The Observatory is a human rights centre that concentrates its efforts on dismantling the devalued perception of social rights – the right to housing, to work, to education, to health, to food – in relation to other fundamental rights such as civil and political rights and patrimonial rights. To this end, the Observatory combines political advocacy with research, the advice and the organization of courses and conferences and strategic litigation. Thus, research and publications are promoted, seminars and trainings are organized and popular demands and struggles are accompanied. All this without losing sight of the importance of networking and participation in social campaigns.
La Hidra Cooperativa is a political organization that focuses its work on urban transformation, with the objective of joining the group of professional and social practices that want to guarantee the right to the city. Our action is based on three services that we offer to public, community or private entities: research, consulting and training. Through our work, we aim to produce practical knowledge to intervene in three strategic areas: urban economy, common goods and peripheries. The work in these areas forms a critique of urban political economy, i.e. tools, data and knowledge to identify the origins of urban inequalities and to propose alternatives.
