UN-Habitat and Centre for Future of Spaces launch two publications

March 9th, 2020

Abu Dhabi, 6 March 2020 – On the sidelines of the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum, UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme and The Centre for Future of Places launched two publications:…

Fiji: President of the UN General Assembly visits informal settlements affected by climate change

March 9th, 2020

Lautoka, Fiji – 9 March 2020 - “Climate change is the challenge of the decade” said Dr. Tijjani Muhammed-Bande, the President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), after listening to the key…

Japan extends support to upgrade sanitation in Yemen

March 5th, 2020

Aden, Yemen, 5 March 2020—The government of Japan is contributing an additional USD 1.8 million to UN-Habitat's project “Prevention of Water Borne Disease Outbreak through Emergency Repair and…

UN-Habitat and partners convene workshop on financing urban development

March 4th, 2020

Dakar, Senegal 4 March 2020---UN-Habitat and partners: the European Investment Bank (EIB), European Commission DG DEVCO, International Growth Centre (IGC), as well as the United Nations Capital…

Recently built girls’ school in Darfur provides a space for learning

March 4th, 2020

Sunta, Darfur, 4 March 2020 - Abrar Mohamed (18) is high school student. This 6 February she started attending the newly finished Sunta Girls’ School. She says she loves the new building, especially…

A safe place to live: Guyana’s Government provides new homes

February 27th, 2020

Georgetown, Guyana, February 2020 - As the white government jeep turns into the gate of the newly built housing estate named Prospect, Tiffany Salmon becomes restless in the back of the car. She rubs…

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…