UIA 2030 AWARD stage 1 regional finalists announced

February 25th, 2022

Paris, 25 February 2022 – The Union of International Architects (UIA), working in partnership with UN-Habitat, has announced the results of the first stage of the inaugural edition of the UIA 2030…

UN-Habitat and partners to drive urban sustainability during large real estate event in Cannes

February 16th, 2022

Nairobi/Cannes, 16 February 2022 – UN-Habitat and the world’s leading real estate events organiser have partnered to put more focus on the larger context of urban change in real estate development…

Call for entries: UN-Habitat Better Cities film festival at WUF11

February 16th, 2022

Nairobi, 16 February 2022 -- The UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival returns to the Eleventh World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, 26-30 June 2022. Organised in partnership with First+Main Films…

The City We Need Now! Africa Campaign towards Africities 2022

February 15th, 2022

Nairobi, 15 February 2022 – UN-Habitat, United Cities and Local Governments Africa (UCLGA) and the County Government of Kisumu today launch The City We Need Now! Africa Campaign. The regional…

The City We Need Now! Middle East Campaign launched in Dubai

February 12th, 2022

Dubai, 11 February 2022 – The City We Need Now! Middle East Campaign this week called for urgent action to accelerate the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Led by the Middle East Cities Center…

UN-Habitat expands COVID-19 Prevention in Kenya’s Mathare and Kibera Informal Settlements

February 9th, 2022

Nairobi, 9 February 2022 – Nearly 5,000 school children in two informal settlements in the Kenyan capital are better protected against COVID-19 as a result of an UN-Habitat initiative to expand mask…

UN-Habitat, partners to launch webinar on women’s land rights, promoting peacebuilding

February 3rd, 2022

Nairobi/Cairo, 3 February 2022 – UN-Habitat and partners will organize a webinar this month that will provide a wide array of government officials and stakeholders with the knowledge and key messages…

Open call for digital platforms providers to join challenge on e-government and public participation

February 2nd, 2022

Barcelona/Nairobi, 3 February 2022- UN-Habitat invites global public and private solution providers who offer digital platforms for public participation to present their solutions at a series of…

People-Centred Smart Cities: cities invited to join challenge on e-government and public participation

February 2nd, 2022

Barcelona/Nairobi - 2 February 2022 - UN-Habitat invites cities and local governments to join and evaluate pitch sessions from public and private solution providers that build digital platforms for…

ONU-Habitat apoya el desarrollo integrado y estratégico sostenible en Inhambane, Mozambique

February 2nd, 2022

Inhambane, Mozambique, 2 de febrero, 2022 -- Los funcionarios provinciales de Inhambane se están beneficiando de un proyecto dirigido por ONU-Habitat y sus socios que los equipará con mejores…

UN-Habitat supports integrated and strategic sustainable development in Mozambique

February 2nd, 2022

Inhambane, Mozambique, February 2, 2022 – Provincial officials in this southern province are benefitting from a project run by UN-Habitat and its partners that will equip government officials with…

Open call for cities and experts to join and participate in the pilot project of a digital rights governance framework

February 1st, 2022

Barcelona/Nairobi, 1 February 2022 - UN-Habitat, the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, United Cities and Local Governments and Eurocities, in partnership with Open Society Foundations, are…

Africities summit places urban-rural linkages at the heart of the debate

January 28th, 2022

Nairobi, 28 January 2022 - In the wake of rapid urbanization in Africa, the importance of intermediary cities in strengthening urban-rural linkages is growing exponentially. In recognition of this …

2022: Year to transform our cities

January 24th, 2022

Start 2022 with an inspirational and colourful vision of our cities and communities. Half of the world’s population now live in cities, and this is projected to increase to two thirds by 2050. Cities…

Policy experts formulate strategies for strengthening urban-rural linkages in Nigeria’s Niger State

January 24th, 2022

Niger State, Nigeria 20 January 2022 - Experts, policymakers, and administrators from four Local Government Areas as well as Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Niger State in Nigeria recently…