Surabaya, 26 July 2016 – The League of Arab States in collaboration with UN-Habitat Regional Office for Arab States organised a side event at Habitat III PrepCom3 in Surabaya, Indonesia - Towards an Arab Urban Agenda.
Towards an Arab Urban Agenda
Ningo-Prampram planning authority approves Accra’s planned city extension
Accra, 27 July 2016 – The concept plan for the Accra urban extension in Ningo-Prampram, developed by UN-Habitat’s Urban Planning and Design LAB, was approved by the Statutory Planning Authority of the Ningo-Prampram District Assembly (NiPDA).
Only 13% of World’s Cities have affordable housing – According to new research
Surabaya, 26 July 2016 – According to the Global Sample of Cities – a sample representing 70% of the world’s population – the median house price is 4.9 times annual household income in the majority of metropolitan areas, well above the recommended ratio of 3.0 times.
Launch of the Atlas for Afghan City Regions 2016
Wednesday 20th July, 2016, the Government of Afghanistan launched the ‘Atlas of Afghan City Regions 2016’ which presents a comprehensive and reliable urban dataset on Afghanistan’s five main city regions, Jalalabad, Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Herat and Kandahar regions as well as on 28 Strategic District Municipalities.
Building sustainable cities major factor in meeting SDGs says Clos
Surabaya, 25 July 2016 – UN-Habitat Executive Director, Dr Joan Clos has said that much of the success in achieving the goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda will depend on “building sustainable cities.”
Advancing UN-Habitat's collaboration with China: Clos visits Beijing, Shanghai
Shanghai – 23 July 2016. The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Dr. Joan Clos, wrapped up a 3-day official visit to China, where he met several high-level officials and signed new agreements, further strengthening the collaboration between UN-Habitat and the Chinese government. Dr. Clos was in China upon invitation of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China.
Localizing the SDGs - UN-Habitat at the High level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
UN-Habitat roots for localising the SDGsNew York, July 15 –UN-Habitat is at the forefront of efforts to localise the Sustainable Development Goals. Consequently, the agency recently participated in the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the United Nations central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Morocco hosts First African Forum on Housing and Urban Development, ahead of Habitat III and COP22
Rabat 13 July 2016-- The Kingdom of Morocco, represented by the Ministry of Habitat and City Policy organised the f
UN-Habitat and UNHCR sign agreement on sustainable settlements planning in Turkana, Kenya
Turkana, 11 July 2016-- UN-Habitat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This MoU, signed by UN-Habitat’s Director of Regional Office for Africa Prof. Oyeyinka Oyebanji and UNHCR Country Representative for Kenya Mr. Raouf Mazou, will endorse on-going UN-Habitat’s contribution to a development of a new settlement hosting both refugees and host communities in Turkana County, Kenya.
UN-Habitat keen on addressing Africa’s dire need of planners
Nairobi, 22 June 2016—Africa is in dire need of registered planners, a situation that is impacting negatively on the continent’s development and UN-Habitat is keen on addressing this anomaly.
A meeting between Town Planners Registration Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (TOPREC) and UN-Habitat heard that Kenya, with a population of over 40 million had only 200 registered planners. The situation was not any better in Nigeria with only 4000 planners with a population of over 170 million.