Nairobi, 11 August 201- The Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA), the body charged with developing Africa’s first ‘Smart City’ has entered into an agreement with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to standardize the development of the Konza Techno City. The agreement was signed on Thursday at the UN-Habitat headquarters by KoTDA Board Chairman
Kayolobeyei, Kenya 10 August 2016– UN-Habitat with the support of the Government of Japan is contributing to the spatial planning component for the new refugee settlement in Kalobeyei, Turkana County. The UN-Habitat approach has a strong participatory component and is as such following a series of participatory research and planning workshops with the host and
Riobamba, Ecuador, 9 August 2016—Just a week before the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Human Settlements, Habitat III kicks off in Quito, a landmark meeting will be held in Riobamba city, setting the stage for sustainable construction. The organisers of the EcoMaterials5 conference expect more than 200 participants and a dozen keynote speakers
Riobamba, Ecuador, 9 August 2016—Just a week before the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Human Settlements, Habitat III kicks off in Quito, a landmark meeting will be held in Riobamba city, setting the stage for sustainable construction. The organisers of the EcoMaterials5 conference expect more than 200 participants and a dozen keynote speakers
Nairobi, 9 August 2016 – As we celebrate International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in our final stretch towards Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador, and the New Urban Agenda to be adopted this October, we must take time to reflect and take action to address the many challenges and opportunities that urbanization represents for indigenous
Nairobi, 5 August 2016 – In preparation for the Habitat III conference to be held in Quito in October, the third session of the Preparatory Committee – PrepCom3 – closed with strong progress towards the adoption of the New Urban Agenda. In three intensive days of negotiations in Surabaya, Indonesia, delegates from member states recognized
Kakuma, Kenya 4 August 2016—A group of youths from Kakuma and Kaloeyebei areas of Kenya’s Turkana County recently had the once in a lifetime opportunity to train in photography. The photography workshop was organized by UN-Habitat Kakuma within the project Supporting Planning for Integrated Refugees and Host Communities, funded by the Government of Japan. The
Asunción, 4 August 2016 – The 25th Assembly of Ministers and High Authorities of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI) was recently held here and one of the topics of work was the New Urban Agenda and the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III,
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Download pdf version CONSULTANCY JOB OPENING Issued on: 2 August 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific DUTY STATION: Home-based, Kabul Afghanistan FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Evaluation of UN-Habitat’s Country Programme in Afghanistan Consultant DURATION: Total 8 weeks over September to December 2016 From September 2016 SUPERVISORS / REPORTING ARRANGEMENT Head of UN-Habitat
