UN-Habitat calls for cities to apply to host World Habitat Day and World Cities Day in 2021 and 2022
September 11th, 2020
11 September 2020 –UN-Habitat has opened the applications for cities to express their interest in hosting the Global Observance of World Habitat Day or World Cities Day in 2021 or 2022. The two days…
Qatar Fund For Development supports UN-Habitat to remove and reuse debris in Yemeni city
September 9th, 2020
Sa’ada City, Yemen, 9 September 2020 – The Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) has contributed USD 2 million to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to clean up debris and…
Assessement by UN-Habitat and partners makes recommendations on land distribution in Darfur
September 8th, 2020
Darfur, Sudan, September 2020 - UN-Habitat Sudan Country Programme and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) have launched the “Darfur Land Administration Assessment: Analysis and Recommendations”…
2020 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award Winners Announced
September 8th, 2020
Nairobi, 8 September 2020 – The winners of this year’s UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour, one of the world’s most prestigious awards presented to those working on urbanization, have been selected. This…
Accra’s steps toward clean air: The Essence of the Urban Health and Short-lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Project – Urban-LEDS II synergy highlight
September 7th, 2020
This story originally appeared in Urban LEDS on September 7, 2020. 7 September 2020 - By introducing a great number of specific climate actions through case studies from all over the world, the guide…
UN-Habitat China and partners in Wuhan share COVID-19 response experiences
September 2nd, 2020
Wuhan, China, 2 September 2020 - The COVID-19 Wuhan Guidance Papers were released globally today in a widely attended webinar hosted from Beijing and Wuhan. UN-Habitat China together with its…
Former slum dwellers in Myanmar’s largest city enjoy new housing
September 2nd, 2020
Yangon, Myanmar, 2 September 2020 - “Yoma Housing Project is a dream come true!” says Daw San San Aye, a mother of three who lived with her family in a shack in an informal settlement before being…
European Union funded project in Nepal creates new opportunities for home workers during pandemic
September 2nd, 2020
Lalitpur, Nepal 2 September 2020 – An EU-funded project to support Nepal’s informal sector workers hit hard by the COVID-19 prevention measures has provied them with work producing facemasks.…
European Union boosts progress towards SDG6 through a 9 million Euro WOP Programme with UN-Habitat
September 2nd, 2020
The EU Water Operators’ Partnerships Programme, funded by the EU and implemented by UN-Habitat GWOPA, will support public water and sanitation utilities in developing contexts. Bonn, Germany 2…
#Housing2030 – New partnership between UN-Habitat, UNECE and Housing Europe supports affordable housing
August 27th, 2020
27 August 2020 - UN-Habitat has joined the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Housing Europe in coordinating the #Housing2030 initiative to promote affordable housing in Europe…
Kenyan football star partners with UN-Habitat to provide masks for Nairobi slum dwellers
August 27th, 2020
Nairobi, 26 August 2020—Kenyan football star Victor Wanyama has partnered with UN-Habitat to provide face masks to inhabitants of two of Nairobi’s informal settlements to protect them against COVID-…
New Recommendations released after COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus’ Second Series
August 27th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 August 2020 - The second COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus Series organized by UN-Habitat ended with a set of key recommendations produced through 32 virtual webinars engaging more than 2,…
UN-Habitat includes COVID-19 prevention as schools prepare to reopen in cyclone affected region of Mozambique
August 27th, 2020
Beira, Mozambique, 27 August 2020 - UN-Habitat in Mozambique has adapted its activities on disaster risk reduction in schools to respond to the new challenges brought by COVID-19 Because of the…
Ethiopia’s open air markets are redesigned with SIDA support to limit COVID-19 spread
August 25th, 2020
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 21 August 2020 – Ethiopia’s Minister of Urban Development and Construction Ms. Aisha Mohammed laid a cornerstone in a ceremony in the northern city of Bahir Dar to mark the…
UN-Habitat and UNHCR launch a Settlement Profiling Tool to support infrastructure prioritization for the displaced
August 25th, 2020
25 August 2020 – After working closely together on coordinating infrastructure investments in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh, UN-Habitat and the United Nations High…