Luanda, 7 April 2016 – UN-Habitat Deputy Executive Director Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira last week visited Angola where she held high level meetings with government officials aimed at strengthening the partnership between the agency and the African nation.During the mission, the Deputy Executive Director held meetings with the Minister for Urban Development and Housing (the
Nairobi, 8 April 2016—UN-Habitat last month hosted and honored the first cohort of Emerging Community Champions.These are young people who have made remarkable achievements and continue to inspire hope, provide leadership both at the community level and seek to better the world.Over 60 young people selected from about 350 nominees, and drawn from diverse backgrounds
Pretoria, 9 April 2016: UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Progamme (PSUP) has launched the ‘Up for Slum Dwellers – Transforming a Billion Lives’ campaign.In the presence of people living in slums, local and national governments, the private sector, research and academia, non-governmental organizations and the media, the launch took place during the Habitat III Thematic Meeting
Download PDF VersionProgram: Future of Afghan Cities (FoAC) TERMS OF REFERENCEUrban Advisor I. Position Information Project:           Urban Advisor Duty Station:   Kabul, Afghanistan Duration:         6 months Starting date:  01 May 2016 Finish date:    31 Oct 2016 Supervisors:   Country Representative (CR), UN-Habitat/Afghanistan; Senior Human Settlements Officer (SHSO), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)  Deadline for applications: 
Download PDF Version VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT                                                                                       Issued on 6 April 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Regional Office for Africa, Somalia Programme UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: Nairobi FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Programme Assistant CONTRACT TYPE: Consultancy POST DURATION 6 months (with possibility of extension depending on performance and availability of funding CLOSING DATE:    20 April 2016 Background:The United Nations Human Settlements
Download PDF Version CONSULTANCY JOB OPENING Issued on: April 5th 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat – Goma, DRC DUTY STATION: Goma with missions in Bunia, Bukavu and at field levels FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Political and Economical  Land Sector Analyst DURATION: 40 days CLOSING DATE: 18 April 2016 BACKGROUND Although ethnic dimensions are paramount in land related conflicts,
Barcelona, 6 April 2016. UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr Joan Clos and UfM Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development Ambassador Yigit Alpogan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to undertake joint actions for an integrated approach to socially and environmentally sustainable urban development.Both parties agreed to find common responses to the pressing challenges facing urban areas
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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme mourns the death of Dame Zaha Hadid, one of the most celebrated and iconic architects and urban design figures of our time. Known as an architect who consistently pushed the boundaries of architecture and urban design, her work experimented with new spatial concepts, intensifying existing urban landscapes and encompassing all
Download as PDF here United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)  Strengthening Planning for Resettlement and Integration of Refugee Communities  Call for Expressions of Interest from Non-Profit Organizations The UN-Habitat Programme is seeking EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) from qualified and registered local and international Non Profit Organizations for the implementation of community mobilization supporting UN-Habitat in achieving
Chairman of Kerbala Provincial Council & Ambassador of Japan 01 April 2016, Kerbala – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) organized a ceremony to mark the delivery of a new IDP shelter site in Kerbala and to launch two projects funded by the Government of Japan to support the humanitarian response and recovery activities in