Nairobi, 26 February 2015- UN-Habitat on Thursday launched call for applications for the Urban Youth Fund.

Dar es Salaam, 14 January 2015 - About 50 young men and women from Dar es Salaam participated in a hands-on training on energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies and green entrepreneurship held last month.
The training organized by UN-Habitat in collaboration with the International Labour Organization was held at the Vocational Educational Training Authority in Dar es Salaam.

Objectives and Long-term Goals of the Training

Kogelo, Kenya 10 December 2014—The grandmother to United States President Mama Sarah Obama has thrown her weight behind the UN-Habitat pioneered One Stop Youth Centres to help addressing unemployment. According to Mama Sarah, the problem of youth unemployment was not only acute in her own country Kenya, but the entire African continent and beyond.

Nairobi, 5 December 2014: The Director of Youth Affairs from the Kenyan Ministry of Devolution and Planning, Mr. Stephen Jalenga, opened a three-day workshop on Evidence-Informed Policies on Youth Development in Africa at the UN in Nairobi earlier this week.

Aiming at building momentum for youth development in the region, the workshop brought together civil society, statisticians, youth and ministry officials to discuss effective ways of policy formulation, implementation and monitoring towards youth development.

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Nairobi 13 October 2014—On the occasion marking this year’s World Habitat Day, UN-Habitat has announced the 2014 winners of the Urban Youth Fund.

A total of 22 youth-led organizations from 18 countries have been selected for the Urban Youth Fund program in 2014. The projects will receive financial support as well as training and capacity building and follow-up throughout the duration of the project.

Nairobi, 6 October 2014—Celebrations marking this year’s World Habitat Day took places in various places across the globe with calls for urgent action to address the plight of those living in slums.

This report provides further evidence of the importance of equity and the growing recognition of its importance to development. A host of countries now recognize equity as a central goal of the development agenda as the United Nations High Level Panel (HLP) on the Post-2015 recommended.