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
Climate Proofing Toolkit: For Basic Urban Infrastructure with a Focus on Water and Sanitation 2021 The Climate Proofing Toolkit is a set of steps, tasks and tools to provide guidance to policymakers, planners, practitioners, engineers and utility managers to ensure that the potential climate change impacts are factored in the design, construction, location and operation of current and future basic urban infrastructure, with a focus on water and sanitation. Thus, as a toolkit, it does not propose a one-size-fits-all solution.
Key Messages on Women, Land and Peace 2021 Women’s housing, land, and property (HLP) rights contribute to preventing and recovering from conflict and fragility by reducing the likelihood of violent conflicts re-igniting and assisting communities in emerging and recovering from war. They increase food security, agricultural productivity and production, and they are critical to promote the realization of other interconnected human rights.
City-Wide Public Space Assessments in Palestine (اللغة العربية: تقييم الأماكن العامة على مستوى المدينة في فلسطين) 2021 The city-wide public space assessments in Palestine are prepared to provide verifiable data on women’s experiences in public spaces. The assessments are conducted in five (5) urban areas, namely: Jenin, Nablus, Jericho, Bethlehem cluster in the West Bank and Khan Younis in Gaza Strip. The assessments have utilized UN-Habitat’s city wide public space assessment toolkit and adopted an active participatory approach with high engagement of the targeted municipalities.
The Block by Block Playbook: Using Minecraft as a participatory design tool in urban design and governance 2021 The purpose of this playbook is to outline UN-Habitat’s approach to using Minecraft as an enabler to encourage community participation in urban design and governance.
UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter – October 2021 2021 UN-Habitat Iraq October Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics.
Leading Locally: The Origins and Impact of the Voluntary Local Review 2021 Increasingly there is growing acknowledgment from the highest echelons of the United Nations to the most respected scholars and think tanks that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cannot be achieved without the active engagement of local governments.
Compendium of Inspiring Practices on Urban-Rural Linkages 2021 This Compendium follows the publication of the first Compendium in early 2020. UN-Habitat has developed these series of case studies for urban and rural practitioners and leaders interested in territorial approaches to development. This second Compendium provides new inspiring examples of integrative efforts that apply the principles and actions of UN-Habitat’s “Urban-Rural Linkages: Guiding Principles and Framework for Action” (URL-GP)
Regional Representation for Africa: 2020 - 2023 Strategic Plan 2021 This Regional Representation Strategy for Africa shows a paradigm shift towards sustainable urbanisation as an engine for growth by proactively tackling urban challenges while simultaneously leveraging the opportunities presented by the phenomenon itself.