Mogadishu, Somalia, 16 August 2018 (Mogadishu, Somalia) – UN-Habitat has launched a new training programme for youth in Somalia named ‘Project Rajo’, after the Somali word for ‘hope’, Project Rajo will provide training for 400 young women and men aged between 15-35 years in construction, business, entrepreneurship and soft skills. It will be rolled out first in Garowe and Kismayo, followed by Mogadishu.
Juba 16 August 2018 – In commemoration of the International Youth Day, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of South Sudan and United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) hosted a learning sharing workshop in Juba.
Niterói, Brazil 16 August 2018 – A group of 25 experts from Latin America shared key insights and best practices during the Urban Accountability Workshop on transparency, accountability, and the progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 11, held in Niterói, Brazil in mid-August.
Nairobi, 10 August 2018 - A festive mood engulfed the usually staid United Nations complex in Nairobi when hundreds of young people, partners, top Kenyan government officials as well as UN employees gathered to celebrate this year’s International Youth Day.
17 July 2018 | SDGs
They’re small, self-sustaining – and they could revolutionize the way we think about housing around the world, as building materials become scarcer.
Measuring just about 22-square-meters, or some 200-square-feet, a demonstration unit for the eco-friendly and affordable housing, debuted on the UN Plaza in New York this week.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the 2018 High‑Level Political Forum side event, “The SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] in Action: Working Together for Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Settlements”, in New York today:
It gives me great pleasure to join you today to highlight the importance of sustainable urban development.
New York, U. S. A., 18 July 2018 -- Ride from Williamsburg to the United Nations highlights the role cycling can play in meeting modern urban infrastructure challenges – in New York City and around the world
Moscow, 17 July 2018 - UN-Habitat and the Moscow Urban Forum (MUF) have established a global partnership to promote exchange of professional expertise in the search for effective solutions to acute urban development issues. “UN-Habitat is focusing on identification of key challenges in urban development and potential responses by cities using innovative solutions. Our Forum is also focusing on the challenges that cities of the future may face.
Under the Global public space programme and with the coordination of the Regional Public Space Programme for Arab states, UN-Habitat Regional office for Arab States, in cooperation with UN-Habitat Jordan and the Municipality of Zarqa organized the first Minecraft workshop in Zarqa, Jordan for the participatory design of an open space in Al-Ghweirieh neighborhood.
The MineCraft workshop was held as part of the participatory approach of the project to explore the needs of the community and their vision of the designated space.
Much of the 2030 Agenda will be ‘fought and won’ in urban centres, where more than half the world’s population live
New York City, July 17 – With the majority of the global population now living in cities and the numbers growing daily, making cities inclusive, sustainable, resilient and safe is critical to achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to speakers at a high level UN meeting today.