The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI), a partnership between UN-DESA, UNESCO, UNEP, UN Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative, UNU and UN-Habitat, is preparing a report on the role of Higher Education for Sustainable Urban Development, in support of the 2016 Habitat III Conference, which is taking place later this year in
Nay Pyi Taw, 5 May 2016– UN-Habitat, with the support of the government of Japan, will assist vulnerable ethnic communities of Chin State of Myanmar by constructing community infrastructure, increasing access to safe drinking water and reconstructing housing badly affected by the 2015 floods. This will be possible with the grant contribution of USD 5.7 million.
UN-Habitat hosts youth discussions to mark the first anniversary of Nepal earthquakeKathmandu 3 May 2016 – In the week of 24 April 2016, Nepal marked an important moment. It was the first anniversary of the great earthquake. To turn the page with forward-looking consultations, UN-Habitat hosted two urban youth discussions on the critical questions of
