Irbid Spatial Profile (Jordan) 2022 Based on a spatially focused and cross-sectoral situational analysis of urban settlements hosting displaced populations, this multi-level profile allows locals, stakeholders, and readers to develop a comprehensive spatial understanding of the existing situation as a basis for evidence-based decision making for long-term urban development strategies and infrastructure investment planning.
UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter – May 2022 2022 UN-Habitat Iraq May 2022 Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics.
Gestión Metropolitana Integrada: El caso del Área Metropolitana de San Salvador 2022 El caso del Área Metropolitana de San Salvador (AMSS) es inspirador. El trabajo conjunto que realizan sus 14 municipios le ha permitido al AMSS ser la única en El Salvador y Centro América en consolidar sus marcos legales y políticas públicas de largo plazo, habilitando la gobernanza, planificación y financiamiento integrados y coordinados.
Mainstreaming human rights in the digital transformation of cities – A guide for local governments 2022 People living in cities around the world use a wide range of municipal services on a regular basis. Services provided to residents such as garbage collection, the provision of playgrounds, parking spaces, streetlights, affordable housing, social support and public transport all require a local government that is committed to facilitating good quality of life in the city. As city governments undergo digital transformation, the digital and physical aspects of the city become more closely connected with digital technologies being used to deliver services, manage urbanisation processes and communicate with residents. In some aspects it is becoming difficult to distinguish between offline and online services
Vision Statement 2022 As we enter the second year of this United Nations’ Decade of Action, the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reminds us that we need to ‘turbo-charge’ our efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. More importantly, we need to deliver the goals as One United Nations and strive to pass the finishing line with no one and no place left behind.
Beirut Housing Rehabilitation and Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery 2022 The Lebanon Financing Facility (LFF) is a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank (WB) and is kindly supported by Canada, Denmark, the European Union, France and Germany. The Beirut Housing Rehabilitation and Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery project-flyer offers an important overview of the LFF-funded project and UN-Habitat’s role as a fiduciary agent in implementing the project’s components.
UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter – September 2022 2022 UN-Habitat Iraq September 2022 Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics.
UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter – October 2022 2022
GLOBAL ACTION PLAN: Accelerating for Transforming Informal Settlements and Slums by 2030 2022 The Global Action Plan is a technical framework prepared by key stakeholders that identifies initial steps for significant slum transformation. Despite global efforts, the challenge of slums remains, with slum dwellers projected to triple without action. The framework supports urgent attention and coordinated action to achieve sustainable and inclusive transformation by 2030.
Rethinking Central Government Policymaking for Local Economic Development – National Recommendations to Revitalize Local Economies in Lebanon 2022