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Annual report 2022
The global economic crisis and COVID-19 have exacerbated inequality and stalled sustainable economic development. Conflict, food insecurity, the climate crisis and other emergencies forced more than 100 million people… Read more
Global Report
Rescuing SDG 11 for a resilient urban planet
The current report shows that the world is off track in achieving SDG 11. Rescuing SDG 11 is urgent for the sake of present and future generations. The report points to the immense opportunities that exist and the… Read more
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Case Study I: Water Operators’ Partnerships in Africa
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
UN-Habitat in the Somali Region Newsletter– Issue No. 18
Somaliland, which suffered devastation during the civil war, is trekking back to normalcy due to its internal resilience. Donor agencies are assisting it on this journey, and UN-Habitat has been supporting some critical development areas to enable Somaliland to regain its past glory.
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Briefing Note: Human Rights Up Front
Human Rights up Front speaks to the essence of the United Nations. It is a lens through which the Organization will examine and respond to threats of serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and by that identify actions needed to prevent mass atrocities and armed conflict.
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Briefing Note: HRBA Monitoring and Evaluation
Human rights-based monitoring has two major objectives: (1) to help identify, on an ongoing basis, the areas on which duty-bearers may need to concentrate, or to which it may need to redirect its attention if its targets for the realization of human rights are to be attained in the most expeditious and effective manner; and (2) to enable a right-holder to hold the duty-bearer accountable for its failure to discharge its duties.
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Briefing Note: Fit for purpose
The High Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) and the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) have identified Human Rights as one of five interlinked elements that are critical to make the UN “fit for purpose” in achieving the post-2015 development agenda: universality, integration, equality, human rights and the data revolution.
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Strengthening Partnerships for a New African Urban Agenda: Conference Report
To ensure that there would be effective engagement
by African countries in the process of generating an
‘Urban Agenda’ for the 21st century which recognizes
the ever-changing dynamics of human civilization, the
Governments of Nigeria and Ghana have committed to
facilitate an active, evidence-based and highly inclusive
Preparatory Process for Habitat II, with all stakeholders
from across the continent in atendance, through a project
…
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by African countries in the process of generating an
‘Urban Agenda’ for the 21st century which recognizes
the ever-changing dynamics of human civilization, the
Governments of Nigeria and Ghana have committed to
facilitate an active, evidence-based and highly inclusive
Preparatory Process for Habitat II, with all stakeholders
from across the continent in atendance, through a project
…
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Housing Finance Manual for Developing Countries – Part 2
The shortage of finance for housing has long been recognized as one of the obstacles to the provision of housing for low-income households.
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Sources of funding, funding mechanisms and UN- Habitat’s resource mobilisation strategy
Posted on January 26th, 2023
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The UN-Habitat Strategic Plan for the period 2020-2023
Posted on January 26th, 2023
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Normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat
Posted on January 26th, 2023
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Evaluation of Strengthening National and Regional Development Planning: a Spatial Development Framework for Guinea-Bissau and a Regional Strategic and Spatial Development Plan for the Archipelago of Bijagós (Bijagós 2030) Project (2022/1)
Posted on January 26th, 2023
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Technical Report
Enabling Meaningful Public Participation in Spatial Planning Processes
Posted on January 25th, 2023
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