Download pdf version CONSULTANCY JOB OPENING Issued on: 3rd August 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Regional Office for Africa, UN-Habitat DUTY STATION: Nairobi FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Consultant – Demographic and Analyst Expert DURATION: 6 months CLOSING DATE: 16th August 2016 BACKGROUND The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially
Toronto, August 03, 2016 – International City Leaders (ICL) and Institute of Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) recently hosted a roundtable event to consider the finance and capacity opportunities and challenges of Canadian municipalities when faced with implementing the SDGs, specifically Goal 11; “Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. The event, ‘Financing the Urban
UN-Habitat UNI together with HESI (the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative) are in the process of defining a Sustainable Urban Development action plan for universities. The action plan aims to orient universities supporting cities in their path towards sustainability and also identify better mechanisms to back effective collaboration between academic resources and urban strategies. To this
Kaobeyei, Kenya 2 August 2016– the Settlement Development Group of Kalobeyei Town teamed up with the UN-Habitat LAB planning experts last week for a participatory planning workshop in Kenya refugee project. The workshop contributes to strengthening the participatory component in supporting spatial planning for Kalobeyei New Site – a new settlement expected to host over
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Surabaya 2 August 2016—Crucial bi-lateral meetings coupled with several side events were held during the just concluded Prepcom 3 meeting in Surabaya, Indonesia. Mr Raf Tuts, Coordinator of the Urban Planning and Design Branch, actively participated in three important Speakers Corners, starting with the moderation of the Speakers Corner on “The International Guidelines on Urban
Surabaya, 2 August 2016 – UN-Habitat and the Mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini, launched a public space joglo – a traditional Indonesian gazebo – in Ketandan, Surabaya. At the launch, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and the City of Surabaya signed an agreement with the Ministry of Public Works to support up-scaling of the
Nairobi, 1 August 2016 – The City Prosperity Initiative – Metropolitan Cities (CPI-MC) and the Greener Cities Partnership (GCP) recently launched an International Pilot Programme in the City of Qazvin to monitor Sustainable Development Goals with an urban environment connection. The objective is to enable the municipality to create baseline data on the prosperity of