A lot was happening in Mlango Kubwa’s football pitch last week. Mlango Kubwa is a ward in the Mathare informal settlement in Kenya. Mathare has approximately 500,000 residence; Mango Kubwa itself has approximately 50,000 residents of which 70% of the population is 24 and under. After its inauguration by the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres,
Seville, 15 Match 2017— More than 30 international experts on urban planning, finance and legal aspects of urbanization and policy experts participated in the Global Experts Group Meeting (EGM) “Planning Compact Cities: Exploring the possibilities and limits of densification”, organized by UN-Habitat, with the support of Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AACID) and
Nairobi, 15 March 2017—UN-Habitat recentlylaunched a new Project under its Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) on ‘pro-poor planning for climate resilience in marginalized neighbourhoods’. The Project’s first activities took place in partnering cities and communities in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Fiji, Jamaica, and the Solomon Islands. The Project aims at strengthening capacities of communities and
Download PDF Version CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 15 March 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat/UNOPS DUTY STATION: Nairobi, Kenya SECTION/UNIT Land and Global Land Tool Network Unit FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Land Administration Specialist (ICA Level 2) DURATION Nine (9) Months (with possible extension) CLOSING DATE 29 March 2017 BACKGROUND The Land and GLTN Unit, located within the
Nairobi, 14 March 2017– Mayors, vice-mayors, decision makers and policy makers of cities and local governments are invited to apply for the 7th Shelter Academy organized by Arcadis and UN Habitat. This year’s Shelter Academy will take place from the 4th until the 8th of September 2016 in the Netherlands. Making the announcement, UN-Habitat said
The 7th Annual Shelter Academy: A senior executive training on Cities and Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Date: 4-8 September 2017. Venue: Netherlands (Rotterdam and Amsterdam) Deadline for applications: 1st May 2017 APPLY NOW via this link Mayors, vice-mayors, decision makers and policy makers of cities and local governments are invited to apply for the 7th
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Community Based Stabilization Programme for Resettlement and Integration of Refugee Communities in Kalobeyei, Turkana County DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A WOMEN CENTRE IN KALOBEYEI, TURKANA COUNTY Call for Expressions of Interest from Non-Profit Organizations The UN-Habitat Programme is seeking EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) from qualified and registered local and
Download PDF Version VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on 13 March 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Regional Office for Africa, Somalia Programme UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: MOGADISHU FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Programme Coordinator CONTRACT TYPE: Consultancy POST DURATION 11 months (with possibility of extension depending on performance and availability of funding CLOSING DATE: 30 March 2017 Background: The United Nations Human
Download PDF Version VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 08 March 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Maputo, Mozambique DUTY STATION: Maputo, Mozambique FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Child Participation Specialist DURATION: 6 months CLOSING DATE: April 1st 2017 BACKGROUND UN-Habitat has been working in Mozambique since 2002 to reduce the vulnerability of housing and critical public infrastructures, including schools by cooperating
Download PDF Version CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 08 March 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT/UNOPS DUTY STATION: Nairobi FUNCTIONAL TITLE/LEVEL: Associate Land Information Consultant (ICA 1) EQUIVALENT LEVEL P2 DURATION: Nine (9) months with possibility of Extension CLOSING DATE: 22th March 2017 BACKGROUND The Land and GLTN Unit, located within the Urban Legislation, Land and Governance
