This is the third Annual Progress Report on the implementation of the six-year strategic plan (2014-2019) prepared in accordance with the Governing Council resolution 25/3 of April 2015. The strategic plan is being implemented through three successive biennial work programmes and budgets (GC resolution 24/15). The report reviews progress made on implementation of the 2016-2017
The 2015 Annual Progress Report marks the second update on the implementation of the six-year strategic plan for 2014-2019 approved by UN-Habitat’s Governing Council in April 2013, and is in accordance with Governing Council resolution 25/3 of April 2015. This report also informs on progress made on the implementation of the first biennial Work Programme
This is the fourteenth and final progress report on the implementation of the medium-term and institutional plan (MTSIP, 2008-2013. It captures cumulative progress made towards achievement of the planned results for the six year period, but focuses more specifically on progress made in 2013, in line with Governing Council Resolution 24/15 of April 2013. A
This is the 13th progress report on the implementation of the MTSIP, 2008-2013. It captures cumulative progress made towards achievement of the planned results of the MTSIP at country, regional and global levels in 2012. The report, which builds on the six monthly one for June 2012, also covers the reporting needs of the biennial
This is the 11th progress report since the start of the implementation of UN-Habitat’s Medium-term Strategic and Institutional Plan (MTSIP) in 2008. The report is submitted in accordance with Governing Council (GC) resolution 22/7, paragraph 7, which stipulates that UN-Habitat, using a results-based framework should report on progress made in the implementation of the MTSIP
18 April 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Population data suggests that Sri Lanka is one of the least urbanised countries on earth. Recent spatial analysis challenges this representation, suggesting rapid urban expansion in peripheral areas is not captured in population statistics. Sri Lanka’s urban expansion UN-Habitat is currently assessing the spatial dynamics of Sri Lanka’s urbanisation.
UN-Habitat Public Space Programme, Making Cities Together coalition of partners and Dandora Transformation League on Saturday launched a Model Street in Dandora Phase II, Nairobi. The Model Street has enabled easy access to the estate while allowing small scale road-side businesses to thrive. It is to serve as a benchmark to guide future interventions. It
Nairobi, 16 April 2018 — A Talanoa Dialogue for Africa was held on 13 April at the end of the first Africa Climate Week in Nairobi at UN Headquarters. UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimuna Moh’d Sharif addressed participants as one of the key UN agencies contributors to the Dialogue. The Talanoa Dialogues were established at COP23
Wau, South Sudan 16 April 2018— The ambassador of Japan, Seiji Okada, recently led delegates from embassy of Japan, UN-Habitat, and UNICEF, to Wau to inspect Japanese funded projects in the area. Mr. Okada paid a courtesy call on the governor of Wau Mr. Angelo Taban. The ambassador informed the governor about the projects that
13/04/2018 – Juba/Nairobi In September 2017, United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN Habitat) together with the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development with support from the government of Japan launched the ‘Housing for Veterans for Sustainable Peace and Development Project in Wau, South Sudan. The Housing for Veterans
