More than 200 children co-design the Central Park of Madrid Nuevo Norte using digital gaming

June 2nd, 2022

Madrid, Spain, 2 June 2022 -- More than 200 students aged 12 to 16 from 10 different Madrid school districts have worked for a year with UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme to co-design the…

Affordable Housing Activation Forum calls for action for adequate, affordable housing

May 26th, 2022

Madrid, Spain, 27 May 2022 -- More than 7,500 professionals from 120 countries gathered at the Affordable Housing Activation forum this month and called for action to take shared responsibility for…

Five regions and more than 120 cities in Spain implement the New Urban Agenda

April 28th, 2022

Madrid, Spain, 27 April 2022 - More than 120 cities and towns in Spain are implementing Local Action Plans under the Spanish Urban Agenda, following the principles of the New Urban Agenda, to become…

ONU-Habitat apoya el desarrollo integrado y estratégico sostenible en Inhambane, Mozambique

February 2nd, 2022

Inhambane, Mozambique, 2 de febrero, 2022 -- Los funcionarios provinciales de Inhambane se están beneficiando de un proyecto dirigido por ONU-Habitat y sus socios que los equipará con mejores…

The EuskalHiria Congress finishes highlighting urban regeneration as tool for a green socio-economic recovery

December 15th, 2021

Vitoria, Spain, 15 December 2021 -- The need to intervene in the territory and in inhabited environments to achieve a green socio-economic recovery was the focus of the 20th edition of the…

UN-Habitat launches People-Centred Smart Cities playbooks

December 3rd, 2021

Barcelona, 3 December 2021 – UN-Habitat launched a series of strategic guideline options on how governments and local officials can develop smart cities that are more inclusive, sustainable and…

Biodiversity, resilience and quality of life in cities

November 26th, 2021

Madrid, Spain, 25 November 2021 – As part of the World Cities Day celebrations, UN-Habitat and Fundación Biodiversidad organised a session titled "Biodiversity, resilience and quality of life in…

Climate Resilience: Renaturalisation strategies facing desertification in cities

November 26th, 2021

Madrid, Spain, 25 November 2021 - Madrid City Council and UN-Habitat organised a debate to exchange ideas to combat the heat island of cities in commemoration of the World Cities Day. The Urban…

Spain holds first Urban Forum to address social, economic recovery of cities and territories

October 14th, 2021

Seville, Spain, 14 October 2021 - The first Spain Urban Forum, held in Seville from 5 to 7 October under the Urban October, jointly organized with the III Global Forum of Local Governments, closes…

SDGs in cities: UN-Habitat comprehensive SDG localisation approach

March 23rd, 2021

Madrid, 22 March 2021-- UN-Habitat together with the Madrid City Council, recently organized an open dialogue to discuss how the agency promotes and supports the localisation of the Sustainable…

Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews

March 2nd, 2021

Madrid, Spain, 25 February 2021 - UN-Habitat and UCLG, with the support of the Madrid City Council, brought together representatives from local, regional and national governments, United Nations…

Latest advances in global Urban Safety Monitoring Tools

January 20th, 2021

Madrid 21 January 2021-- Madrid- UN-Habitat and the Madrid City Council recently organized "Tools for Urban Safety Monitoring: A comprehensive perspective" a webinar for sharing some advances and…