- Overview
- Rules of Procedure
- Membership of the Executive Board
- Bureau of the Executive Board
- Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
- Ad-Hoc working group on working methods
- Ad-Hoc working group on stakeholder engagement policy
- Briefings by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat
- Key Documents
- Previous sessions of the Executive Board
Overview
Overview
The Executive Board aims to increase the oversight of UN-Habitat operations by Member States and to strengthen UN-Habitat’s accountability, transparency and effectiveness. This body will ensure greater efficiency in decision-making, help to build trust and attract sufficient, sustainable and predictable funding. It comprises 36 member states elected by the UN-Habitat Assembly and convenes three times a year to undertake the following:
i) Oversee the implementation of the normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat;
ii) Ensure accountability, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness;
iii) Approve and oversee the implementation of the annual programme of work and budget and of the resource mobilization strategy, in accordance with the strategic plans and the political guidelines provided by the UN-Habitat Assembly;
iv) Adopt decisions, under its mandate, on, among other things, programmatic, operational and budgetary issues for the adequate and effective implementation of the resolutions and other decisions adopted by the UN-Habitat Assembly;
v) Guide and support efforts to finance UN-Habitat;
vi) Oversee the compliance of UN-Habitat with evaluations and support auditing functions;
vii) Collaborate with the executive boards of other United Nations agencies, in accordance with the Secretary-General’s management reforms.
Rules of Procedure
Membership of the Executive Board
Membership of the Executive Board
A. Africa (10 seats)
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, Zimbabwe
B. Asia-Pacific (8 seats)
China, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, United Arab Emirates (2025-2027) and Malaysia (2027-2029)
C. Eastern Europe (4 seats)
Azerbaijan, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Ukraine
D. Latin America and the Caribbean (6 seats)
Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
E. Western Europe and Others (8 seats)
France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, United States of America, Vacant
Bureau of the Executive Board
2025 – 2026 Bureau of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat
Chair
Western Europe and Others
Germany
Vice Chair
Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil
Vice Chair
Asia-Pacific
China
Vice Chair
Eastern Europe
Slovakia
Rapporteur
Africa
Cameroon
Geographical distribution distribution of officers of the Bureau since 2019
2024
First session of the Executive Board
Chair: African States (Kenya – November 2023 to April 2024)
(Nigeria – May 2024 to March 2025)
Vice-Chairs: Latin American and Caribbean States (Brazil)
Western European and other States (France)
Eastern European States (Poland)
Rapporteur: Asian States (Pakistan)
2022
Second session of the Executive Board
Chair: Latin American and Caribbean States (Brazil)
Vice-Chairs: African States (Kenya)
Asian States (Pakistan)
Eastern European States (Poland)
Rapporteur: Western European and other States (France)
2021
First session of the Executive Board
Chair: Eastern European States (Poland)
Vice-Chairs: African States (Egypt)
Asian States (Pakistan)
Western European and other States (France)
Rapporteur: Latin American and Caribbean States (Chile)
2020
Second session of the Executive Board
Chair: Asia-Pacific States (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Vice-Chairs: Latin American and Caribbean States (Chile)
African States (Egypt)
Western European and other States (France)
Rapporteur: Eastern European States (Serbia)
2019
First session of the Executive Board
Chair: Western European and other States (United States of America)
Vice-Chairs: Latin American and Caribbean States (Argentina)
Asia-Pacific States (China)
Eastern European States (Russian Federation)
Rapporteur: African States (Malawi)
Bureau meetings of the Executive Board
Executive Director’s presentation - update on preparations for 2024 second session of the Executive Board
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Proposed Roadmap for 2024 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat (January 2024 to May 2024)(Version 2 February 2024)
Projected List of documents before the Executive Board of UN-Habitat at its third session of 2023 to be held from 28 to 30 November 2023
Provisional Agenda for the 2023 first session of the Executive Board as recommended by the Bureau
WEOG request with respect to the provisional Agenda for the second session of the Executive Board for the year 2022
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters – Agenda item 4
Organisation for the 2022 second session of the Executive Board as recommended by the Bureau on 7 November 2022
Revised provisional Agenda for the 2022 second session of the Executive Board as recommended by the Bureau
Agenda item 4 - Report of the JIU on the review of management and administration in UN-Habitat
Revised schedule of informal consultations on possible outcomes of the 2022 second session of the Executive Board
Explanatory Note - Summary of UNON’s guidance on the use of conference facilities under phase three of Back-to-Office plan
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters on the work of the ad hoc working group
Tentative roadmap for the 2021 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat (September – December 2021)
Interpretation schedule and prioritized Agenda items for the 2020 second session of the Executive Board
Provisional Agenda of the second session of the Executive Board as approved by the Board on 29 June 2020
Proposed revised provisional Agenda for the second session of the Executive Board for consideration of the Bureau
Schedule of meetings towards the second session of the Executive Board in 2020 – version as at 31 August 2020
Enabling draft decision for the adoption of decisions by the Board during Covid-19 pandemic when not in session
Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the first Bureau meeting held on 14 January 2020
Presentation from the Executive Director to the first Bureau meeting held on 14 January 2020
Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
Note Verbale on rotation of the offices of the Chair and Rapporteur of the Bureau of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat
Draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2025, draft of 5 March
Draft International guidelines on people centered smart cities, version 6 March tack changes
Note on comments received from Member States at the 65th Ad-Hoc Working Group on Programmatic, Budgetary, and Administrative matters (March 5, 2025)
Technical inputs towards the draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2025, draft of 24 Feb
Comments from Member States on the draft strategic plan 2026-2029 received during and after the 64th meeting of the AHWG/PBA
Draft international guidelines on people centered smart cities as of 4 March in tack changes
Agenda Item 5: Technical inputs towards the draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session of 2025
Presentation by the Secretariat on International guideline on people centered smart cities (uploaded 17 Feb)
Statement by the experts on the development of the draft international guidelines on people centered smart cities
Interim financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 December 2024
Normative and operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, including updates on the Ethiopia and Central America programmes, capacity development initiatives, urban crises prevention and response
Technical inputs towards the draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its second session of 2024-draft of 27 November 2024
Technical inputs towards the draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its second session of 2024-draft of 20 November 2024
Strategic Plan 2026-2029 Main takeaways from other UN strategies for developing UN-Habitat`s strategic plan
HSP/EB.2024/17 - Report of the Executive Director on the Summary of the annual report for 2023 on the strategic plan for the period 2020–2025
HSP/EB.2024/20- Report of the Executive Director on Implementation of all resolutions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly
Presentation made by Secretariat-Updates on the implementation of all resolutions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly at its first and second sessions
Urban Regeneration in the context of UN-Habitat's Flagship Programme ‘Inclusive Communities – Thriving Cities’
Report of the Executive Director on normative and operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, including updates on the Nepal Country Programme, the Jordan Country Programme, urban crises prevention and response initiatives
Highlights of normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat for the period January–June 2024
Presentation made by the Secretariat -Urban Regeneration in the context of UN-Habitat's Flagship Programme ‘Inclusive Communities – Thriving Cities’
Presentation made by the Secretariat-Report of the Executive Director on normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat Executive Board, 4-6 December 2024, Agenda item 7, HSP/EB.2024/19
Draft work programme of UN-Habitat and draft budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for 2025
Draft technical inputs into draft decisions towards the first session of 2024 of the Executive Board as at 17 April 2024
HSP/EB.2024/CRP.X - Technical inputs into the draft decisions towards the first session of 2024 of the Executive Board
Responses to questions raised by Member States related to the Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) initiative during the 49th and 50th meetings of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
HSP/EB.2024/INF/5 - Overview of the options for Operationalization of the Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) initiative
HSP/EB.2024/CRP.X - Technical inputs into the draft decisions towards the first session of 2024 of the Executive Board
Presentation on Overview of the options for Operationalization of the Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) initiative.
HSP-EB-2024-7 Report of the Executive Director on the status of preparations for the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum
HSP-EB-2024-2 Financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 December 2023
Report of the Executive Director on normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat, including updates on the Flagship Programme 1 ‘Inclusive Communities, Thriving Cities’, the Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) initiative
The proposed draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board at its third session of 2023-Version 1 November 2023
The draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its 2023 third session-Version 24 October 2023
The draft terms of reference of the urban action funding window towards the need to achieve the implementation of United Nations Habitat Assembly resolutions in a balanced manner
Power Points of Briefing on the Sustainable Urban Resilience for the next Generation Initiative
Technical note to the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
HSP/EB.2023/11/Add.1-Report of the Executive Director on the fully costed scalability model for the non-earmarked Foundation budget
HSP/EB.2023/13-Report of the Executive Director on the due diligence assessment of the Sustainable Human Settlements Foundation
HSP/EB.2023/15-Report of the Executive Director on the preparations for the development of the strategic plan for the period 2026 to 2029
HSP/EB.2023/16-Report of the Executive Director on the proposed roadmap towards the development of international guidelines on people-centred smart cities as a non-binding framework for developing national and local smart city regulations
HSP/EB.2023/17-Report of the Executive Director on Normative and Operational Activities of UN-Habitat including update on SDG Cities, the Sustainable Urban Resilience for the next Generation (SURGe) and activities for the period of January to June 2023
Agenda item 3: Annexes to the Due diligence assessment of the Sustainable Human Settlements Foundation
38th meeting - 8 March 2023
Draft technical inputs from the secretariat for the proposed draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board at its first session of 2023
Draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board at its first session of 2023 – version after 8 March 2023 reading
The scalability model for the non-earmarked budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation
Annex to the report on UN-Habitat’s contribution, experiences and added value in urban crisis situation
Briefing on the functions that cannot be delivered without adequate Foundation non-earmarked funding, with a focus on the normative work
29th meeting – 21 September 2022
Agenda item 3 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme and Foundation proposed work programme and budget for the year 2023
Agenda item 3 - report of the ACABQ on the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and Foundation proposed work programme and budget for the year 2023
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its 2021 second session as after the second reading held on 8 November 2021
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its 2021 second session - after the third reading held on 10 November 2021
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its second session for the year 2021 as after the reading held on 3 November 2021
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its second session for the year 2021 as after the reading held on 3 November 2021
Draft technical inputs from the Secretariat for the proposed draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board during its second session for the year 2021
Report of the ACABQ on the draft Work Programme and draft Budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
Recalibration of the strategic plan of UN-Habitat for the period 2020–2023 following the first meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat for a high-level midterm review
Summary of discussions on the QCPR alignment as emanating from the 17th meeting of the working group on PBA
Presentation on the recalibration of the strategic plan of UN-Habitat for the period 2020–2023 and on the analysis of linkages between the operational and normative activities of UN-Habitat
HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1: Report of the Executive Director on Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles
HSP/OECPR.2021/INF.4: Alignment of the planning cycles of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme with the quadrennial comprehensive policy review process - Note by the secretariat
HSP/EB.2021/CRP.2: Analytical Brief on the Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review and the UN-Habitat Strategic Planning Processes
Draft technical inputs from the Secretariat for the proposed draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its first session for the year 2021
Version as after the first reading including languages proposals from the Secretariat under Decisions 2021/3 and 2021/4, as requested by Member States
HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1 Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles
Presentation by the Secretariat on the draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
Presentation by the Secretariat - orientations for the development of the draft Work Programme of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
Report A/75/7 from the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed programme budget for 2021
Roadmap towards the preparation and approval process of the draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
HSP/ EB.2020/CRP2 Financial, budgetary and administrative matters: Interim financial status as at 30 September 2020
Agenda item 2 - Presentation on the draft capacity building strategy for the implementation of the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan
Agenda item 3 - Presentation on the draft accountability framework for the implementation of the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan
Draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021 – Scenario with Foundation Non-Earmarked Budget at USD 10 million – draft as at 15 July 2020
Draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021 – Scenario with Foundation Non-Earmarked Budget at USD 5.5 million – draft as at 15 July 2020
Summary of discussions emanating from the seventh meeting of the Ad-hoc working group held on 24 July 2020
Summary of discussions emanating from the continuation of the seventh meeting of the Ad-hoc working group held on 30 July 2020
Draft Partnership Strategy, including UN-Habitat engagement with the private sector and with non-governmental partners
Presentation on draft partnership strategy, including UN-Habitat engagement with the private sector and with non-governmental partners
Strategic Plan for the period 2020−2023: the draft Resource Mobilization Strategy and review of the Investment Funds
Prioritization process between operational and normative activities of the Strategic Plan 2020-2023 – Template for Programme Implementation Plan
PowerPoint presentation of the draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021
Ad-Hoc working group on working methods
Draft technical inputs from the Secretariat for draft decisions to be possibly adopted at the second session of the year of the Executive Board
Reviewed draft decisions with track changes including also the suggested language from the Secretariat as requested by the Ad-hoc working group during its meeting held on 19 October 2020
Options on the Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1
Abridged version of the options on the alignment of the planning cycles of UN-Habitat with the quadrennial comprehensive policy review process HSP/EB/2020/CRP.5
Track changes version of draft decisions to be possibly adopted by the Executive Board at its 2020 second session - as after the meeting held on 22 October 2020
Clean version ‘ First reading’ of draft decisions to be possibly adopted by the Executive Board at its 2020 second session
Ad-Hoc working group on stakeholder engagement policy
UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy-Draft, third reading - version of 18 September 2024
Guidance on the stakeholder engagement policy extending to non-legislative meetings such as World Urban Forum, World Habitat Day and World Cities Day
Recent cases on stakeholder engagement in United Nations Conferences: Non-objection Basis and Final Decision Examples
Current UN-Habitat Accreditation Practice - How to Apply for ad hoc accreditation for your organisation
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UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy-Draft, third reading - version of 18 September 2024
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Meeting - 25 March 2024
Agenda item 2 - Secretariat Note on objection to accreditation of two CSOs to the UN-Habitat Assembly
Accreditation of CSOs to the Second Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly: Note by the Secretariat, 9 January 2024
Agenda item 3 - Overview of process and progress to-date by Secretariat
Statement by H.E Mr. Silvio Albuquerque, Chair of the Executive Board and interim chair of the ad hoc working group on the SEP, November 2023
Modalities for stakeholder engagement in intergovernmental processes UN-Habitat current practices, May 2022
Agenda item 4 - Continuation of the review of the draft stakeholder engagement policy, Second Reading, Version of May 2018
UN secretariat practices on accreditation by selected UN Secretariat Organisations and Departments, February 2024
GC Resolution 19/8 – Accreditation of Local and Regional Governments and Habitat Agenda Partners
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Modalities for stakeholder engagement in intergovernmental processes: UN practices for selected agencies, funds and programmes
Modalities for stakeholder engagement in intergovernmental processes: UN-Habitat current practice
Report of the Chair of the Small Working Group on Stakeholder Engagement Policy to the Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat dated 14 May 2019
Briefings by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat
Resolution on Biodiverse and Resilient Cities: mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into urban and territorial planning
Resolution on the creation of a human settlements resilience framework for early warning, foresight, risk reduction, crisis response and post crisis recovery and reconstruction
Resolution on Equitable financing and effective monitoring of the implementation of resolutions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly
Resolution on Biodiverse and Resilient Cities: mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into urban and territorial planning
Resolution on the creation of a human settlements resilience framework for early warning, foresight, risk reduction, crisis response and post crisis recovery and reconstruction
Resolution on Equitable financing and effective monitoring of the implementation of resolutions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly
Presentation of Technical Briefing on the implementation of resolutions adopted at the second session of the UN-Habitat Assembly
Summary of discussions – briefing on the preparations for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda
USA comments on financial and administrative matters of UN-Habitat based on background documentation
USAID inputs on the presentation by the Executive Director on the financial status of UN-Habitat
Presentation by the Executive Director - financial update and Covid-19 response and impact - 31 March 2020
Briefing by the Executive Director on preparations for the second session of the Executive Board in 2020
Presentation by the Executive Director on the preparations of the first session of the Executive Board in 2020
Post-briefing documents
UN-Habitat written responses on comments provided by the United States of America 31 March 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response and Recovery Strategy for sub-Saharan Africa updated as at 10 April 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response and Recovery Strategy for sub-Saharan Africa including country information version 10 April 2020
Key Documents
Key Documents
HSP/EB/1/4 - Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on the work of its first meeting English
HSP/EB.1/11 - Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme at its resumed first session
HSP/EB.1/2/Rev.1 – Report of the Executive Director on the Work Programme and Budget for the year 2020
Previous sessions of the Executive Board