Good monitoring and evaluation (M&E) establishes clear links between past, present and future initiatives and development results. Monitoring and evaluation can help an organization extract relevant information from past and ongoing activities that can be used as the basis for programmatic fine-tuning, reorientation and future planning: This includes establishing a baseline or database to monitor against objectives, outputs (throughout the policy process) and outcomes. Without effective…

This report highlights UN-Habitat’s 2019 work with the federal government, and its Member States in responding to the Somalia National Development Plan priorities and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (particularly SDG 11) and the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). Working as a member of the UN County team, UN-Habitat’s interventions are underpinned by the agency’s core normative programming on inclusive and sustainable development of cities.

A city-wide public space strategy can deliver a well-distributed, accessible and inclusive public space system. City-Wide Public Space Strategies: a Compendium of Inspiring Practices offers three guides in one: a process-based guide with 12 steps for developing a strategy; an output-based guide with 13 essential ingredients for a strategy; and an outcome-based guide with six important norms that every strategy should adopt.

UN-Habitat envisions well-planned, well-governed, resilient and efficient cities and human settlements, with adequate housing, infrastructure, and universal access to employment and basic services. Its programmes and projects are designed to help policy-makers and local communities get to grips with human settlements and urban issues to achieve sustainable urban development to all.

This publication of Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Tshwane, South Africa in examines the status of housing and urban infrastructure and how much investment is needed. The assessment particularly considered the status of housing finance instruments and costs, as well as the roles of local and national governments in facilitating investments. The report was also anchored on determining whether the identified investment needs address resilient housing and infrastructure and…

This publication delivers an interdisciplinary analysis from professionals and scholars on technological innovation and city development. The publication aims to raise awareness and enhance collective knowledge on new technological innovations and how these affect urban spaces. The publication calls for collective actions from all cities to smartly use and govern new tech solutions.

Political upheaval or violent conflict is often characterised by a fundamental failure of governance, and the destruction of local economies, and yet in the aftermath of conflict people reconstruct their livelihoods and rebuild urban services through informal mechanisms of survival and support. This report explores the response of the urban informal economy to urban crises, its role in poverty reduction, peace building and development in post-conflict cities, and its scope as a platform for…

Le présent rapport examine la mise en œuvre du Plan de développement urbain (PDU) de la ville de Conakry élaboré en 1989 qui proposait les actions d’aménagement de la ville. Cette évaluation a pour but de paver la voie pour l’élaboration du schéma directeur d’urbanisme du Grand Conakry.

The National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP) is an instrumental tool towards promoting and achieving transformative, inclusive, green, productive, and resilient urban development. The NUP is achieved through deliberate and shared responsibility between UN-Habitat and respective countries across the globe. In view of the externalities and challenges facing urban cities, NUP comes in handy to address the challenges with urgency and relevance in line with the New Urban Agenda (NUA) as it supports…