Download PDF Version CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 27 December 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: Home-based with missions as required FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Mid-term Evaluation of the Implementation of UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan, 2014-2019 DURATION: Total 6 weeks from January to March 2017 CLOSING DATE: 9 January 2017 Link to full TOR: http://mirror.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/TORfoMidterm.pdf BACKGROUND The
Download PDF Version CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 7 November 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: Home-based, with mission as required FUNCTIONAL TITLE: GLTN Strategy Development Coordinator DURATION: 60 days spread over 6 months LEVEL P5 Level equivalent CLOSING DATE: 31st January 2017 BACKGROUND which is a network of over seventy international institutions that was
UN-Habitat’s Urban Planning and Design team visited the City of Belmopan in Belize last week in order to approve and discuss the draft new Master Plan for the city. The team, comprising of UN-Habitat’s Climate Change Planning Unit and the Urban Planning Lab was supported by experts from the Arcadis Shelter Programme. One of the
Download PDF Version CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 20 December 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: Home-based with missions as required FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Evaluation of the UN-Habitat Programme for Achieving Sustainable Urban Development, Phase 1 DURATION: Total 8 weeks from February to April 2017 CLOSING DATE: 13 January 2017 Link to full TOR: http://mirror.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/TOREvaluationASUDfinal161216.pdf
Ramallah, December 19, 2016 – UN-Habitat and its national partner, State of Palestine Ministry of Local Government launched two new publications under the framework of the joint cooperation to defend and advocate for the planning rights of Palestinian communities in Area C of the West Bank that is effectively controlled by the Israeli authorities.
New Delhi, 16 December 2016 – Ministers of Housing and Urban Development in Asia Pacific have endorsed the New Delhi declaration and implementation plan which outline the way forward for countries in the region to implement the New Urban Agenda, which was signed in Quito at the Habitat III conference in October this year. The
When talking about ‘Greener Cities’, we are referring to a sustainable urban future, an opportunity of allowing our next generations to have an environmentally sustainable habitat, to live with sustainable infrastructures and clean energy, and to embrace a lifestyle that is in harmony with nature and society. In this future, blue sky, fresh air, and
Mosul, 8 December 2016 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Iraq has published a comprehensive urban analysis on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and the focus of an international military campaign to liberate it from occupation by the terrorist group that calls itself “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).”
Following the adoption of the New Urban Agenda, UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme is launching a call for innovative and exciting public space projects which could receive a small grant to support implementation. Local authorities and non-profit organisations are invited to submit proposals which aim to achieve the following expected result: The effective creation,
UN-Habitat’s Public Space team is producing a new book on public space tools and we need your help! We know that there are lots of useful methodologies and approaches to public space assessment, design, planning and management out there, but as the topic has grown importance in recent years we are not aware of all
