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

Rules of Procedure

HSP/HA.1/HLS.3 - Rules of procedure of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Membership of the Executive Board

Membership of the Executive Board

A. Africa (10 seats)

Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Malawi

B. Asia-Pacific (8 seats)

Sri Lanka, Republic of Korea, China, Japan, India, Iran, Bahrain, Pakistan

C. Eastern Europe (4 seats)

Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Romania

D. Latin America and the Caribbean (6 seats)

Argentina, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay

E. Western Europe and Others (8 seats)

Canada, France, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America, Germany, Spain, Portugal

Bureau of the Executive Board

2024 – 2025 Bureau of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat

Chair
Africa
Kenya
Vice Chair
Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil
Vice Chair
Western Europe and Others
France
Vice Chair
Eastern Europe
Poland
Rapporteur
Asia-Pacific
Pakistan

Geographical distribution distribution of officers of the Bureau since 2019

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)

Geographical distribution of officers of the Bureau since 2019

Bureau meetings of the Executive Board

Regular Budget liquidity crisis

Provisional Agenda

WUF12 Background paper

Proposed Roadmap for 2024 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat (January 2024 to May 2024)(Version 2 February 2024)

Statement by the Acting Executive Director

Presentation by the Acting Executive Director

Provisional Agenda for the 2024 first session of the Executive Board

Presentation on WUF 12

Summary of Discussions

List of Prioritised documents for translation

Presentation by the Executive Director

Provisional Agenda

Statement by the Executive Director

Summary of Discussions

Provisional Agenda

Proposed provisional Agenda for third Executive Board

Proposed organisation of work for the third session of the Executive Board

Proposed roadmap towards the 2023 meeting of the Governing Bodies

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

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters – Agenda item 2

Provisional Agenda

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters – Agenda item 3

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Presentation from the Executive Director

Statement by Executive Director

Organization of Work

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Proposed provisional Agenda for the sessions of the Executive Board of 2023

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

Provisional Agenda for the 2023 first session of the Executive Board as recommended by the Bureau

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

WEOG request with respect to the provisional Agenda for the second session of the Executive Board for the year 2022

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

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

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Agenda item 4 - Report of the JIU on the review of management and administration in UN-Habitat

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

Revised schedule of informal consultations on possible outcomes of the 2022 second session of the Executive Board

Summary of discussions

Summary of discussions

Proposed provisional Agenda

Proposed roadmap towards the 2022 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

Provisional Agenda for the 2022 second session of the Executive Board

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

Organization of work for the 2022 first session of the Executive Board

Note - Options for the position of Chair of the Executive Board for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024

Guidelines standards – maps and territories

Summary of discussions

Proposed provisional Agenda

Draft roadmap towards the 2022 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat

Dates and provisional Agenda of the first session of the Executive Board for the year 2022

Presentation by the Executive Director

Statement by the Executive Director

Summary discussions emanating from the tenth Bureau Meeting

Summary of discussions

Proposed provisional Agenda

Summary of discussions-matrix format

Summary of discussions-narrative format

Presentation by the Executive Director

Executive Director’s comments on pre-session documentation

Update by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on PBA under Agenda item 4

Draft summary of discussions from the eighth bureau meeting

Proposed provisional Agenda

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

Presentation by the Secretariat

Proposed provisional Agenda

Proposed provisional Agenda for the second session of the Executive Board for the year 2021

Tentative roadmap for the 2021 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat (September – December 2021)

Presentation by the Executive Director

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Provisional Agenda

Presentation by the Executive Director

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Provisional Agenda

Presentation by the Executive Director

Provisional Agenda

Presentation by the Secretariat

Update by the Chair of the Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary, and administrative matters under Agenda 3.a)

Provisional Agenda for the Bureau meeting

Proposed roadmap towards the 2021 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat – 4 January 2021

Presentation by the Executive Director

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Possible outcomes for the second session of the Executive Board in 2020

Presentation by the Executive Director

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the Bureau meeting

Agenda for the Bureau meeting

Presentation by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat

Interpretation schedule and prioritized Agenda items for the 2020 second session of the Executive Board

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the second Bureau meeting

Provisional Agenda of the Bureau Meeting to be held on 10 August 2020

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

Workplan for the Bureau of the Executive Board towards the second session of the Board

Roadmap of key activities towards the second session of the Executive Board

A background note on the UN-Habitat Governance Structure

Presentation by the Executive Director

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the Bureau meeting

Schedule of meetings towards the second session of the Executive Board in 2020 – version as at 31 August 2020

Presentation by the Executive Director

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating for the seventh Bureau meeting of the Executive Board for the Year 2020

Presentation of the Executive Director - Bureau 8 June 2020

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the held on Bureau 8 June 2020

Enabling draft decision for the adoption of decisions by the Board during Covid-19 pandemic when not in session

Guidelines for the virtual first session of the Executive Board in 2020 as at 24 June 2020

Agenda for the meeting

Presentation by the Executive Director to the Bureau

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the fifth Bureau meeting

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the Bureau meeting 18 March 2020

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the Bureau meeting 19 March 2020

Agenda for the meeting

PowerPoint presentation from the Executive Director

Agenda of the meeting

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

Briefing by the Executive Director to the Bureau on preparations of WUF 10

Roadmap towards the 2020 first regular session of the Executive Board

Agenda - Seventh Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 3 December 2019

Summary of discussions and recommendations - Seventh Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 3 December 2019

Provisional Agenda of the third Bureau Meeting of the Executive Board

o Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the third Bureau meeting of the Executive Board held on 04 November 2019

Provisional Agenda Second Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 2 October 2019

Summary of discussions and recommendations - Second Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 2 October 2019

Provisional Agenda of the first Bureau Meeting of UN-Habitat Executive Board 21 June 2019 - Rev 1

Summary of discussions and recommendations - First Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 21 June 2019

Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
Report of the Executive Director on the implementation of Resolutions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly

Presentation made by Secretariat

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

Development of the strategic plan for the period 2026–2029

The preparation of the Strategic plan for the period 2026 to 2029

Update on the preparations for the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12)

Normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat

Financial status

Updated draft work programme for 2025

Presentation on draft work programme and budget for 2025

Presentation on WUF 12

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

The Sustainable Urban Resilience for the next Generation (SURGe) initiative

Power Points of Drafting the terms of reference of the urban action funding window

Power Points of Briefing on the Sustainable Urban Resilience for the next Generation Initiative

Status of the draft work programme and draft budget for 2024

Status of UN-Habitat staffing including gender and geographical balance

The draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its 2023 third session

Technical note to the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters

Gender parity and equitable geographical distribution

Resumed:Due diligence assessment of the Sustainable Human Settlements Foundation

Status of Draft work programme and Budget for the year 2024.

Summary of discussions

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.2023/11-Report of the Executive Director on the financial status as at 30 June 2023

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 2: Roadmap towards the preparation of the next Strategic Plan 2026-2029

Agenda item 3: Due diligence assessment of the Sustainable Human Settlements Foundation

Agenda item 3: Annexes to the Due diligence assessment of the Sustainable Human Settlements Foundation

Agenda item 6: Report on Normative operational activities of UN-Habitat

Agenda item 7: International guidelines on people-centered smart cities - roadmap

Financial situation as of 30 June 2023

Scalability: a fully costed model

SDG cities

UN-Habitat SDG Cities Certification

Provisional agenda

Draft technical inputs from the secretariat for the proposed draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board at its first session of 2023

38th meeting - 8 March 2023
ACABQ Report Supplementary Budget UN-Habitat 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 budget of UN-Habitat for 2024

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board at its first session of 2023 – version after 8 March 2023 reading

Presentation by the Secretariat (resource mobilization)

Technical note on decision 2022/6 as transmitted on 23 November 2022

Presentation by the Secretariat

Statement by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Need for and possible benefits of the development of the Sustainable Development Goals Cities certification

Presentation by the Secretariat – “Needs and benefits of SDGs certification

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Draft work programme for the year 2024

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of Discussions

Provisional Agenda

Draft outcomes to be possibly adopted by the Executive Board at its 2022 second session (as after second reading)

Note on financial reserves as requested by the ad hoc working group

Provisional Agenda

The draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for 2023

The scalability model for the non-earmarked budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation

Ongoing restructuring of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Staffing report of UN-Habitat as at 30 June 2022

The report on recruitment, equitable geographical distribution and gender parity

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Proposed provisional Agenda

Report on UN-Habitat’s contribution, experiences and added value in urban crisis situation

Report on the progress made in the Flagship Programme

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

Presentation by the Secretariat – flagship programmes

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

29th meeting – 21 September 2022
Provisional agenda

Agenda item 2 - financial status of UN-Habitat as at 30 June 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

Agenda item 3 - scalability model for the non-earmarked Foundation budget

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Presentation by the Secretariat

Agenda item 2 - Presentation by the Secretariat

Agenda item 3 - Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Proposed provisional Agenda

Draft technical inputs from the secretariat for the proposed draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board at its first session of 2022

Presentation by the Secretariat

Proposed provisional Agenda

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Proposed provisional Agenda

HSP/EB.2022/5 - Normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Discussion paper on orientation and priorities for the work programme for 2023

Presentation by the secretariat

Summary of discussion

Presentation by the Secretariat under draft Decision 2021/6

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

Provisional Agenda

Draft Work Programme and draft Budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022

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

Normative and operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Presentation on financial, budgetary and administrative matters of UN-Habitat

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022

Report of the ACABQ on the draft work programme and budget for the year 2022

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

Presentation by the Secretariat

Brief on the Sustainable Human Settlements Foundation

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Provisional Agenda

Working version of draft decisions as after the second reading held on 29 March 2021

Agenda

Version as after the first reading including languages proposals from the Secretariat under Decisions 2021/3 and 2021/4, as requested by Member States

Working version of draft decisions as after the second reading held on 29 March 2021

Agenda 24 March 2021

HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1 Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles

Cost estimates for the next session of the UN-Habitat Assembly – 3 scenarios

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Provisional Agenda

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

Financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 28 February 2021

Presentation by the Secretariat on the financial situation of UN-Habitat

Version as after the first reading including languages proposals from the Secretariat under Decisions 2021/3 and 2021/4, as requested by Member States

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Provisional Agenda

HSP/EB.2021/5 Normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat (advance)

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 normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat

Summary of discussions emanating from the meeting

Draft work programme of UN-Habitat for the year 2022

Draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022

Presentation by the Secretariat on the draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022

Summary of discussions emanating from the meeting

Provisional Agenda

Orientations for the Development of the UN-Habitat Work Programme 2022 and Prioritisation

Presentation by the Secretariat - orientations for the development of the draft Work Programme of UN-Habitat for the year 2022

Summary of discussions and recommendations

Report A/75/7 from the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed programme budget for 2021

Report A/75/16 of the Committee for Programme and Coordination

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

HSP/ EB.2020/CRP3 Report on staffing as at 30 September 2020

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions emanating from the ninth meeting

Provisional Agenda for the meeting

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

Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the meeting

Provisional Agenda for the meeting

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

Presentation on the draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021

Summary of discussions emanating from the seventh meeting of the Ad-hoc working group held on 24 July 2020

Statement made by H.E Agrina Mussa Permanent Representative of Malawi to UN-Habitat

Statement made by H.E. Mr. Ndongo Dieng Permanent Representative of Senegal to UN-Habitat

Summary of discussions emanating from the continuation of the seventh meeting of the Ad-hoc working group held on 30 July 2020

Agenda

Draft Partnership Strategy, including UN-Habitat engagement with the private sector and with non-governmental partners

Draft Financial Plan

Presentation on draft partnership strategy, including UN-Habitat engagement with the private sector and with non-governmental partners

Presentation on the financial plan of the implementation of the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan

Summary of discussions emanating from the sixth meeting of the Ad-Hoc working group

Agenda

Draft Work Programme and Budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021

Strategic Plan for the period 2020−2023: the draft Resource Mobilization Strategy and review of the Investment Funds

Presentation on the draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021

Presentation on the resource mobilization strategy including pledge receipts

Summary of discussions emanating from the fifth meeting of the Ad-hoc working group

Agenda for the meeting

Scenarios for the proposed work programme and budget 2021

Presentation on the 2019 Annual progress report on the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2014-2019

Summary of the discussions during the fourth meeting of the ad-hoc working group

Agenda for the meeting

UN systemwide Guidelines on Safer Cities and Human Settlements

Concept Note on UN systemwide Guidelines on Safer Cities

Prospectus on 2020 Safer Cities Roundtable to be held in Vienna

UN-Habitat flyer on Urban Crime Prevention and Safety

UN-Habitat draft Capacity Building Strategy

Prioritization process between operational and normative activities of the Strategic Plan 2020-2023 – Template for Programme Implementation Plan

Update on the on-going restructuring of UN-Habitat

Presentation on the draft Capacity Building Strategy

Presentation on the implementation of the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan

Presentation on the draft concept note on Safer Cities

Summary of discussions emanating from the meeting held on 4 March 2020

Agenda for the meeting

Draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021

PowerPoint presentation of the draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021

Summary of the outcomes of WUF 10

Summary of the discussions during the second meeting of the Ad-Hoc working group

Agenda for the first regular meeting of the Executive Board

PowerPoint Presentation of the draft work programme of UN-Habitat for 2021

Roadmap towards the 2020 first regular session of the Executive Board

Summary of discussions during the first meeting of the Ad-Hoc working group

Ad-Hoc working group on working methods

Ad-Hoc working group on working methods

Agenda for the meeting

PowerPoint presentation of the briefing on WUF 10

Roadmap towards the 2020 first session of the Executive Board

Summary of discussions of the first meeting held on 29 January 2020

Agenda for the meeting

Version of the Co-Chairs’ discussion paper as at 26 February 2020

Version of the Co-Chairs’ discussion paper as after 4 March 2020

Provisional Agenda

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

Agenda for the meeting

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

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

Brief on organizations that were not granted accreditation to UNHA 2

Agenda item 3 - Overview of process and progress to-date by Secretariat
Draft Stakeholder Engagement Policy – Version of 18 May 2023

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

Statement by H.E. Mr. Patrick Egloff, Chair of the Ad hoc working group on SEP, March 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

Resolution 1996/31 – ECOSOC Consultative status

GC Resolution 19/8 – Accreditation of Local and Regional Governments and Habitat Agenda Partners

GC Resolution 26/7 - on Accreditation

Draft UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy as of 25 May 2023

Provisional Agenda

Provisional Agenda

Provisional Agenda

UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy -version of 16 May 2023

UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy-version of 10 May 2023

Provisional Agenda

Coming soon....

Coming soon....

Coming soon....

UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy - version of 3 March 2023

ECOSOC resolution-1996-31 Consultative relationship UN and NGOs

Resolution 19-8 Arrangements for accreditation of local authorities and other Habitat Agenda Partners

Provisional agenda

Provisional Agenda

UN-Habitat Stakeholder egagement policy-version 16 February 2023

Provisional Agenda

Provisional Agenda

UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy – version 26 January 2023

Statement from Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Presentation by the Secretariat

Statement by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

GAP statement

HIC statement

SAGE statement

Presentation by the Secretariat

Statement by the Secretariat

Presentation by Habitat International Coalition

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Summary of discussions

Provisional Agenda

Revised draft if the UN-Habitat stakeholder engagement policy

Stakeholder engagement in the governing bodies of UN-Habitat

Summary of discussions – Rev.1

Summary of discussions

Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (Habitat International Coalition)

Proposed Structure for the UN Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy (General Assembly of Partners)

By-laws of the General Assembly of Partners

Proposed provisional agenda

Draft zero – UN-Habitat stakeholder engagement policy

Summary of discussions – Rev.1

Provisional Agenda

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

Proposed structure of a stakeholder engagement policy

Modalities for stakeholder engagement – presentation by the Secretariat

Proposed structure of a stakeholder engagement policy – presentation by the Secretariat

Statement by GAP

Provisional agenda

Presentation by the Secretariat

Summary of discussions

Key dates and background of the ad hoc working group

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

Annex 1 to the report of the Chair - Draft Stakeholder Engagement Policy

Annex 3 to the report of the chair - Draft UN-Habitat Procedure for Accreditation

Relevant rules of procedure

Briefings by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat
Resolution on International guidelines on people-centred smart cities

Resolution on Accelerating the Transformation of Informal Settlements and Slums by 2030

Resolution on World Cleanup Day

Resolution on Biodiverse and Resilient Cities: mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into urban and territorial planning

Resolution on Enhancing the Interlinkage between Urbanization and Climate Change Resilience

Resolution on Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals

Resolution on Adequate Housing for All

Resolution on Urban Planning and Sustainable Infrastructure

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

Statement of Deputy Executive Director

Background document with provisional Agenda

Concept Note on the Presidential Initiative on SURGe

Presentation by the Secretariat

Remarks by H.E. Mr MJ Mahlangu - South African High Commissioner

Statement by the Executive Director – Outcomes of the HLM

Presentation by the Secretariat – Media coverage during HLM

Presentation by the Secretariat – Status of preparations – WUF 11

Summary of discussions

Presentation by the Executive Director

Presentation by the Executive Director

Briefing by the Executive Director on status of preparations of the session

Summary of discussions – briefing on the preparations for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Draft Work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021

Financial status of UN-Habitat as at 31 December 2019

Narrative for the scenarios on the work programme and budget for the year 2021

USA comments on financial and administrative matters of UN-Habitat based on background documentation

USAID inputs on work programme and budget scenarios for the year 2021

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

Rules of procedure of the Executive Board

Notification of the Executive Director

Provisional Agenda of the Executive Board

The annotated Agenda of the Executive Board

Presentation by the Executive Director on the preparations of the first session of the Executive Board in 2020

Post-briefing documents

UN-Habitat corporate response on Covid-19: Policy and Programmatic framework

UN-Habitat corporate response on Covid-19: Updates on Covid-19

UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response and Recovery Strategy for sub-Saharan Africa

UN-Habitat's contribution to Government of Kenya efforts in mitigating Covid-19

UN-Habitat response on Programme Support Costs and financial management of UN-Habitat

Policy and procedures for Programme Support Cost_ST/AI/286/E

Policy and procedures for Programme Support Costs_Controller Memo 8 June 2012

UN-Habitat written responses on comments provided by the United States of America 31 March 2020

UN-Habitat response on cost of an Executive Board session 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

HSP/EB.1/12: Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on the work of its resumed first meeting

Previous sessions of the Executive Board