East Jerusalem, April 17th, 2018 – UN Habitat in partnership with Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights, Al Enaya Community Center and the Green Mosques Youth Group inaugurated Wadi Al Joz community garden, which was developed as part of the “UN Habitat Global Public Space Programme”.
6 April 2018, Nuwara Eliya. The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Lee Heon declared open a number of community infrastructure interventions in Nuwara Eliya District today.
Nairobi, 16 April 2018 — A Talanoa Dialogue for Africa was held on 13 April at the end of the first Africa Climate Week in Nairobi at UN Headquarters. UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimuna Moh’d Sharif addressed participants as one of the key UN agencies contributors to the Dialogue.
Wau, South Sudan 16 April 2018-- The ambassador of Japan, Seiji Okada, recently led delegates from embassy of Japan, UN-Habitat, and UNICEF, to Wau to inspect Japanese funded projects in the area.
13/04/2018 – Juba/Nairobi
In September 2017, United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN Habitat) together with the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development with support from the government of Japan launched the ‘Housing for Veterans for Sustainable Peace and Development Project in Wau, South Sudan.
13th April 2018, Maputo, Mozambique
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) through its Global Urban Observatory unit organized the Asia-Pacific Regional Training Workshop on Human Settlement Indicators of the SDGs (SDG 11 and other urban related SDGs) at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand from 26 to
Decision-makers, senior managers, and senior government officials of UN HABITAT partners are invited to apply for the 8th Shelter Academy organized by Arcadis and UN Habitat. This year’s Shelter Academy will take place between the 3 - 7 September 2018 in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and will focus on climate adaptation and mitigation: options for cities.
Nairobi, 9 April 2018 – A new information portal on municipal finance has been published by UN-Habitat [ http://financeforcityleaders.unhabitat.org/ ] providing experts’ in-depth analyses, presentations and training materials on key issues related to municipal finance.
4 April 2018--Chief Zanman Sambian of Timpant area in Bunkpuguru District of Ghana runs his chiefdom in a democratic way not found in many African communities. As he holds court, the 65-year-old father of 17 welcomes a hodge-podge of his subjects to sit under a shade as the fiery sun pushes the thermometer to the near reaches of 40 degrees. Children, women, the youth- almost anyone able to attend- is allowed the chance to sit and drink from the chief’s deep well of knowledge.