World Urban Forum 11 Newsletter Vol. 3 2021 The countdown to the opening of the eleventh World Urban Forum (WUF11), the premier global meeting on urban issues, has begun. WUF11 will open in the City of Katowice, Poland on 26 June 2022. The Forum will run to 30 June under the theme “Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future.”
The How to Guide for Integrating Impact Evaluation into Programming 2021 The objective of the “HOW TO” GUIDE FOR INTEGRATING IMPACT EVALUATION INTO PROGRAMMING is to provide a clear step-by-step guide to establishing evaluations for implementers of land tenure and governance interventions. The “How to” Guide elaborates key steps, processes and tools needed by evaluators and practitioners for integrating impact evaluation into programming and to support better planning and implementation of land tenure and governance interventions.
Sistema de Ciudades de Bolivia (Bolivian Cities System) 2021 En el marco de la asistencia técnica para formular la Política Nacional de Desarrollo Integral de las Ciudades (PNDIC) y con el apoyo de la Agencia Sueca de Desarrollo Internacional (ASDI), ONU-Habitat ha realizado un estudio y propuesta metodológica para identificar la configuración del sistema de ciudades de Bolivia, incluida su caracterización general, con miras a recuperar la mirada de la escala urbana nacional en la gestión del territorio nacional.
Mainstreaming Local Economic Development into Jordan's National Urban Policy Thematic Guide 2021 This guide addresses how Local Economic Development (LED) can be mainstreamed into urban policies, specifically the Jordan National Urban Policy. It supports the efforts to formulate, implement, and refine the approach to sustainable LED in Jordan by presenting recommendations on how and what LED dimensions could be incorporated into policies under various circumstances.
United Nations Global Road Safety Week 2021 2021 Rapid urbanisation adds a strain to the already overburdened transport systems and the provision of safe infrastructure and transport services is lacking behind. Around the world, road traffic injuries cause 1.35 million deaths and up to 50 million injuries each year. Especially for young people road crashes are one of the leading causes of fatalities in our times.
UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter: June 2021 2021 UN-Habitat Iraq June Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics.
التقدُم المُحرَز بشأن معالجة المياه العادمة 2021 This report presents the global status on wastewater treatment and acceleration needs to achieve target 6.3 by 2030, based on the latest data on indicator 6.3.1 (total wastewater flows as well as flows from industrial sources and households).
Environmental and Social Safeguards System Version 3 (ESSS 3.1) 2021 The ESSS 3.1 describes UN-Habitat’s commitments, roles, and responsibilities towards environmental and social (E&S) risks and impacts associated with its activities. The ESSS 3.0 ensures that that E&S risks and impacts are managed from the conceptualization to the implementation of projects and programmes, in accordance with local regulations and international standards.
Project Newsletter 1: EU Response to Health and Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 in Mogadishu 2021 This newsletter showcases the achievements of the first phase of the project as implemented by UN-Habitat, Danish Refugee Council, Save The Children, and The Benadir Regional Administration. This is within the project:
“EU Response to Health and Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 in Mogadishu”
Coastal Cities of the Western Indian Ocean Region and the Blue Economy: Status Report 2021 For the blue economy to flourish in coastal cities, service provision challenges must be addressed alongside or as part of specific blue economy investments, as part of holistic programming, integrated with wider resilient urban planning and climate adaptation. It is intended that this report and the accompanying documents within this project portfolio provide a solid foundation for future urban blue economy planning across the region.