Nairobi, 10 May 2017—Cameroon will host the second International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU-II) in December this year, it was announced Tuesday.
At a press conference held on the sidelines of the ongoing 26th Governing Council of UN-Habitat, ICCCASU co-president Alioune Badiane said this would be the second such meeting, building up on the first one held from 23-25 October 2015 in Ottawa, Canada.
Nairobi, 10 May 2017—A new USD 11 million has been secured for the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme to empower African, Caribbean and Pacific countries transform the living conditions of slum dwellers.
Erbil, 7 May 2017- The government of Japan has extended an extra USD 9.7 million to UN-Habitat to address the shelter needs for those affected by the ongoing crisis in Iraq.
Nairobi 9 May 2017-- The 26th Session of the UN-Habitat Governing Council provided the perfect opportunity for the 2nd Gender Forum. The Gender Forum brings together women and men passionate about sustainable development, gender equality and women’s empowerment. This year the theme was ‘Achieving Gender Equality in a Fast Urbanizing World.’
Nairobi, 8 May 2017—The 26th Governing Council of UN-Habitat opened in Nairobi with President Uhuru Kenyatta calling for the agency’s empowerment.
Some 650 delegates representing governments, partners and stakeholders are already accredited and are attending the Governing Council.
Nairobi, May 4, 2017 - On the doorstep of the 26th Session of UN-Habitat’s Governing Council, youth came together with experts from around the world to improve on public spaces and informal settlements.
Yaoundé, 4 May 2017 - Over 40 government officials, including 16 women, representing 10 institutions attended a day-long training on national urban policy development processes in the capital of the Republic of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
In the preparation of the training, Mr. Jean Claude Mbwentchou, Minister of Housing and Urban Development emphasized that the policy should aim at ‘changing the mindset’ of citizens to become more accountable to actively contribute to better urbanization.
Nairobi, 3 May 2017 - As part of UN-Habitat’s support in the development of a sustainable approach to redevelop the current railway station area in Nairobi - just south of the Central Business District, UN-Habitat hosted a workshop on ‘Financing Urban Development’ at the UN Gigiri Complex which was organized in collaboration with different stakeholders.
Ha Noi, 26 April 2017-- UN Habitat, OECD and the Viet Nam’s Ministry of Construction recently held a one day Policy Dialogue on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda through National Urban Policies.
Qazvin, Iran, 26 April 2017—At the latest World Assembly of Islamic Cities UN-Habitat had the opportunity to brief the delegates present on some of the work it is engaged in globally.