6 April 2018, Nuwara Eliya. The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Lee Heon declared open a number of community infrastructure interventions in Nuwara Eliya District today.
18 April 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Population data suggests that Sri Lanka is one of the least urbanised countries on earth. Recent spatial analysis challenges this representation, suggesting rapid urban expansion in peripheral areas is not captured in population statistics.
UN-Habitat Public Space Programme, Making Cities Together coalition of partners and Dandora Transformation League on Saturday launched a Model Street in Dandora Phase II, Nairobi. The Model Street has enabled easy access to the estate while allowing small scale road-side businesses to thrive. It is to serve as a benchmark to guide future interventions.
Nairobi, 16 April 2018 — A Talanoa Dialogue for Africa was held on 13 April at the end of the first Africa Climate Week in Nairobi at UN Headquarters. UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimuna Moh’d Sharif addressed participants as one of the key UN agencies contributors to the Dialogue.
Wau, South Sudan 16 April 2018-- The ambassador of Japan, Seiji Okada, recently led delegates from embassy of Japan, UN-Habitat, and UNICEF, to Wau to inspect Japanese funded projects in the area.
13/04/2018 – Juba/Nairobi
In September 2017, United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN Habitat) together with the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development with support from the government of Japan launched the ‘Housing for Veterans for Sustainable Peace and Development Project in Wau, South Sudan.
13th April 2018, Maputo, Mozambique
Nairobi, 12 April 2018 — In the context of the first Africa Climate Week, UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimuna Moh’d Sharif has addressed Ministers during the High Level Ministerial Opening of the Africa Carbon Forum. The event held at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi was opened by His Excellency Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary, Environment and Forestry of the Government of Kenya.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) through its Global Urban Observatory unit organized the Asia-Pacific Regional Training Workshop on Human Settlement Indicators of the SDGs (SDG 11 and other urban related SDGs) at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand from 26 to
Decision-makers, senior managers, and senior government officials of UN HABITAT partners are invited to apply for the 8th Shelter Academy organized by Arcadis and UN Habitat. This year’s Shelter Academy will take place between the 3 - 7 September 2018 in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and will focus on climate adaptation and mitigation: options for cities.