Source: unhabitat.org
Source: unhabitat.org
Source: unhabitat.org
Madrid, 16 May 2016 – UN-Habitat, with the support from the Barcelona City Council, the Andalusian Agency for International Cooperation (AACID) and the Spanish Ministry of Development, last week held the global Experts Group Meeting (EGM) on “Financing National Housing Policies and Programmes: Lessons for the Developing World” In his opening statement, Mr. Christophe Lalande, the
Source: unhabitat.org
Quito, 13 May 2016 – As part of UN-Habitat’s response to the earthquake that affected Ecuador earlier this April, the organization has temporarily appointed an urban planning and reconstruction expert to the country’s Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MIDUVI).Gonzalo Lacurcia Abraira is an urban planning expert who is part of the UN-Habitat Global Urban Planning
On 20 and 21 April, 25 international experts participated in The Expert Group Meeting (EGM), Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD): UN-Habitat Gender-Responsive Engagement in Post-Conflict Contexts. The Meeting focused on the refinement of methodologies employed by UN-Habitat in three issue areas: housing & livelihoods, safety & security and spatial planning, in relation to gender
Darkar Ajam, Iraq 13 May 2016—A new shelter site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) aimed at housing some 4,800 IDPs Darkar Ajam, Zakho District, Dohuk Governorate, was inaugurated this week. The shelter that was as a result of contributions from the Government of Japan, and executed by UN-Habitat provides prefabricated shelter units to accommodate vulnerable
Erbil, 12 May 2016 – To mark the closure of a comprehensive informal settlement upgrading intervention in Erbil, a community development centre and a neighbourhood park were opened this week opened in Kurani Ainkawa. The Improving Housing Delivery System in Erbil – Upgrading of Kurani Ainkawa Informal Settlement project is funded by the Kurdistan Regional
Erbil, 11 May 2016 — The progress achieved under the project Establishing a Building Control Regime for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I), funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and implemented by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), was discussed in a ministerial meeting held in Ebril late last month. Minister of
