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Hyderabad hosts Metropolis meetingHyderabad 14 September 2014 –The XI World Congress of Metropolis, the leading world association of major metropolises took place in the city of Hyderabad, India, last month . The theme of the Congress, Cities for All, represented the...
- Posted October 10, 2014
Social Tenure Domain Model enhanced in ZambiaNairobi, 10 October 2014 – A second Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) training and planning workshop with the Mungule community in Zambia was held from earlier this month to pursue the data collection process in the Model’s...
- Posted October 10, 2014
Paper City – an Urban Story: UN-Habitat launches video on urban challengesPaper City is a stop-motion video made of animated photo stills portraying today’s urban challenges and possible solutions using a paper and cardboard mock city.
- Posted October 10, 2014
The Urban Governance Survey by UN Habitat, UCLG and LSE CitiesLSE Cities, working in partnership with UN Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), is inviting local government administrations to contribute to a study on ‘Governing Urban Futures’ by taking part in a short ...
- Posted October 7, 2014
“Invest in youth to secure social cohesion” – UN Youth Envoy in MogadishuNairobi, 7 October: In a bid to shed light on the plight of Somali youth, and emphasising the United Nations’ commitment and support to the Federal Government of Somalia, the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Mr. Ahmad...
- Posted October 7, 2014
Call for action for slum dwellers as World Habitat Day is marked globallyNairobi, 6 October 2014—Celebrations marking this year’s World Habitat Day took places in various places across the globe with calls for urgent action to address the plight of those living in slums. In Nairobi, UN-Habitat staff members...
- Posted October 6, 2014
‘Give Slum Dwellers a Voice’, Secretary-General says in Message for World Habitat DayNew York, 6 October 2014. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Habitat Day, to be observed on 6 October: Over the past decade, efforts under the Millennium Development Goals have cut the proportion of people living in...
- Posted October 6, 2014
World Habitat Day 2014 Message of the UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan ClosMonday, 6 October 2014 Every year on the first Monday of October we reflect on the state of our human settlements and what we want the cities of our future to look like. This year, the United...
- Posted October 6, 2014
UN-Habitat Trains over 300 on Disaster-Resilient ConstructionManila 25 September 2014— As part of capacity building component and campaign for sustainable self-recovery among the populations affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in the Philippines) which struck last November , UN-Habitat has just conducted a series...
- Posted September 26, 2014
Slum Upgrading is all the rage in Kenya’s Kilifi CountyKilifi, Kenya, 24 September 2014 – Caleb Omondi is a music producer whose ears are always alert looking for the next talent he is going to release to the Kenyan public. The 30 year old father of one...
- Posted September 24, 2014