The MetroHUB Planning Studio in Arua, Uganda (20 - 22 March 2018) - a pilot capacity development activity for fostering an integrated territorial development approach - was initiated and supported by the Ugandan Support for Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) Program. The Planning Studio was conceptualized by UN-Habitat in cooperation with the Politecnico di Milano and was supported by Makerere University and the University of Botswana.

In 2012, UN-Habitat developed a training methodology called Rapid Planning Studio to help cities and local governments develop practical, feasible approaches to implementing urban planning interventions. The 2-day training for Kenya Municipal Programme (KMP) counties was conducted based on this RPS methodology, to provide decision makers and planners in the counties with enhanced capacity to formulate an Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plan (ISUDP).

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Planning Compact Cities: Exploring the possibilities and limits of densification¨ held in Seville, Spain, 13rd-14th March 2017

The Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Project (MC2CM) brings together experts and cities to contribute to improved migration governance at city level, including migrants' access to basic services and human rights. Implemented since 2015, the project is working with the cities of Amman, Beirut, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Tangiers, Tunis, Turin and Vienna to increase the knowledge base on urban migration and nurture a peer-to-peer dialogue to support mutual learning on specific urban…

UN-Habitat’s Global Activities Report (GAR) 2017 aims to provide updates of the Agency’s programmatic delivery at the global, regional and national levels for the years 2015-2016. There has been a growing recognition of urbanization as an engine of sustainable development over the past two years, as reflected in the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Other important recent global agreements as indicated in the report also emphasize the role of urbanization and…

Final report of the work day “Urban Regeneration” held in Madrid, 12th May 2016

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Linking Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development: Gender-Sensitive Engagement in Post-Conflict Contexts¨ held in Barcelona, Spain, 20 – 21 April 2016

Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Financing National Housing Policies: Lessons for the Developing World¨ held in Madrid, Spain, 10th -11th May 2016

A special edition thematic/country activities report, that gives a timeline highlight of UN-Habitat’s evolution, the relevant mandate and GA resolutions; we showcase consolidated impacts of our work focusing at this time on two regions: Asia and Pacific and the Arab States, using two country examples per region (Afghanistan and Philippines for Asia and Pacific; Iraq and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Arab States).