| 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 | |
| Sustainable Urbanization for Sustaining Peace | 2021 | This paper sets out how working towards sustainable urbanization is crucial for the sustaining peace agenda. It builds on the ongoing reforms of the peace, security and development pillars of the United Nations and it illustrates how UN-Habitat’s expertise and experiences add value to the humanitarian development- peace actions of the UN in the region. |
| Building Participatory Accountability Systems for City Policies - Handbook | 2021 | The Handbook for “Building Participatory Accountability Systems for City Policies” offers guidance on how to develop urban projects and interventions through a participatory and consultative approach with city stakeholders, while allowing for flexibility to tailor interventions to the specific needs of individual cities and regions. |
| Innovación y tecnología digital para la reinvención del Presupuesto Participativo como herramienta de resiliencia social | 2021 | El potencial del Presupuesto Participativo (PP), especialmente el relacionado con los beneficios indirectos generados, sigue sin ser explorado. El PP permite la rápida adopción de acciones y la asignación de recursos financieros que resultan de las interacciones entre habitantes y gobierno.Los autores proponen formas innovadoras de PP para difundir información relevante, aumentar la conciencia y mitigar riesgos e impactos de las crisis naturales, sanitarias y económicas de una forma más efectiva |