Statement by UN-Habitat Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif 6 April, 2018 Today, we celebrate the role of sports in promoting development and peace. The UN General Assembly has designated 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, commemorating the inauguration of the first Olympic games of the modern era, in Athens, Greece
Kalobeyei, 6 April 2018 –UN-Habitat together with UNHCR organized a one-day donor mission to Kakuma to tour the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement Development Programme. The mission, which was convened by UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, brought together ambassadors and UN-Habitat representatives from several member states – including the main donor to the project, the
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 04 April 2018 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION UN-Habitat, Somalia Programme DUTY STATION Nairobi FUNCTIONAL TITLE Project Assistant CONTRACT TYPE Consultant POST DURATION 12 Months CLOSING DATE 11 April 2018 Joint Programme on Local Governance & Decentralized Service Delivery (JPLG), The UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Community Based Stabilization Programme for Resettlement and Integration of Refugee Communities in Kalobeyei, Turkana County CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY CENTER AND ESTABLISHING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MECHANISM IN KALOBEYEI, TURKANA COUNTY Call for Expressions of Interest from Non-Profit Organizations The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is seeking EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Nairobi 3 April 2018—UN-Habitat recently held a one-day capacity building training for Participatory Urban Planning for executives from Kenya’s Turkana County. The workshop highlighted the global urbanization context from different countries and specifically for Kenya, covering the following points – its challenges and opportunities, relation to Sustainable Development Goal 11, the New Urban Agenda, relevance to Kenya
Nairobi, 3 April 2018—UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimuna Moh’d Sharif, in a rejoinder to a story by Kenya’s Star newspaper, has allayed the fears that the agency might be split and some of the functions at the global headquarters in Nairobi be taken away to New York and the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.
Nairobi, 3 April 2018—UN-Habitat last week hosted a high level ministerial team from the Marsabit County Government, Kenya to discuss how to improve the livelihoods of youth in that region. The meeting identified key areas that UN-Habitat and the County Government could partner to tackle challenges affecting young people in the area. The meeting was
Kabul, 3 April 2018 – Kabul citizens launch a three-day campaign on cleaning, greening and painting the capital city of Afghanistan on the celebration of the traditional New Year holiday (Nawroz). With technical support from UN-Habitat, this activity intends to raise citizens’ awareness about the relevance of the sustainability of public spaces in our cities. The main activities,
Al Shoka, Gaza Strip, 29 March 2018 – UN-Habitat jointly with UN-Women, the Palestinian Housing Council, Aisha Association for Woman and child protection, and GGateway inaugurated the first safe and inclusive community garden in Al-Shoka town in Gaza Strip. This initiative comes as part of the “Utilizing Digital Tools to Promote Human Rights and Create
