This lecture examines how precarious urban livelihoods in the informal economy can be transformed by innovative and rights-based approaches to urban policy, contributing to economic and social inclusion, and recovery in crisis-affected cities. The informal economy is the lifeblood of many cities today. It provides jobs for urban workers, provides flexible services to urban residents,
This lecture examines how precarious urban livelihoods in the informal economy can be transformed by innovative and rights-based approaches to urban policy, contributing to economic and social inclusion, and recovery in crisis-affected cities. MP3 AUDIO: Alison Brown – The Urban Informal Economy SYNOPSIS Issues which the lecture addresses The informal economy is the lifeblood of
KIGALI, 8 October – The 2018 Youth Connekt Africa Summit opens today in Kigali, Rwanda and runs until 10 October. Launched in 2012, Youth Connekt Programme is a platform for youth in Africa to learn, share information and to strengthen their skills and networks. UN-Habitat based on its own experience of working with urban youth
Nairobi, 8 October 2018 – On World Habitat Day which is observed globally on 1 October 2018, the Lesotho Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship and UN-Habitat jointly hosted an Urban Breakfast dialogue session on Municipal Solid Waste Management – the theme of World Habitat Day 2018. The event hosted in Maseru reviewed milestones so
10 October 2018, Nairobi Kenya: A new report by UN-Habitat and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has found that real house prices in cities have a strong influence on city competitiveness. The major indicator of the report, competitiveness, shows how well a city is doing in relation to others, by measuring a basket of
8 October 2018, New York: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched the Youth 2030 UN Youth Strategy at a high level meeting at the UN. Youth 2030 aims to scale up global, regional and national actions to meet young people’s needs, realize their rights and tap their possibilities as agents of change. The Secretary-General tasked his Envoy
CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 08 October 2018 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT, Somalia DUTY STATION: Nairobi (with frequent missions to Somalia) FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Urban and Regional Planner – International Consultant DURATION: 12 months CLOSING DATE: 15 October 2018 The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for Human Settlements. It is mandated
Today’s world is undergoing fundamental changes. On one hand, globalization is reaching a new level despite some ups and downs, emerging economies represented by China are growing rapidly and the global landscape has experienced and will continue to see more changes to come. On the other, technology innovation is striving to come up with breakthroughs;
The UN-Habitat Country Programme Document (HCPD) is the strategic framework document through which the Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People (SHSPPP) (UN-Habitat Palestine) work with the Government of Palestine (GoP)1, represented by Ministry of Local Government (MoLG), and other stakeholders as elaborated in the MoU between GoP/MoLGand UN-Habitat (2017-2020) in understanding, analysing, designing,
UN-Habitat has launched An app on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse in the Workplace. This application aims to: Raise awareness on the prevention and prohibition of sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace. Provide a single platform, a central repository, for users to easily access the necessary information about the rules and regulations that
