UN Secretary-General’s Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World 2020 The UN Secretary-General has launched the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19 to save lives, protect societies, recover better. As part of the response, the UN Secretary-General is issuing policy briefs to provide ideas to governments on how to address the consequences of this crisis and COVID-19 in an urban world is part of this series .
Waste Wise Cities Newsletter 5 2020 This Issue of the Waste Wise Cities Campaign newsletter looks at The Sustainable Development Goals and Waste Management.
The New Urban Agenda Illustrated Handbook 2020 The New Urban Agenda Illustrated handbook prepared for all urban stakeholders globally supports a stronger understanding and implementation of the propositions contained in the New Urban Agenda.
The handbook analyses the contents and propositions of the New Urban Agenda and their synergies with the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets, and enriches them with visual illustrations, examples from all over the world and practical propositions for action.
Basra Urban Profile 2020 This profile is part of a regional urban profiling exercise that aims to develop urban profiles for the cities of Basra, Sinjar, Derna (Libya), Mareb (Yemen) and Dara’a (Syria). UN- Habitat’s expertise in urban analysis, community approaches and crisis contexts have informed the development of the City Profiling process. All City Profiles are developed in close association with the concerned governorates and municipalities.
Country Activities Report 2019: Supporting the New Urban Agenda 2019 The Country Activities Report 2019 provides an evolving picture of UN-Habitat’s projects and programmes portfolio from 2018 onwards. It opens a window on the most recent activities taking place on the ground. In that connection, its scope is restricted to featuring digestible information on selected ongoing activities supporting an effective and timely delivery on UN-Habitat’s mandate.
The Strategic Plan 2020-2023 2019 The Strategic Plan for 2020–2023 re-positions UN-Habitat as a major global entity, a centre of excellence and innovation. In that respect, the organization is refocusing its niche position as the “thought leader” and the go-to programme for issues pertaining to its work, setting the global discourse and agenda on sustainable urban development, driving political discussion, generating specialized and cutting-edge knowledge, shaping technical norms, principles and standards, and acting as a multiplier in the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practice in getting cities and other human settlements right.
The Strategic Plan 2020-2023 2019 The Strategic Plan for 2020–2023 re-positions UN-Habitat as a major global entity, a centre of excellence and innovation. In that respect, the organization is refocusing its niche position as the “thought leader” and the go-to programme for issues pertaining to its work, setting the global discourse and agenda on sustainable urban development, driving political discussion, generating specialized and cutting-edge knowledge, shaping technical norms, principles and standards, and acting as a multiplier in the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practice in getting cities and other human settlements right.
RISE-UP: Resilient Settlements for the Urban Poor 2019 The flagship programme leverages large scale investment to build urban adaptation and climate resilience in the global hotspots of vulnerability. Issues of poverty, spatial inequality and resilient settlements are tackled at the same time.
Qatif City Profile 2019 The City Profile Report brings together diagnostic urban analysis and aligns that analysis with the UN-Habitat sustainable development framework to achieve the Saudi Vision 2030, NUA and SDGs. This tool helps in understanding the current while guiding the future planning of the city, whilst defining a clear strategy for sustainable development. This tool considers spatial planning in relation to legal aspects and Municipal and Local economy mechanisms.
CPI PROFILE Al Baha 2019 Under the FSCP, UN-HABITAT, MOMRA, Municipality and its Local Urban Observatory has been working on developing urban statistic and spatial information (Geographic Information System) to provide relevant urban information that strongly supports decision-making process on urban development and urban planning in the city. This CPI Profile Report is a brief overview of the basic information and data about the City;