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…

First virtual World Habitat Day Global Observance comes from Surabaya, Indonesia and across the world

October 6th, 2020

Surabaya, Indonesia 5 October 2020 - The Global Observance of World Habitat Day co-hosted this year by UN-Habitat and the Government of Indonesia, came from Surabaya, Indonesia combining dynamic…

Launch Of The “Housing For All” Campaign

October 5th, 2020

Nairobi, 5 October – During the Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2020 held today, the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif launched the Housing for All Campaign. The five-week…

The Human Shelter’ an explorative documentary to illustrate UN-Habitat 'Housing for All‘ Campaign

October 2nd, 2020

Nairobi, 2 October – On the World Habitat Day 2020, UN-Habitat will launch ‘Housing for All’, a five-week Campaign calling for action to improve  housing conditions worldwide. The central message of…

Resilient Housing for All in Cambodia through Build Back Better and People’s Process Approaches

October 2nd, 2020

On 30 May 2020, 202 new and rehabilitated houses for families whose homes were damaged or destroyed two years ago by flooding were handed over to their owners in an official ceremony. The “Project…

Statement by UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Habitat Day 2020

October 2nd, 2020

This year’s pandemic has had a terrible impact on people in cities, towns, and communities. The World Habitat Day 2020 offers an important opportunity to reflect on the effect of the COVID-19 crisis…

Cameroon launches a week-long series of activities to mark 2020 World Habitat Day

October 2nd, 2020

Douala, 1 October 2020 – Cameroon’s Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Celestine Ketcha-Courtes on Wednesday officially launched week-long celebrations to mark the 2020 World Habitat Day…