Virtual Regional Workshop on implementing urban rural linkages during COVID-19 pandemic
October 15th, 2020
Nairobi, 15 October 2020 - UN-Habitat successfully held the virtual workshop “Implementing the UNDA Urban-Rural Linkages Project in the light of COVID-19 pandemic” as one of its Urban October events…
Bolivia presents its new Cities Policy for urban development
October 14th, 2020
La Paz, Bolivia, October 7, 2020. – To mark World Habitat Day, Bolivia’s Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing, together with UN-Habitat Bolivia and the Swedish Embassy, presented the…
Cameroon hosts a colourful celebration of World Habitat Day
October 9th, 2020
Douala, Cameroon, 5 October 2020 - Douala city hosted a lively World Habitat Day 2020 event with the presentation of several awards recognizing developers and city cleanliness and a virtual speech at…
UN-Habitat's Urban Planning and Design Lab Project launch an Integrated Spatial Plan for Environmental and Socio-Economic Resilience in Khorog, Tajikistan
October 9th, 2020
Khorog, Tajikistan, 7 October 2020: To mark World Habitat Day this week, a meeting was held to initiate the Integrated Spatial Plan for Environmental and Socio-Economic Resilience project in Khorog…
UN-Habitat and the German Government announced the establishment of the first UN Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities in Hamburg
October 8th, 2020
Nairobi, 6 October 2020 - The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Kenya, Annett Günther, and the Deputy Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Victor Kisob, signed a Contribution Agreement…
UN-Habitat trained facilitators deliver the Local Leadership Management training to Somalia’s Warsheikh district council
October 8th, 2020
Hirshabelle, Somalia 8 October 2020- Twenty-nine councillors from Warsheikh district successfully completed the Local Leadership Management (LLM) training in Warsheikh, Hirshabelle State of Somalia.…
UN-Habitat and Garissa County hold stakeholder workshop on decommissioned refugee settlements
October 8th, 2020
Garissa Town, Kenya 8 October 2020 - UN-Habitat, in collaboration with the County Government of Garissa, recently hosted the first semi-virtual Stakeholder Engagement Workshop as part of the Advisory…
UNHCR and UN-Habitat co-moderate “refugees and asylum-seekers in urban areas” session
October 8th, 2020
Nairobi 7 October 2020--Within the framework of UNHCR and NRC's’ monthly East and Horn of African Regional Economic Inclusion Group, UNHCR and UN-Habitat co-moderated a session which specifically…
UN-Habitat launches The Urban Agenda Platform for reporting progress, sharing action and knowledge
October 7th, 2020
6 October 2020, Surabaya, Indonesia - UN-Habitat launched the online Urban Agenda Platform for reporting progress, sharing action and knowledge in the Decade of Action during the high level Global…
Barcelona and UN-Habitat mark World Habitat Day with hybrid urban resilience event
October 7th, 2020
Barcelona, 5 October 2020 – To mark World Habitat Day 2020, the Barcelona City Council (Spain) and the UN-Habitat’s City Resilience Global Programme organized an in-person event with virtual…
UN-Habitat and Turkana County Government meeting moots development in Kenya’s Turkana County
October 7th, 2020
Kakuma, Kenya 7 October 2020 - UN-Habitat has been collaborating with Turkana County Government in various planning processes especially around the Kakuma and Kalobeyei refugee settlement areas . As…
Participants at World Habitat Day’s virtual Global Observance tackle housing challenges
October 6th, 2020
Surabaya, Indonesia 6 October 2020— During the second day of the virtual Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2020, from Surabaya, speakers discussed the various aspects of the overall theme of…
Habitat Day Workshop, Oct. 5th, 2020 Aden, Yemen
October 6th, 2020
Aden, Yemen, 5 October 2020 - UN-Habitat’s team in Yemen, along with the Ministry of Public Works and Highways, marked World Habitat Day with a workshop on urban development challenges in the country…
UN-Habitat aims to use plastic waste to support housing for all
October 6th, 2020
6 October 2020 - UN-Habitat in partnership with Othalo, a Norwegian start-up company is working on producing homes from plastic waste to tackle the housing deficit in Africa. The theme of World…