By providing technical support and capacity building, the UN-Habitat-Cities Alliance project “Sustainable Economic Development along the Turkana West Development Corridor Through Enhanced Connectivity”, capitalises on emerging infrastructure connectivity opportunities and ongoing comprehensive development programmes.

El potencial del Presupuesto Participativo (PP), especialmente el relacionado con los beneficios indirectos generados, sigue sin ser explorado. El PP permite la rápida adopción de acciones y la asignación de recursos financieros que resultan de las interacciones entre habitantes y gobierno.Los autores proponen formas innovadoras de PP para difundir información relevante, aumentar la conciencia y mitigar riesgos e impactos de las crisis naturales, sanitarias y económicas de una forma más efectiva

The potential of Participatory Budgeting (PB), especially the subsequent downstream benefits that can be generated, remains still unexplored. PB makes possible the adoption of actions and the allocation of financial resources that result from the interactions between people and government. The authors propose innovative ways to engage with PB as a driver to disseminate information, increase awareness, and mitigate the risks and impacts of natural, health, and economic shocks.

This initiative has been requested by the European Parliament. It is implemented by European Commission and UN-Habitat, supported by the International Growth Centre. These partners are working to identify relevant measures to help mobilise financing for urban development at all levels of government.

This Regional Representation Strategy for Africa shows a paradigm shift towards sustainable urbanisation as an engine for growth by proactively tackling urban challenges while simultaneously leveraging the opportunities presented by the phenomenon itself.

Since 2020, UN-Habitat has been funded by the EUTF Programme entitled ‘Enhancing self-reliance for refugees and host communities in Kenya’. The spatial profiles produced during the first phase of the project have focused on establishing the existing conditions of the refugee hosting areas, identifying challenges and opportunities for inclusive development, and outline recommendations for improvement of the settlements.

Since 2020, UN-Habitat has been funded by the EUTF Programme entitled ‘Enhancing self-reliance for refugees and host communities in Kenya’. The spatial profiles produced during the first phase of the project has focused on establishing the existing conditions of the refugee hosting areas, identifying challenges and opportunities for inclusive development, and outline recommendations for improvement of the settlements.

On 28th and 29th September 2020, UN-Habitat and Turkana County Government hosted a two-day virtual workshop to receive feedback and facilitate discussions with County officials on the potential land-use proposals based on existing situational analysis as well as proposals provided by stakeholders from previous multi-sector meetings. This plan would also support the County Government for the conferment process of the proposed Kakuma-Kalobeyei Municipality.

Between 2017 to 2019, UN-Habitat and Shigeru Ban developed shelter typologies in Kalobeyei New Settlement, Kenya. The first part of the book is a journal by Philippe Monteil, Shigeru Ban’s partner - it describes successes and failures with building pilot houses, and the influence of the context in the process. The second part is a detailed Manual which explains in a sequence of steps, how to build the final housing prototype.