Havana, 11 August 2015 – Citizens of thirteen municipalities of Cuba will benefit from an agreement signed between representatives of the Swiss Development Cooperation and UN-Habitat to improve housing infrastructure and living conditions.
In addition, the cooperation aims at training local technicians and sensitizing the general public about good practices in building resilient housing.
Nairobi, 10 August 2015 – A new portal launched by UN-Habitat promotes universities becoming closer partners of cities, actively engaged in problem solving, thus closing the gap between academia and practice and encouraging collaborative learning.
Nairobi, 10 August 2015– UN-Habitat has released guidelines to provide national governments, local authorities, civil society organizations and planning professionals with a global reference framework that promotes more compact, socially inclusive, better integrated and conne
Bogota 7 August 2015— UN-Habitat in conjunction with its partners, the National Savings Fund (FNA) and Portfolio recently hosted a forum in Bogota during which the participants agreed for a post conflict urban agenda for Colombian cities.
Vienna 30 July 2015-- Over 100 participants, including more than 20 mayors and other high ranking municipal and national officials, last week participated in the first Mayoral Conference on the City Prosperity Initiative held at the United Nations Office in Vienna.
Ramallah, 5 August 2015-- UN-Habitat and its partners on Tuesday launched a new city-region planning initiative for three Governorates in the State of Palestine. The Plans will be prepared with the support of UN-Habitat and a consortium of
Bangkok, 4 August 2015-- Fifty multi-sector participants from 14 Asia-Pacific countries and development partners in the region recently converged at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand for a Partners Workshop on strengthening partnerships for sustainable urban development in Asia and the Pacific region.
Kabul, 4 August 2015 – The Afghanistan Ministry of Urban Development (MUDA), the Independent Directorate of Local Government (IDLG)/ General Directorate of Municipal Affairs (DGMA), the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and UN-Habitat signed a protocol today which lays the foundation for the implemen
Kathmandu, 3 August 2015 – Martha Ramtel, 41, who lost her husband fifteen years ago and also lost her father, who has been assisting her since then, during the devastating earthquake in April this year, comes from a Dalit family in Dumin Danda village, in Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal. Living with her four small children she works as a labourer and also sells buffalo leather as raw material to local entrepreneurs. The food grain she produces is only sufficient for three months in a year.
Nairobi, 5 August 2015-- UN-Habitat has published a