Final report of the work day “Planning instruments for a New Urban Agenda” held in Madrid, 5th May 2016.

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting “Urban Labs: A Tool for Integrated and Participative Urban Planning” held in Barcelona, Spain, 2nd-3rd February 2016

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Linking Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development: Gender-Sensitive Engagement in Post-Conflict Contexts¨ held in Barcelona, Spain, 20 – 21 April 2016

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Financing National Housing Policies: Lessons for the Developing World¨ held in Madrid, Spain, 10th -11th May 2016

The publication presents an alternative of implementation of a new system for the allocation of subsidies and contributions in public residential services in Colombia.

The United Nations Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery (JPLG) in Somalia is a joint program with UN-Habitat and four other UN agencies, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The first phase of JPLG began in 2008 and ended in 2012. JPLG II (2013–2017) is now being…

Policy and programme experiences from different countries have shown the correlation between government legitimacy, stability and peace. The Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP) addresses this complex relationship between governance and peace. The “Safety in Afghan Cities” report, developed from the programme’s baseline survey, presents public perceptions on urban safety in eight of Afghanistan’s most strategic cities, including Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad, Herat, Kunduz, Nili…

Effective urban legislation is an indispensable pillar of sustainable urban development. The current unprecedented urban population growth h can result in anarchy and increased inequality if not underpinned by effective and coherent policy and legal, institutional and governance frameworks that will ensure a solid context for planning, dialogue between actors and rights-based approaches to development.
Good quality urban law provides predictability and order in urban development, from a…

The overall aim of this HCPD is to promote the New Habitat Agenda: ensuring the sustainability of urban growth as a driving force as well as a source of equitable development with the power to change and improve lives. UN-Habitat plays an active role in urban development and urban policy. Through partnerships with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD), UN-Habitat has assisted in identifying key urban issues and areas needing support to improve urban development in Uganda.