New York 16 September 2016— Governments have agreed to the draft New Urban Agenda, the Habitat III Secretariat has announced.
Following discussions over the past four months, culminating in New York, the Secretariat announced that the agreement emanated from the Surabaya Draft which was the outcome of the third Preparatory Committee held in Indonesia in July.
Kiambu, Kenya 15 September 2016-- Experts from UN-Habitat, telecommunications giant Ericsson, Mat Q- a leading transport sectors' web based ERP System - and the County Government of Kiambu among other stakeholders held a consultative meeting in Nairobi which concluded that Intelligent Transport Solutions for urban mobility is timely and key.
Gaborone, 15 September 2016—The government of Botswana has reiterated its commitment to making the needs of slum dwellers a top priority. Towards this end, Botswana’s Ministry of Lands and Housing convened a national workshop to discuss the outcomes of city and national profiles, meant to highlight urban challenges and identify corresponding actions that prevent the formation of informal settlements as well address the needs of the existing ones.
Nairobi, 15 September 2016—UN-Habitat and the International Urban Training Centre are organizing a workshop ‘Action Planning for Citie
Tokyo 14 September 2016—On an official mission to Japan, UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos met with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Mr.
Kakuma, Kenya 12 September 2016—UN-Habitat and its partners recently hosted a forum to train a group of youths from Kakuma and Kalobeyei on urban economy. Mr.
Nairobi, 12 September 2016 – A delegation from the municipality of Chengdu, located in the Sichuan region of China, visited the UN-Habitat headquarters to agree on a newly developed project.
Nairobi 08 September 2016-- Over 40 experts representing aviation and city constituencies agreed to explore ways of strengthening collaboration and cooperation between airports and urban areas. The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) was recently co-convened by UN-Habitat and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Akure Ondo, Nigeria 08 September 2016— The Director of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Africa, Professor Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka recently presented agency’s newly published World Cities Report at the Federa
Kaloyebei, 06 September 2016— A delegation from the Turkana County’s Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, comprising of senior planners, cartographe