Download PDF VersionCONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 23 June 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: NAIROBI FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Consultant (Urban Economy and Finance) DURATION: 70.4 days over a period of four months (80% of full time) starting July 2016 CLOSING DATE: 29 June 2016 BACKGROUNDUrbanization is strongly correlated with economic growth and development. Urbanization underpins
Nairobi, 22 June 2016—Africa is in dire need of registered planners, a situation that is impacting negatively on the continent’s development and UN-Habitat is keen on addressing this anomaly.A meeting between Town Planners Registration Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (TOPREC) and UN-Habitat heard that Kenya, with a population of over 40 million had
Kakuma, Kenya 22 June 2016– UN-Habitat is making good progress with the activities for “Supporting Planning for Integrated Refugee and Host Communities”.Consequently, UN-Habitat has set-up a field project office in Kakuma, Turkana County. Part of the primary activities of the office is to coordinate field research on the human settlements context, looking not only at
The Urban Planning and Design Lab (UPD-LAB) is an initiative from UN-Habitat to promptly respond to the requests of national and local governments to support sustainable urban development.The LAB acts as the integrative facility of the Agency in which spatial planning is used as the tool coordinating economic, legal, social and environmental aspects of urban
Download PDF VersionCONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 20th June 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: Nairobi, Kenya FUNCTIONAL TITLE: External Relations Adviser Consultant DURATION: 6 months CLOSING DATE: 3rd July 2016 BACKGROUND The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations agency responsible for Urbanization and Human settlements mandated by the UN General Assembly
Download PDF VersionVACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTIssued on: 16 June 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: Nairobi FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Consultancy to support proofreading, editing, formatting and finalization of the UN-Habitat RBM Handbook DURATION: 2 weeks CLOSING DATE: 30 June 2016 BACKGROUND The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the agency for human settlements. It is mandated by
Nairobi, 21 June 2016—Is the rapid urbanisation currently being witnessed a good or bad thing for Africa? This was the topic of an international exchange recently held in Nairobi between UN-Habitat experts and two leading researchers from the Korea Institute of International Economic Policy (KIIEP).Two senior KIIEP researchers, Jaewan Cheong and Hokyoung Bang engaged the
Tam Ky City, Vietnam 20 June 2016– The Korea – Vietnam Community Art Exchange Project was launched last week at a colourful ceremony attended by artists, local leaders, representatives from sponsors as well as locals.The ceremony in Trung Thanh village, Tam Thanh commune, Tam Ky city, Quang Nam, saw the participation of leaders from province,
Quito 16 June 2016– Since the earthquake that struck northern Ecuador on 16 April 2016, UN-Habitat has been supporting and advising the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing. This collaboration peaked last week, when the two partners held a two-day workshop (8-9 June) in which 14 affected cities, as well as national institutions such as
Download PDF Version United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Appel à Manifestation d’Intérêt (AMI) – Recherche de partenaires pour un accord tripartite Soutenir la mise en œuvre des projets communautaires du programme participatif d’amélioration des bidonvilles du Burkina Faso Date de publication: 16 Juin 2016 Date limite de soumissions de l’Appel à Manifestation d’Intérêt:
