Policy makers and stakeholders validate the Niger State Urban Policy
December 3rd, 2020
Niger State, Nigeria 24 November, 2020 - UN-Habitat and the Niger State Government organised a one day dialogue bringing together policy actors and stakeholders to discuss and validate the draft…
Preserving historic Lebanese homes through heritage conservation and urban renewal
December 3rd, 2020
Beirut, Lebanon, December 2020 – The huge blast at Beirut’s port in August damaged hundreds of buildings in the Lebanese capital’s historic quarters of Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhaël. UN-Habitat Lebanon…
UN-Habitat holds webinars to discuss Report on the impacts of Covid-19 on cities and communities
December 3rd, 2020
Nairobi, November 2020 – UN-Habitat is holding a series of webinars to validate the main recommendations of its upcoming Report on Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, green and healthy future…
UN-Habitat, OICT and LTO Network release first open-source urban land registry solution for the Government of Afghanistan
December 2nd, 2020
Nairobi - Vienna - New York - Amsterdam - Kabul 2 December 2020: A new digital land registry for urban informal settlements at the Ministry of Urban Development and Land in Afghanistan is set to…
Experts, local authorities and civil society representatives discuss public spaces in Arab cities in a 4-day online workshop
December 1st, 2020
November 2020 - UN-Habitat organized an online workshop “Towards Safe, Inclusive and Accessible Public Spaces in the Arab States” in collaboration with Arab towns organization. The training, which…
United Nations supports Ghana's vision to upgrade slums and informal settlements and reduce urban poverty
December 1st, 2020
Ramatou Quaye is a 21-year old boxer and a member of Ghana’s National Boxing Team, the Black Bombers since 2014. Ramatou lives in the Ga Mashie area, an indigenous Ga community of about 200,000…
Urban farming and art help vulnerable people in Fiji during the COVID pandemic
November 30th, 2020
Suva, Fiji, 30 November 2020 - The COVID-19 Community Awareness and Preparedness in Informal Settlements project, funded by UN-Habitat’s Global Emergency Response Fund helped 70 communities in Fiji…
UN-Habitat COVID-19 city tracker now includes daily pandemic worldview
November 30th, 2020
27 November 2020 - The UN-Habitat COVID-19 tracking platform, which collects data on the preparedness and response of cities and urban areas, has a new daily trending feature identifying COVID cases…
UN-Habitat urges governments to Partner and Pledge for Sustainable Urbanization
November 27th, 2020
26 November 2020, Nairobi – The UN agency focused on improving lives in cities and towns, UN-Habitat, is calling on Member States to partner on sustainable urbanization during a pledging session next…
Interview with UN-Habitat’s Raf Tuts on resilience building on Devex
November 26th, 2020
Urbanization has for many years been a key driver of development and poverty reduction, but a rapid expansion in city sizes and populations threatens, if unmanaged, to reverse some of these gains.…
UN-Habitat launches distribution of handwashing facilities to schools in Nairobi’s informal settlement
November 26th, 2020
Nairobi, 26 November 2020 – As Kenya’s schools prepare to reopen fully for the first time since March, UN-Habitat and the Chandaria Foundation began distributing hand washing facilities for schools…
Awareness raising workshop in Cameroon looks at Urban-Rural Linkages
November 24th, 2020
Yaounde, Cameroon, 28 August 2020 – The National Awareness Workshop for Cameroonian Stakeholders for the project “Development and Inclusive Integrated Urban and Rural Territories in Africa” was held…
UN Deputy Secretary-General sees impact of UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme in Ghana
November 24th, 2020
Accra, Ghana 16 November 2020 – The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed visited the informal settlements of Ussher Town and Jamestown in Ghana’s capital which have been transformed by UN-…
Nepal’s sanitation and hygiene crusader transforms her local community
November 23rd, 2020
Belbari, Morang, Nepal - When Ratna Khawas, now aged 74, first moved in with her husband in his village in eastern Nepal, she was shocked to find that the community did not have any toilets. “I had…
UN-Habitat holds second session of the Executive Board virtually
November 20th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 – 29 October 2020 – The Executive Board of UN-Habitat held its second session for 2020 virtually in keeping with COVID-19 protocols. The President of the UN-Habitat Assembly, Ms. Martha…