The first session of 2023 of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) will be held on 28 and 29 March 2023, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi, in a hybrid format. Registration for the session will open on 24 February 2023 at https://unhabitat.org/meetings/first-session-of-2023-of-the-executive-board
- Overview
- Rules of Procedure
- Membership of the Executive Board
- Bureau of the Executive Board
- Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
- Ad-Hoc working group on working methods
- Ad-Hoc working group on stakeholder engagement policy
- Briefings by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat
- Key Documents
- Previous sessions of the Executive Board
Overview
Overview
The Executive Board aims to increase the oversight of UN-Habitat operations by Member States and to strengthen UN-Habitat’s accountability, transparency and effectiveness. This body will ensure greater efficiency in decision-making, help to build trust and attract sufficient, sustainable and predictable funding. It comprises 36 member states elected by the UN-Habitat Assembly and convenes three times a year to undertake the following:
i) Oversee the implementation of the normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat;
ii) Ensure accountability, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness;
iii) Approve and oversee the implementation of the annual programme of work and budget and of the resource mobilization strategy, in accordance with the strategic plans and the political guidelines provided by the UN-Habitat Assembly;
iv) Adopt decisions, under its mandate, on, among other things, programmatic, operational and budgetary issues for the adequate and effective implementation of the resolutions and other decisions adopted by the UN-Habitat Assembly;
v) Guide and support efforts to finance UN-Habitat;
vi) Oversee the compliance of UN-Habitat with evaluations and support auditing functions;
vii) Collaborate with the executive boards of other United Nations agencies, in accordance with the Secretary-General’s management reforms.
Rules of Procedure
Membership of the Executive Board
Membership of the Executive Board
A. Africa (10 seats)
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Malawi
B. Asia-Pacific (8 seats)
Sri Lanka, Republic of Korea, China, Japan, India, Iran, Bahrain, Pakistan
C. Eastern Europe (4 seats)
Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Romania
D. Latin America and the Caribbean (6 seats)
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay
E. Western Europe and Others (8 seats)
Canada, France, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America, Germany, Spain, Portugal
Bureau of the Executive Board
2022 – 2023 Bureau of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat
Chair
Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil
Vice Chair
Africa
Kenya
Vice Chair
Asia-Pacific
Pakistan
Vice Chair
Eastern Europe
Poland
Rapporteur
Western Europe and Others
France
Geographical distribution distribution of officers of the Bureau since 2019
2021
First session of the Executive Board
Chair: Eastern European States (Poland)
Vice-Chairs: African States (Egypt)
Asian States (Pakistan)
Western European and other States (France)
Rapporteur: Latin American and Caribbean States (Chile)
2020
Second session of the Executive Board
Chair: Asia-Pacific States (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Vice-Chairs: Latin American and Caribbean States (Chile)
African States (Egypt)
Western European and other States (France)
Rapporteur: Eastern European States (Serbia)
2019
First session of the Executive Board
Chair: Western European and other States (United States of America)
Vice-Chairs: Latin American and Caribbean States (Argentina)
Asia-Pacific States (China)
Eastern European States (Russian Federation)
Rapporteur: African States (Malawi)
Bureau meetings of the Executive Board
Provisional Agenda for the 2023 first session of the Executive Board as recommended by the Bureau
WEOG request with respect to the provisional Agenda for the second session of the Executive Board for the year 2022
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters – Agenda item 4
Organisation for the 2022 second session of the Executive Board as recommended by the Bureau on 7 November 2022
Revised provisional Agenda for the 2022 second session of the Executive Board as recommended by the Bureau
Agenda item 4 - Report of the JIU on the review of management and administration in UN-Habitat
Revised schedule of informal consultations on possible outcomes of the 2022 second session of the Executive Board
Note - Options for the position of Chair of the Executive Board for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024
Dates and provisional Agenda of the first session of the Executive Board for the year 2022
Explanatory Note - Summary of UNON’s guidance on the use of conference facilities under phase three of Back-to-Office plan
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters on the work of the ad hoc working group
Proposed provisional Agenda for the second session of the Executive Board for the year 2021
Tentative roadmap for the 2021 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat (September – December 2021)
Update by the Chair of the Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary, and administrative matters under Agenda 3.a)
Proposed roadmap towards the 2021 meetings of the Governing Bodies of UN-Habitat – 4 January 2021
Interpretation schedule and prioritized Agenda items for the 2020 second session of the Executive Board
Provisional Agenda of the second session of the Executive Board as approved by the Board on 29 June 2020
Proposed revised provisional Agenda for the second session of the Executive Board for consideration of the Bureau
Schedule of meetings towards the second session of the Executive Board in 2020 – version as at 31 August 2020
Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating for the seventh Bureau meeting of the Executive Board for the Year 2020
Enabling draft decision for the adoption of decisions by the Board during Covid-19 pandemic when not in session
Guidelines for the virtual first session of the Executive Board in 2020 as at 24 June 2020
Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the Bureau meeting 18 March 2020
Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the Bureau meeting 19 March 2020
Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the first Bureau meeting held on 14 January 2020
Presentation from the Executive Director to the first Bureau meeting held on 14 January 2020
Summary of discussions and recommendations - Seventh Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 3 December 2019
o Summary of discussions and recommendations emanating from the third Bureau meeting of the Executive Board held on 04 November 2019
Summary of discussions and recommendations - Second Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 2 October 2019
Provisional Agenda of the first Bureau Meeting of UN-Habitat Executive Board 21 June 2019 - Rev 1
Summary of discussions and recommendations - First Bureau meeting of the Executive Board 21 June 2019
Ad-Hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters
Draft outcomes to be possibly adopted by the Executive Board at its 2022 second session (as after second reading)
The scalability model for the non-earmarked budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation
Report on UN-Habitat’s contribution, experiences and added value in urban crisis situation
Annex to the report on UN-Habitat’s contribution, experiences and added value in urban crisis situation
Briefing on the functions that cannot be delivered without adequate Foundation non-earmarked funding, with a focus on the normative work
29th meeting – 21 September 2022
Agenda item 3 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme and Foundation proposed work programme and budget for the year 2023
Agenda item 3 - report of the ACABQ on the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and Foundation proposed work programme and budget for the year 2023
Draft technical inputs from the secretariat for the proposed draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board at its first session of 2022
HSP/EB.2022/5 - Normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its 2021 second session as after the second reading held on 8 November 2021
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its 2021 second session - after the third reading held on 10 November 2021
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its second session for the year 2021 as after the reading held on 3 November 2021
Draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its second session for the year 2021 as after the reading held on 3 November 2021
Draft technical inputs from the Secretariat for the proposed draft outcomes for consideration by the Executive Board during its second session for the year 2021
Report of the ACABQ on the draft Work Programme and draft Budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
Recalibration of the strategic plan of UN-Habitat for the period 2020–2023 following the first meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat for a high-level midterm review
Summary of discussions on the QCPR alignment as emanating from the 17th meeting of the working group on PBA
Presentation on the recalibration of the strategic plan of UN-Habitat for the period 2020–2023 and on the analysis of linkages between the operational and normative activities of UN-Habitat
HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1: Report of the Executive Director on Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles
HSP/OECPR.2021/INF.4: Alignment of the planning cycles of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme with the quadrennial comprehensive policy review process - Note by the secretariat
HSP/EB.2021/CRP.2: Analytical Brief on the Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review and the UN-Habitat Strategic Planning Processes
Version as after the first reading including languages proposals from the Secretariat under Decisions 2021/3 and 2021/4, as requested by Member States
HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1 Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles
Draft technical inputs from the Secretariat for the proposed draft decisions for consideration by the Executive Board during its first session for the year 2021
Financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 28 February 2021
Version as after the first reading including languages proposals from the Secretariat under Decisions 2021/3 and 2021/4, as requested by Member States
HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1 Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles
Presentation by the Secretariat on the normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat
Presentation by the Secretariat on the draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
Orientations for the Development of the UN-Habitat Work Programme 2022 and Prioritisation
Presentation by the Secretariat - orientations for the development of the draft Work Programme of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
Report A/75/7 from the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the proposed programme budget for 2021
Roadmap towards the preparation and approval process of the draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2022
HSP/ EB.2020/CRP2 Financial, budgetary and administrative matters: Interim financial status as at 30 September 2020
Agenda item 2 - Presentation on the draft capacity building strategy for the implementation of the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan
Agenda item 3 - Presentation on the draft accountability framework for the implementation of the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan
Draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021 – Scenario with Foundation Non-Earmarked Budget at USD 10 million – draft as at 15 July 2020
Draft work programme and budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021 – Scenario with Foundation Non-Earmarked Budget at USD 5.5 million – draft as at 15 July 2020
Summary of discussions emanating from the seventh meeting of the Ad-hoc working group held on 24 July 2020
Statement made by H.E. Mr. Ndongo Dieng Permanent Representative of Senegal to UN-Habitat
Summary of discussions emanating from the continuation of the seventh meeting of the Ad-hoc working group held on 30 July 2020
Draft Partnership Strategy, including UN-Habitat engagement with the private sector and with non-governmental partners
Presentation on draft partnership strategy, including UN-Habitat engagement with the private sector and with non-governmental partners
Strategic Plan for the period 2020−2023: the draft Resource Mobilization Strategy and review of the Investment Funds
Presentation on the draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021
Presentation on the 2019 Annual progress report on the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2014-2019
Prioritization process between operational and normative activities of the Strategic Plan 2020-2023 – Template for Programme Implementation Plan
PowerPoint presentation of the draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021
Ad-Hoc working group on working methods
Ad-Hoc working group on working methods
Draft technical inputs from the Secretariat for draft decisions to be possibly adopted at the second session of the year of the Executive Board
Reviewed draft decisions with track changes including also the suggested language from the Secretariat as requested by the Ad-hoc working group during its meeting held on 19 October 2020
Options on the Alignment of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review process with UN-Habitat Planning Cycles HSP/EB.2020/16/Add.1
Abridged version of the options on the alignment of the planning cycles of UN-Habitat with the quadrennial comprehensive policy review process HSP/EB/2020/CRP.5
Track changes version of draft decisions to be possibly adopted by the Executive Board at its 2020 second session - as after the meeting held on 22 October 2020
Clean version ‘ First reading’ of draft decisions to be possibly adopted by the Executive Board at its 2020 second session
Ad-Hoc working group on stakeholder engagement policy
Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (Habitat International Coalition)
Proposed Structure for the UN Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy (General Assembly of Partners)
Modalities for stakeholder engagement in intergovernmental processes: UN practices for selected agencies, funds and programmes
Modalities for stakeholder engagement in intergovernmental processes: UN-Habitat current practice
Report of the Chair of the Small Working Group on Stakeholder Engagement Policy to the Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat dated 14 May 2019
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Briefings by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat
Summary of discussions – briefing on the preparations for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda
USA comments on financial and administrative matters of UN-Habitat based on background documentation
USAID inputs on the presentation by the Executive Director on the financial status of UN-Habitat
Presentation by the Executive Director - financial update and Covid-19 response and impact - 31 March 2020
Briefing by the Executive Director on preparations for the second session of the Executive Board in 2020
Presentation by the Executive Director on the preparations of the first session of the Executive Board in 2020
Post-briefing documents
Key messages - COVID-19 and informal settlements
UN-Habitat written responses on comments provided by the United States of America 31 March 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response and Recovery Strategy for sub-Saharan Africa updated as at 10 April 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response and Recovery Strategy for sub-Saharan Africa including country information version 10 April 2020
Key Documents
Key Documents
HSP/EB/1/4 - Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on the work of its first meeting English
HSP/EB.1/11 - Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme at its resumed first session
HSP/EB.1/2/Rev.1 – Report of the Executive Director on the Work Programme and Budget for the year 2020
Previous sessions of the Executive Board