly construed economic gains.

How can we reclaim sustainable infrastructure as a public good? This report analyses infrastructure from a systemic perspective, examining it through the lens of four interconnected pillars:Economic, Governance, Social, Ecological

 

The Future is Public: Global Manifesto for Public Services was developed collectively by dozens of organisations and actors to serve as a rallying cry for public services for civil society, providing a concrete alternative to the dominant neoliberal narrative that has failed to ensure a dignified life for all.