–Faced with the challenges of youth living on edge of poverty, the government of Rwanda has stepped up and hosted the Transform Africa Summits. This series of summits seeks to advance technological innovation across Africa, through focusing on unlocking the innovation of youth in jobs and technology with the goal of improving their and their
Gondar 16 May 2017 The 7th Ethiopian Urban Forum brought together 850 participants, including officials from the federal and regional level, city mayors, urban practitioners and the academia, who held insightful debates over the theme: “Sustainable Urban Development and Good Governance for Renaissance”. As in the previous national Urban Forum held in Dire Dawa in
Job Opening Apply Now Posting Title: CHIEF OF BRANCH ( Urban Basic Services & Risk Reduction & Rehabilitation Branch), D1 Job Code Title: CHIEF OF BRANCH, PROGRAMME Department/ Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme Duty Station:NAIROBI Posting Period: 21 March 2017-19 May 2017 Job Opening number: 17-Programme Management-UNHABITAT-69854-R-NAIROBI (R) United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism,
Download PDF Version VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 12/05/2017 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION: Nairobi/ Kenya with travel to Somalia if security permits FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Monitoring and Evaluation Expert DURATION: 9 working months CLOSING DATE: 25 May 2017 BACKGROUND UN-Habitat Somalia is implementing the Federal Government of Somalia – United Nations Joint Programme on Youth
Download PDF Version Consultant Vacancy Announcement Issued on; 12 May 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat DUTY STATION: DRC FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Land tenure Specialist to conduct training on Land Use Planning in DRC SUPERVISOR Unit Leader, Land and GLTN Unit , ULLG Branch CONTRACT TYPE & DURATION 3 months spread over 8 months VACANCY
Increasing urban population growth brought about by the influx of Internally Displaced Persons, an ever growing number of returnees and rural migrants, in addition to natural population growth itself, have made the provision of adequate housing for all Afghans one of the most crucial challenges facing the country today. In Afghanistan, 40.000 new housing units
Nairobi, 12 May 2017 – The 2016-17 World Habitat Awards winning projects received their trophy at the twenty-sixth session of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat at the United Nations office in Nairobi, Kenya on May 08, 2017. A Roof, A Skill, A Market in West Africa and More than Housing in Switzerland were selected as
Download PDF Version CONSULTANCY JOB OPENING Revised 12 May 2017 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) DUTY STATION: Kabul, AFGHANISTAN; travel to other provinces may be required for programme familiarisation FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Chief of Party, City For All Programme (Re-advertisement) DURATION: 32 months max. upon initial appointment Contract will
Nairobi, 10 May 2017– UN-Habitat and National Training Service-SENA (a public institution assigned to the Colombian Ministry of Labor in charge to provide social and technical training), today signed a historic agreement to offer training former youth combatants. The signing ceremony which took place on the sidelines of the 26th Governing Council of UN-Habitat followed
Nairobi, 10 May 2017—Cameroon will host the second International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCASU-II) in December this year, it was announced Tuesday. At a press conference held on the sidelines of the ongoing 26th Governing Council of UN-Habitat, ICCASU co-president Alioune Badiane said this would be the second such meeting, building
