The Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme will hold its second session (OEWG-H2) from 22 to 23 October 2025. The session will be held at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Overview
- Provisional Agenda
- Programme
- Pre-session Documents
- In-session Documents
- Statements
- Post-session Documents
- Registration
- Intersessional Thematic Meetings
The roadmap for 2025 includes virtual intersessional meetings for member states, nominated experts and other stakeholders to pursue the work on the identified thematic areas, and a second meeting of the Working Group (OEWG-H2).
The virtual intersessional thematic meetings are being rolled out with two sessions for each topic to cater for different time zones, according to the following schedule:
Housing Finance: 24th June 2025 10:00-1:00pm EAT (English, Russian, Arabic) and 4:00-7:00pm EAT (English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
Tenure Security: 25th June 2025 10:00-1:00pm EAT (English, Russian, Arabic) and 4:00-7:00pm EAT (English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
Informal Settlements: 26th June 2025 10:00-1:00pm EAT (English, Russian, Arabic) and 4:00-7:00pm EAT (English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
Social Housing: 27th June 2025 10:00-1:00pm EAT (English, Russian, Arabic) and 4:00-7:00pm EAT (English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
Sustainability: 16th September 2025 10:00-1:00pm EAT (English, Russian, Arabic) and 4:00-7:00pm EAT (English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
Definitions: 17th September 2025 10:00-1:00pm EAT (English, Russian, Arabic) and 4:00-7:00pm EAT (English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
Monitoring framework: 18th September 2025 10:00-1:00pm EAT (English, Russian, Arabic) and 4:00-7:00pm EAT (English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
The draft recommendations drawn from these virtual thematic intersessional meetings will be compiled in a summary that will be presented at the OEWG-H2, with similar processes taking place in 2026, 2027 and 2028 with a comprehensive set of housing policy recommendations presented at the third session of the Habitat Assembly in 2029.