Cairo, 25 June 2015—Egypt last week held its first ever National Urban Forum, which enabled meaningful, public discussion on urbanization challenges and opportunities and by allowing free access to all who registered, provided a rare opportunity for members of the public to directly engage with high level government officials.
June 24, 2015, Barcelona, Spain. As part of the preparations for the World Humanitarian Summit, nearly 50 representatives of local governments, professional associations, academic and research institutes and humanitarian and development actors gathered recently in Barcelona to develop a common platform for advocacy and action to respond to the growing importance of urban humanitarian assistance.
Yangon, 24 June 2015 - UN-Habitat recently hosted a two-week mission of international experts to deliver urban planning training and undertake socioeconomic analysis of major Myanmar cities.
Ras el Wad, West Bank, 17 June 2015 - The Village mayor, community representatives, the Ministry of Local Government and the Municipal Development and Lending Fund, European Union and UN-Habitat all came together on Wednesday to inaugurate first Placemaking project in the Israeli occupied Area C of the West Bank.
Sofia, Bulgaria, 18 June 2015—Ms. Clarissa Augustinus, who is the founder and lead of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) has been named an honorary ambassador by the International Federation of Surveyors, better known by its French acronym, FIG.
Rabat 17 June 2015-- Within a two year programme, UN-Habitat has been partnering with the Moroccan Ministry of Housing and Urban Policy and Al Omrane Holding, the state company for urban and social housing projects with the main objective of strengthening strategic and operational frameworks for the institutions in order to address large urban extensions and urban renewal projects.
Jerusalem 17 June 2015 - UN-Habitat and UNDP joined forces to curate and facilitate a spatial visioning exercise between the 6th and the 14th of June 2015.
Naivasha, Kenya, 17 June 2015—Kenya’s Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is conducting a series of consultation workshops with all the 47 county governments to validate the draft National Urban Development Policy (NUDP). UN-Habitat is supporting this process as part of its support to the Kenya Municipal Programme.
Castries, Saint Lucia, 16 June 2015 - The fifth edition of the Caribbean Urban Forum held in Castries (Saint Lucia) drew to a close on Friday 12 June, after three days of intensive discussions on sustainable urbanization.
Goma, 15 June 2015-- UN-Habitat and the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes are piloting a project aimed at addressing the many challenges facing young people in the region. The overall goal of the Youth Centres for Peace Project is to contribute to the promotion of programmes that address Youth unemployment through infrastructure development and investment promotion in the Great Lakes Region specifically targeting the border towns.