Three Latin American cities in digital transformation drive
February 2nd, 2023
UN-Habitat Executive Director visits Colombia and Panama to visit officials, view projects
December 6th, 2021
Panama City, Panama, 4 December 2021 -- The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, visited for the first time Colombia and Panama to discuss sustainable urban development,…
Inter-American Development Bank and UN-Habitat to explore synergies for the integration of refugees and migrants in Latin America
February 12th, 2021
Bogota, 10 February 2021 - During a recent workshop by the two organisations, the main topic was the use of technology as an aid to promote citizen engagement, and urban and housing development that…
Joint Statement, UNDP and UN Habitat World Cities Day 31 October 2020
October 30th, 2020
Our public health and climate crises are going to have to be tackled simultaneously—this may seem impossible, but cities show us how to do it collaboratively. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that…
Urban Thinkers Campus launches series on Forced Migration In Cities with an initial focus on Latin America
October 23rd, 2020
22 October 2020 – UN-Habitat’s Urban Thinkers Campus has launched a three-part series exploring forced migration in cities, jointly hosted by Cities Alliance and UN-Habitat. The first session…
COVID-19 must be addressed through international solidarity and cooperation
May 28th, 2020
UNSDG LAC Joint Statement 26 May 2020 - UN agencies part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG LAC) expressed their concern over the profound…
Participants at COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus discuss critical need for housing
May 11th, 2020
Nairobi, 7 May 2020 - The third online COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campuses, focusing on housing, was organized by the World Urban Campaign with Habitat for Humanity and Compass Housing Services, the…
Women’s leadership will be critical in the post-COVID-19 era #BeyondTheOutbreak
May 11th, 2020
6 May 2020 - The twelfth thematic live learning experience organized by UCLG and UN-Habitat provided an opportunity for local and regional women leaders from across the world to outline their key…
Central America prepares a Plan for Social Reconstruction in response to the COVID-19 crisis focusing on informal settlements and sustainable urban development
May 5th, 2020
Panama City 6 May 2020-- Last week the Central American Social Integration Council (CIS) representing 8 countries of the region, made up of National Ministries in charge for social development and…
Supporting those in informal settlements and economy during COVID-19 and beyond
May 4th, 2020
The latest in the series of Live Learning Sessions organized by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat, which took place on April 29 focused on vulnerable and marginalized…
Opinion: Slums are the next front line in the fight against the coronavirus
May 4th, 2020
The spread of COVID-19 has transformed many of the world’s great cities into tragic household names as their reported cases and deaths rise: Wuhan, Milan, Madrid, New York City, and more. But as the…
Ensuring income and investment in local service provision is critical for global recovery #BeyondTheOutbreak
April 28th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting local service provision throughout the world. The Live Learning Session on local finance highlighted how essential it is for local and regional governments to have…
Ministers and regional representatives from Latin America hold virtual Forum on the COVID-19 impact on vulnerable areas
April 28th, 2020
April 2020 - Ministers of housing and urban development from Latin America met in a virtual Forum to exchange ideas on responding to COVID-19 and alleviate the impact, particularly in informal…