Infrastructure Value Chain Analysis in Baidoa Could Help Strengthen Economic Opportunities
September 13th, 2021
Baidoa, Somalia, September 2021 – Policymakers, investors and partners in Somalia’s South West State interim capital City can now benefit from a UN-Habitat study that has identified the construction…
Northern Ghana project led by UN-Habitat comes to a close, providing resilient infrastructure
September 13th, 2021
Tamale, Ghana, 8 September 2021—A three-year joint United Nations project, led by UN-Habitat, to provide resilient and flood prone water supply infrastructure in northern Ghana has come to a close…
UN-Habitat, continuing digital transformation, launches new online, interactive New Urban Agenda course
September 13th, 2021
Nairobi, 13 September 2021 – Cities and communities around the world are increasingly pondering whether they will have to cope with recurring bouts of COVID-19 variants or if they will be able to…
Nairobi billboards live-stream air pollution on the “International Day of Clean Air for blue skies”
September 8th, 2021
Nairobi billboards live-stream air pollution on the “International Day of Clean Air for blue skies” Nairobi, 9 September 2021 -- Clean air is an essential need for life. Yet, according to the World…
Launch of the #Housing2030 study results: a toolkit for affordable housing
September 7th, 2021
Geneva, 7 September 2021 – UN-Habitat, together with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Housing Europe, will launch the results of the #Housing2030 initiative next month…
UN-Habitat Tunisia addresses urban and environmental marginalization of migrants
September 2nd, 2021
La Marsa, Tunisia, 2 September 2021 -- Maeva and Cédric are Cameroonian and Ivorian, respectively. They first met Momen and Nour, both Tunisians at the premises of the association Al Badil -…
Cambodia stakeholders kick off climate resiliency project for coastal settlements
August 31st, 2021
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 31 August 2021 -- Participants from national and local stakeholders in Cambodia joined hands together to endorse and enhance climate change adaptation and resilience of the most…
Vulnerable families in Somalia’s Kismayo receive aid to cope with COVID-19
August 30th, 2021
Kismayo, Somalia, August 2021 – As part of a multi-pronged approach to build community resiliency and support recovery efforts, residents of hardest-hit communities in western Kismayo, Jubaland,…
Her City Toolbox for participatory public space planning and design
August 27th, 2021
Nairobi, 27 August 2021 – Engaging women and girls to drive planning processes to develop safe, inclusive, and accessible public spaces is one of the core principles of UN-Habitat’s global commitment…
UNEP Regional Office for West Asia & UN-Habitat Regional Office of Arab States sign Letter of Agreement to work on promoting cities climate adaptation and green recovery and reconstruction
August 25th, 2021
Manama, Cairo 24 August 2021 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for West Asia and UN-Habitat Regional Office of Arab States signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) to join…
Colombia considers UN-Habitat program to mitigate refugee crisis
August 24th, 2021
Cucuta, Colombia, 24 August 2021 – Over the past seven years, more than five million Venezuelans have fled their homeland due to a variety of political and economic strains. When the migratory…
UN-Habitat supports Sierra Leone urban planning capacity building
August 23rd, 2021
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 20 August 2021 – To help the Government of Sierra Leone to develop a better National Urban Policy (NUP) process, UN-Habitat this month conducted a workshop to develop…
UN-Habitat helps young Brazilians produce award-winning documentary in informal settlements
August 18th, 2021
Alagoas, Brazil, August 2021 - “A camera in your hand and an idea in your head.” The phrase by famous Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha summarises the essence of the documentary “Visão das Grotas” (“…
Mobile taxation expanded to four districts of Somalia after a successful pilot
August 16th, 2021
Garowe, Puntland, Somalia, August 2021- The mobile phone-based tax payment system in Garowe, supported by UN-Habitat, through the Joint Programme on Local Governance (JPLG) is being expanded to four…
UN-Habitat workshop addresses issues migrants and displaced populations face in urban settlements
August 13th, 2021
Amman 13 August 2020 – A workshop held in the Jordanian capital last month discussed ways to improve access to reliable services and socio-economic opportunities for migrants and displaced…