At “Shark Tank for Cities,” Civil Servants Learn to Speak Investors’ Language
February 20th, 2020
This story originally appeared in Next City on February 7, 2020. Sign up for Next City's global sustainability newsletter, Urban Planet. Abu Dhabi, 19 February 2020 - With a 16-year career providing…
La Iniciativa de Habitat-Participativo se une al Foro Mundial de Ciudades WUF10 para discutir Presupuesto Participativo 4.0 como un medio para acelerar los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible ODS
February 18th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 13 de febrero de 2020 —En el último día del Foro Urbano Mundial 10, consideramos los comentarios realizados durante el foro sobre Presupuestos Participativos (PP) 4.0 y su importante papel…
Indonesia’s Kota Kita Foundation in networking event with UN-Habitat - SPANISH
February 18th, 2020
Abu Dabi, 13 de febrero de 2020: el 12 de febrero de 2020 durante el Foro Mundial de Ciudades (WUF por sus siglas en inglés -World Urban Forum-), evento más relevante sobre ciudades sostenibles a…
Indonesia’s Kota Kita Foundation in networking event with UN-Habitat
February 18th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 18 February 2020 —Kota Kita Foundation of Indonesia organized a networking event on the sidelines of WUF10 in partnership with UN-Habitat. The event, “Integrating Climate Change Adaptation…
Film on Syrian refugee scoops top award at WUF10 ceremony
February 18th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 18 February 2020 – ‘Soufra’, a documentary about the world’s most unlikely entrepreneur living in a Syrian refugee camp took the Grand Prize Best Feature Film at the UN-Habitat Better…
Public space for children inaugurated in Mozambique
February 18th, 2020
Maputo, 15 February 2020 – UN-Habitat, in partnership with the two Municipal Councils of Maputo and Quelimane and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), implemented the project Public Spaces…
WUF10 Side Event discusses PB 4.0 as a means to accelerate the SDGs
February 18th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 18 February 2020 —A Side Event, “An innovative multidimensional approach to accelerate the 2030 Agenda through Participatory Budgeting”, organized by UN-Habitat invited world specialists…
New Economy, A City’s Exploration to Achieve Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Future
February 14th, 2020
The tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) is being held at Abu Dhabi's National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from 8-13 February 2020 under the theme of “Cities of Opportunities: Connecting…
UN-Habitat Launches Special Issue on Frontier Technology and New Economy
February 14th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 14 February 2020 – More than 200 urban experts and professionals came together at the World Urban Forum to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization and…
Unlocking the power of philanthropy to achieve the SDGs
February 14th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 12 February 2020 – Fifteen representatives from major foundations and philanthropies put their heads together during the Tenth World Urban Forum (WUF10) to innovate on ways to help the…
World’s Premier Gathering on the Future Sustainability of Cities Ends with Stirring Call to Action
February 13th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 13 February 2020 -- The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum, which attracted over 13,000 attendees and hosted 540 official events, has drawn to a close with a call for united action to…
As a living legacy to WUF10 in Abu Dhabi, officials plant the evergreen Ghaf tree
February 13th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 13 February 2020—There is a popular saying in the Arab world that death will not visit a man, even at the time of famine, if he has a Ghaf tree, a goat and a camel, since the three…
UN-Habitat extends the deadline for applications to host the World Urban Forum in 2024
February 13th, 2020
Nairobi, 11 August 2020 – UN-Habitat has extended the deadline for the Call for Expression of Interest to cities wishing to host the 2024 Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) to 30…
Statement by the United Nations Resident Coordinator for the United Arab Emirates, Dr. Dena Assaf on the Tenth World Urban Forum
February 12th, 2020
Abu Dhabi, 12 February 2020 - I would like to congratulate the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi along with UN-Habitat for convening the first ever World Urban Forum in the Arab region, The Forum…