Johannesburg 10 April 2019—The first ever Urban Law Day in the Global South was recently held in South Africa, an initiative of UN-Habitat and Wits University. Wits School of Law’s Chalsty Centre played host to the event which had the theme “Law, the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Cities”. “Urban law” is a broad term
Nairobi, April 9, 2019 – UN-Habitat has committed to supporting the County Government of Meru in Kenya with a grant for collaboration on Municipal Finance, financed by the Swedish Development Agency SIDA. The initial focus of this grant will be the implementation of Meru County’s “My Town, my Business” initiative, an innovative endeavor to promote proactive
Collaboration between national statistics offices, city authorities, research institutions, civil society organizations and communities offer the best combination of actors for effective and efficient urban monitoring. In addition, all urban monitoring efforts should be directly aligned with decision making processes, so as to ensure development decisions are based on the prevailing local needs as informed
Nairobi, 8 April 2019 — Over 30 policy makers drawn from Kenya’s various counties recently met in Nairobi where they agreed to promote spatial planning at the county level. The participants who are chairpersons of Land and Physical Planning Committees said they would do this by way of stronger advocacy at the county assemblies and
Krakow 2 April 2019- On 1st April 2019, Poland ministers sign a declaration “Together towards the implementation of the National Urban Policy and New Urban Agenda.” This monumental commitment was witnessed at the first National Urban forum in Poland hosted in the city of Krakow from 1-2 April 2019. Poland is determined to host a
Kalobeyei, Turkana West, Kenya March 2019 – Two months ago, strong winds blew down the flimsy white tent that Perine Nadai and her children had called home since fleeing fighting in South Sudan two years ago. They were left with just the dirt floor and a concrete slab for them all to sleep on. “We
NEW YORK 3 April 2019 – UN-Habitat convened a roundtable discussion of architects, designers, academics and entrepreneurs at UN Headquarters on how floating cities could be a viable solution to urban challenges such as climate change and lack of affordable housing. The meeting was co-convened with Oceanix, a company looking to build the floating structures,
Addis Ababa, 4 April 2019– More than 80 mayors, city managers and university professors from all over Ethiopia recently gathered at the UNECA Conference Center participated in the First Executive City Labs organized by UN-Habitat. The Executive City Labs kick started the capacity building component of the UN-Habitat Country Programme (2016-2020) by bringing together a
Date first published: 3 April 2019 Deadline for submissions of Expressions of Interest: 24 April 2019 Introduction The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, among other things, UN-Habitat seeks to assist
