UN-Habitat and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) jointly convened the second regional partners forum in Bangkok, Thailand on  28-29 November 2017. On the agenda for this meeting was the deliberation on strategies and priorities to ensure the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in the Asia Pacific region.  This was done as a follow up to the adoption to the New Urban Agenda at the Habitat III conference in Quito in the month of October 2016.

Tomsk, 4 December, 2017 – Tomsk State University has become the first in the country to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with UN-Habitat.

30 November 2017, Bellagio Italy - Despite an estimated one billion people around the world living in slums, many global data collection exercises including censuses do not track spatial distinctions of populations living in places identified as slums. Today, slums are often invisible in official statistics, generally hidden within urban averages.

Nairobi, November 27, 2017-- UN-Habitat has signed a cooperation agreement with the Politecnico di Milano, Italy to carry out a feasibility study for the closure of the Ngong Town illegal dumpsite and to design and construct a modern integrate municipal waste to energy plant.

On 13th – 16th November, UN-Habitat kick-started the Public Space Programme in Kalobeyei though a first participatory design workshop with youth from refugees and host communities. In addition to the host community, seven different nationalities were involved in the workshop. The Public Space Programme will establish a network of public spaces designed, implemented and maintained by host and refugee communities, fostering integration the two communities to ensure sense of community ownership and use of the public space.

November 21, 2017, Some fifty-seven persons and dignitaries of the Ministry of Town Planning, Housing and the Living Environment, the media and the United Nations gathered in the conference hall of the Ministry to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Togo and UN-Habitat.

20th September, Barcelona - Under the theme, Empower Cities, Empower people, the 2017 edition of Smart City Expo World Congress (#SCEWC17) took place this month in Barcelona. UN-Habitat signed an agreement with the event organizers through which the programme will become a strategic partner in this and future editions of the global event.

Geneva 16 November 2017--Representatives of Armenia, Moldova, Serbia and Tajikistan last week attended the joint UN-Habitat and UNECE final regional workshop of the UN Development Account 9th tranche project “Strengthening national capacities for sustainable housing and urban developmen

Nairobi 14 November 2017—The First session of the Young African Think’rs (YAT) will be held in Nairobi starting from Wednesday 15th of November.

Geneva 14 September 2017--UN-Habitat and UNECE co-organized  a final regional workshop of the UNDA 9th tranche project “Strengthening national capacities for sustainable housing and urban development in countries with economies in transition”. The workshop was held in Geneva on 10 November to discuss experiences, best practices of and lessons learned in the implementation of the project.