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Nairobi, 13 October 2016 – It has been twenty-seven years since the United Nations General Assembly felt the urgency to call for an International Day for Disaster Reduction; established with the long-term objective of raising global awareness on how people are taking action to cope with disasters and tackle vulnerabilities. Consistent with this year’s central
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Otavalo, Ecuador, 13 October 2016 – With just days to go until the opening of the Habitat III conference in Quito, stakeholders have come to together to discuss the importance of including indigenous peoples, and especially youth and women, in the urbanization process. The host community of the last of the Indigenous Cities consultations, Otavalo,
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UN-Habitat has been active in the Somali urban sector for more than 30 years and currently is implementing a portfolio of interventions worth USD 40 million with communities, local authorities, state governments, and the Federal Government of Somalia across all Somali regions. The activities have evolved from targeting immediate local needs to more systematic attempts to address sustainable urban development through integrated human settlement programmes. Currently
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Cairo, 12 October 2016 – Today UN-Habitat launches its global website in Arabic, ar.unhabitat.org, as well as two new social media channels on Twitter and Facebook reporting globally on UN-Habitat’s updates and activities in Arabic. The Arabic website is part of a wider strategy to provide global information on urban issues and UN-Habitat’s agenda in
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Montréal, 05 October 2016 –The critical contributions made by airports to the sustainable socio-economic development of urban areas (and vice versa) are to be enhanced through a new agreement made by ICAO and UN-Habitat. Initialled at ICAO’s World Aviation Forum by ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu and UN-Habitat’s Deputy Executive Director Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira,
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Yangon 5 October 2016– Myanmar celebrated this year’s World Habitat Day, with the government reaffirming its commitment to make affordable housing a priority. UN Habitat representatives joined members of communities from a slum area in Hlaing Tharyar Township in Yangon’s periphery, who had organised a World Habitat Day whose theme was ‘Housing at the Centre’
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Hargeisa, 5 October 2016–On 20 September 2016, UN-Habitat conducted a technical workshop in Hargeisa, Somaliland, to present and discuss the urban master plan of Gabiley, a small but important agricultural town in Somaliland. The plan is the first of its kind, as it is aligned with the Urban Regulatory Framework (a policy document and a
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Njamena, 3 October 2016 – As the world celebrates World Habitat Day, UN-Habitat’s Executive Director, Joan Clos, has called on the development community to put housing at the centre of the urban policy – both metaphorically, and physically as cities expand. At the global celebration, the Chadian capital, Dr Clos delivered a key note speech
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Download PDF Version Terms of Reference Campaign Consultant Project Title World Urban Campaign Functional Designation Campaign Consultant Executing Unit UN-Habitat – External Relations Division Closing Date 10 October 2016 Type of Contract Consultancy Post Duration 12 October 2016 – 11 April 2017 (6 months) Remuneration Fee of USD 2,500 per month Background: The
Monday October 3rd, 2016
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Download PDF Version Advocacy, Outreach and Communications Branch World Urban Campaign Secretariat Terms of Reference Campaign Partnerships and Communication Consultant Project Title World Urban Campaign Functional Designation Campaign Partnerships and Communication Consultant Executing Unit UN-Habitat – Advocacy, Outreach and Communications Branch Closing Date 11 October 2016 Type of Contract Consultancy Post Duration 1 November 2016
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