Caserta, Italy, 17 October 2014; This week, UN-Habitat convened the first Urban Thinkers Campus: an innovative, inclusive, and intimate gathering of a diverse array of urban thinkers convened as the next step in The City We Need process towards building partner consensus at Habitat III.
Name of Organization: Pakistan Youth Organization
City: Gujranwala
Project Title: Empowerment of Youth through establishment of
Project details
The project aimed to alleviate poverty among youth. This is through improving the livelihoods of 30 young people aged 15 -32 years by:
Name of organization: Bright Idea Community ( BIC )
City: Yogyakata
Project title: Kampong Biogas a Village Energy Independent as a Professional Firm by Urban Youth Citizen
Project details
The project aimed to run a new model of business on renewable energy technology by urban youth citizen. They aimed to create village energy independence by creating biogas units from locally found resources (cattle manure)
Results
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Name of organization: Forum for Community Change and Development ( FOFCOD )
City: Juba
Project title: Youth and skill Development Project
Project details
The project aimed to alleviate poverty among the youth by imparting the Urban Youth with skills that can practically transform their livelihoods.
Name of Organization: La Floraison ( LA FLORAISON )
City: Baraka
Project Title: Projet de réinsertion socioéconomique de jeunes défavorisés de la cité de Baraka.
(Draft socio-economic reintegration of disadvantaged youth of the City of Baraka)
Project details
The project aimed to create and increase the employment opportunities for disadvantaged youth of the city of Baraka.
Results
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Mumbai, 16 October 2014 – The role of youth as social innovators in sustainable development has been highlighted by speakers at a conference in India.
Nay Pyi Daw, 16 October 2014 – The International Day for Disaster Reduction was commemorated at the National and Regional levels in Myanmar on 13 October 2014 by the Government of Myanmar, UN Agencies, International and National Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society, Elderly Persons and Students.
Juba 16 October 2014—The Second South Sudan Urbanisation Conference kicked off in Juba on Wednesday with speakers placing greater emphasis on better land governance practice in the urban areas.
Officially opening the meeting, the Speaker of the Council of Ministers Joseph Bul Chan set the mood when he rooted for an improved land governance system in South Sudan. “It is imperative that we have good land governance structures in our country. Land is at the core of development aspirations and there must be good system to utilise it.
Caserta, Italy 15 October 2014: Urban Thinkers Campus participants work on a new urban paradigm towards Habitat III. They highlighted the importance of civil society and the private sector.
Nairobi, 14 October 2014 - The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, with direct support from UN-Habitat, recently presented a new publication: “Realizing the human rights to water and sanitation: A handbook”.