Land and Natural Resource Tenure Security In Selected Countries Of Eastern And Southern Africa: Synthesis Report 2019 This publication features challenges, strategies and tools for increasing poor people’s access to secure land and natural resources in countries in East and Southern Africa where land and natural resource initiatives have been implemented by governments, civil society, the private sector and other  developmental organizations.
NATIONAL URBAN POLICY PROGRAMME 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 The National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP) is an instrumental tool towards promoting and achieving transformative, inclusive, green, productive, and resilient urban development. The NUP is achieved through deliberate and shared responsibility between UN-Habitat and respective countries across the globe. In view of the externalities and challenges facing urban cities, NUP comes in handy to address the challenges with urgency and relevance in line with the New Urban Agenda (NUA) as it supports countries undertaking NUP process with tools and knowledge. This initiative is geared towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, which subsequently hastens the achievement of other SDGs.

This report reviews NUP Programme for three countries; I.R. Iran, Myanmar and Niger State in Nigeria. Building on the first edition of the NUPP launched in 2017, the second edition report is a critical reference point for policy makers and urban professionals as it shows progress of the implementation of NUPP and smart cities in the pilot phase for the three countries. The Republic of Korea committed to support the development of NUP financially and technically in the I.R. Iran, Myanmar, and Niger State in Nigeria. The main objective of the report is to update stakeholders on aims of the project which are; sub-national and national governments capacity enhancement, knowledge centralization about smart cities strategies, and providing augmented knowledge sharing on NUP and smart cities. The report further gives comprehensive update on key activities undertaken in 2018-2019, outcomes, next steps, activities plan, recruitments, as well as the financial report for the period. The report is a co-creation of the Republic of Korea, UN-Habitat, I.R. Iran, Myanmar, and Niger State in Nigeria who are the key implementers of the pilot phase among other stakeholders to ensure ownership and alignment of respective national development priorities.
URBAN PLANNING IN KENYA: A Survey of Urban Planning Practices in the counties 2019 In 2018,an estimated 27 percent (13 million) of Kenya’s population lived in cities and towns, of varied sizes, across the country. Towards the year 2050, this share will approach 50 percent of the total country population, which will be an equivalent of 44 million people.
Garowe Urban Profile: Working Paper and Spatial Analyses for Urban Planning Consultations and Strategic Spatial Planning 2019 The profiles were produced under the UN Joint Programme for Local Governance Somalia. They serve as working papers and tools that can be applied by further local authorities when entering into community-based and area planning exercise. They summarize major aspects of an urban analysis from the spatial perspective.
UN-Habitat country programme document for São Tomé and Príncipe 2019-2021 2019 The purpose of this document, hereafter referred to as “UN-Habitat Country Programme Document for São Tome and Príncipe” (HCPD), is to establish a strategic framework for the implementation of the projects and activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN- Habitat) in São Tomé and Príncipe for the period 2019-2021. The HCPD is aligned with the country’s development process guided by the National Strategy Documents, namely: the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, promulgated in 2003; the Government Programme of São Tomé and Príncipe; the United Nations Development Assistance Framework for São Tomé and Príncipe (UNDAF) 2017-2021; the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda; and the New Urban Agenda.
formulación de la Política de Gestión Integral del Sector Hábitat a 2030. Principios conceptuales y metodológicos para Bogotá D.C. 2019 This document is intended to disseminate the conceptual and methodological principles implemented during the process of formulating the Integral Management Policy of the Habitat Sector of Bogotá D.C. to 2030. Thus, it begins with a description of the institutional and administrative context of the city of Bogotá and its habitat sector, conformed by district entities’ which objective is the provision of the basic conditions to reach an adequate habitat. Taking as starting point the institutional structure of the district´s habitat sector, whose head is the District Department of Habitat (SDHT for its Spanish acronym), the policy developed a social, economic and territorial characterization that allows identifying the main challenges of the habitat production. For the diagnosis construction, the principles and guidelines presented by the New Urban Agenda (NUA) were implemented, with special emphasis on the concept of adequate habitat as the congregation of conditions that goes beyond the housing unit: the build environment, social and cultural environment as support systems for the integral development of citizens.

Additionally, the construction of the habitat sector policy is based on an active participation and concertation process with strategic population groups selected by vulnerability indicators criteria. These concertation sessions allowed to direct the actions of the policy towards the satisfaction of vulnerable groups´ fundamental needs, endorsing the production of the singular habitat, according to the specificities that the cultural and social diversity of Bogotá demands.

Finally, a roadmap of the habitat sector policy is presented through 9 challenges that bring together different instances of the sector to work cooperatively on the implementation of plans, programs and projects which promote universal access to adequate housing, access universal to public services, infrastructure, public space, and transportation systems, the production of high quality housing outside risk areas, the transformation of housing as a productive element, the strengthening of rural housing according to specific socio-economic and cultural conditions , and finally, the construction of a resilient housing.

This document produced by UN-Habitat in coordination with the SDHT is intended to contribute to the formulation of similar nature policies in the region by presenting guiding concepts that allow introducing innovation at cities´ governance instruments. The innotation of those concepts would endorse and support the conception of habitat beyond the roof and the habitat production with the intention of leaving no one or anywhere behind and promoting access to the right to the city.
Riyadh 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 Abha 2019 The Future Saudi Cities Programme is a joint programme developed by the Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and UN-Habitat, implemented in close cooperation with the municipalities of 17 major Saudi cities, the cities have been selected based on their different population sizes, geographic distribution, and a range of criteria based on capacities and economic potential to create a more balanced regional development among the cities of Saudi Arabia. The chosen cities include Riyadh, Makkah, Jeddah, Taif, Madinah, Tabuk,Dammam, Qatif, Al-Ahsa, Abha, Najran, Jazan, Hael, Arar, AlBaha, Buraidah, and Skaka. one of FSCP outcomes is the CPI profiles.
Urban Impact – Issue 07, March 2019 2019 Issue 07 of Urban Impact, a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat, includes the latest initiatives on climate action and opportunities for partners to access funding, support stakeholder engagement and host key advocacy events. It features new tools and publications, country programmes, events and gives updates on financial and institutional developments.
Urban-rural Linkages: Guiding Principles 2019 The goal of these Guiding Principles is to inform pragmatic strategies and propose a Framework for Action to build an enabling environment for more inclusive and functional urban-rural linkages. The principles are flexible and can be applied by all levels of stakeholders at all scales. While the principles are designed for universal application, there are distinct roles and actions appropriate for national or local governments, civil society, the private sector and international organizations.