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CONSULTANCT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 29 April 2019 Full details of the evaluation are provided in the attached Terms of Reference. ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat DUTY STATION: Home-based FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Mid-Term Evaluation of Accelerating Climate Action through the Promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies  (URBAN-LEDS II) DURATION: One month, spread over three months, June 2019
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CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT  Issued on: 29/04/2019 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION UN-HABITAT DUTY STATION Nairobi FUNCTIONAL TITLE Climate Change Planning Consultant CONTRACT TYPE IICA 1 DURATION 8 months CLOSING DATE 06 May 2019 BACKGROUND The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and
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Mogadishu, 29 April 2019—Young men and women of Mogadishu are seeing signs of hope and relief following the completion of the One Stop Youth Centre which creates a safe space for them. Banadir Youth Association (BARYA) Chairman Abdikafi Makaran said “The One Stop Youth Centre is first of its kind in Mogadishu and very important
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April 2019, New York –  The 2019 Youth Forum of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) hosted youth participants from around the world to interact with policy and decision makers under the  theme “Empowered, Included, and Equal.” UN-Habitat, in partnership with UNODC hosted a side event following the opening ceremony, highlighting the positive and
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Shanghai, 26 April 2019— UN-Habitat convened an expert seminar of city leaders, planners, architects, academics and entrepreneurs in Shanghai Baoshan on how Artificial Intelligence could be a viable solution to urban challenges such as mobility, safety, efficiency, and inclusiveness. With the rapid development of new technologies such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and
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Nairobi, April 2019 – Gambian award-winning music star Sona Jobarteh, recently visited  development projects undertaken by the youth in Nairobi slums and left saying she would like to replicate them back home . Ms Jobarteh, who visited Kenya as a guest of UN-Habitat, looked at the Dandora Transformation League project, the Mathare Enviromental Youth Group
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CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 26 April 2019 TERMS OF REFERENCEFOR THE MID-TERM EVALUATIONOF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE SUPPORT PROGRAMME ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat DUTY STATION: Home based FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Mid-Term Evaluation of the Municipal Governance Support Programme (MGSP) DURATION: One and a half months spread over three months June – August 2019 SUPERVISORS / REPORTING ARRANGEMENT
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CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT                                                                                  Issued on 26th April 2019                                      ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: UN-Habitat PROJECT / PROGRAM TITLE WASH in DPCs DUTY STATION: Accra FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Programme Management Consultant DURATION 7 months CLOSING DATE: 5th May 2019    I. BACKGROUND / PROJECT DESCRIPTION    The joint UN WASH in Disaster Prone Communities (WASH in
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2018 was the most successful Urban October on record with over 60 countries celebrating with events from the start on World Habitat Day (which fell on 1 October) to the end on World Cities Day on 31 October. UN-Habitat has put together this overview reporting on how UN-Habitat and other UN agencies, partners, communities, local
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Beijing, 25 April 2019— UN-Habitat’s Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd. Sharif started her five day official visit to China this week at the invitation of the Chinese Government for the occasion of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The Executive Director started her visit by meeting with her counterpart Mr. Wang Menghui,