Nairobi, 17 October 2018 – A rapid assessment of approaches to collecting city level data reveals a mixed bag of results with huge variations not only in how each country defines urban, but also in how urban level data is collected. The result is often data that is not comparable nationally, regionally and globally, making
Call for Application: Facilitate a Hackathon Session for Entrepreneurial Solutions with Somali Youth Purpose of CFP: seeking an Implementing Partner to conduct a 4-day hackathon session for 70 youth across 3 cities (Mogadishu, Kismayo and Garowe) in Somalia Submission Start Date: Oct 16th, 2018 Submission Deadline Date: Oct 30th, 2018 Size of grant:
UAE will be first Arab country to host landmark United Nations Forum ABU DHABI, 17 October 2018 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) and the Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM) today signed an Agreement with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) for the city of Abu
The lecture focuses on introducing the fast growing concept of tourism to economically less developed areas, also known as slum tourism, the ethical issues that it needs to deal with, its governance and the ways it may contribute to local development. The importance of urban tourism as an economic activity has strongly risen in recent
The lecture focuses on introducing the fast-growing concept of tourism to economically less developed areas, also known as slum tourism, the ethical issues that it needs to deal with, its governance and the ways it may contribute to local development. AUDIO: Ko Koens – “Slum Tourism” SYNOPSIS Issues which the lecture addresses The importance of urban
UAE will be first Arab country to host landmark United Nations Forum ABU DHABI, 17 October 2018: Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) and the Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities signed an Agreement with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) for Abu Dhabi to host the tenth
Conakry, Guinea, 8 October 2018 – The Ministry of City and Territorial Development in Guinea has partnered with UN-Habitat to train one hundred youth on Prevention of urban insecurity through the manufacture, assembly, installation and maintenance of photovoltaic solar street lights. The training will empower young people by equipping them with marketable and through photovoltaic
Delhi, 9 October 2018 – Findings of research conducted since 2016 by UN-Habitat, Oxford Brookes University (OBU), The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), and Development Alternatives (DA) were presented at a national workshop on Mainstreaming Sustainable Social Housing in India Project (MaS-SHIP). Funded by the United Nations Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme the workshop aims
Tribute by UN-Habitat’s Executive Director On behalf of the entire UN-Habitat family, I would like to express my deep and most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Jockin Arputham, President of the National Slum Dwellers Federation in India and the Slum Dwellers International (SDI), who passed away on 13 October 2018. Jockin
Nairobi, 15 October 2018 – UN-Habitat and the Directorate General of Human Settlement, Ministry of Public Works and Housing will conduct a capacity building workshop for high-level officials in Indonesian cities to support development of human and institutional capacity to implement the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11). Participants drawn from
