For more than 40 years, UN-Habitat has been leading the way in building partnerships, sharing knowledge and transforming lives through sustainable urbanization. Mandated by the UN General Assembly in 1978 to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements, and to develop and achieve adequate shelter for all, UN-Habitat envisions well-planned, well-governed, resilient and efficient cities and human settlements, with adequate housing, infrastructure, and universal access to…

The Sustainable Cities Dialogue was co-organized by UN-Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) within the framework of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) and the Global Taskforce of local and regional governments. It took place in Strasbourg, France on May 24 and 25th 2018, in the European Parliament, at the invitation of Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg, Co-President of UCLG and Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat. It was…

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Elaboration of the Quadrennial Report: Progress on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda¨ held in Granada, Spain, 20th-23th March 2018.

UN-Habitat has partnered with Cities Alliance, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Centre for Regional Developmet (UNCRD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Food Programme (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) among others in a participatory process for developing “Guiding…

El presente resumen tiene como componentes los temas más relevantes, las conclusiones y las recomendaciones que fueron expresadas por los ponentes y actores nacionales que participaron del Congreso Internacional de Movilidad Urbana, desarrollado en la ciudad de La Paz, del 01 al 04 de octubre de 2018.

 El Gobierno de Bolivia ha decidido formular una política pública para debatir, promover y establecer parámetros para el desarrollo de ciudades en el país.

Para tal efecto solicitó al Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos - ONU-Habitat, la instalación de un proyecto de asistencia técnica para brindar asesoramiento y orientación en esa labor, que está encargada al Viceministerio de Vivienda y Urbanismo.

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This provides a comprehensive narrative of UN-Habitat Myanmar’s 10 years of engagement in the country describing achievements in the areas of disaster risk reduction and urban resilience, climate change, basic services, housing, urban planning and development, land administration, and slums improvement.

This proceedings document is one mechanism which this detailed information will be shared following the conference. The second output of the conference, which is being prepared in parallel to these proceedings is the Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science, which has been submitted to the IPCC as part of the Conference Report and was noted and approved by the Panel during the IPCC’s 48th Plenary.