Garowe 21 July 2017—New office facilities for Ministry of Women Development and Family Affairs of Puntland was recently handed at a colorful ceremony held in Garowe. The function was presided over by the President of Puntland, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali ‘Gaas”.
19 July 2017, Fukuoka - Dr. Joan Clos, UN-Habitat Executive Director, celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) together with national and local partners in Fukuoka, Japan. The event became a symbol of strong partnership with the presence of Hon. Makoto Oniki, Secretary General of Japan Parliamentarians on Habitat; Mr. Koichi Yoshida, Vice Minister of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Mr.
Kalobeiyei, Kenya 20 July 2017—Song and dance marked the ceremony where trainees of a Japanese technology were issued with certificates at Kalobeiyei Settlement in Kenya’s Turkana County.
Awarding the certificates to the graduates – which was a mixture of the host community and refugees- First Secretary at the Japan Embassy in Nairobi Mr. Ito Yo challenged them to put into practice what they had learnt to earn themselves a decent living.
Kalobeiyei, 18 July 2017 – Renowned Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban, has signed an agreement with UN-Habitat to design as many as 12,000 new homes in the Kalobeiyei refugee settlement site in Northern Kenya.
Signing the agreement on site in Northern Kenya, Ban explained that the most important thing was to ensure that the design was sustainable.
Berlin, 18 July 2017 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Institute of Transport Research of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that aims to promote cooperation between the institutions in the field of Sustainable Urban Mobility.
The Memorandum was signed by Dirk Heinrichs, Head of Division of Mobility and Urban Development, DLR - Institute of Transport Research and André Dzikus, on behalf of UN-Habitat.
London 18 June 2017-- The 4th Urban Law Day took place on Friday, 14 July 2017 at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London) addressing specific legal issues linked to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Over 50 participants from a multidisciplinary circle of academics and practitioners interested in urban legislation, including planners, architects, policy makers, economists and lawyers joined in the discussion on specific commitments related to human rights and governance and ways in which these can be realised.
New York 18 July 2017-- UN-Habitat cosponsored a side event at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development recently held at the UN-Headquarters in New York.
The event mainly focused on making sustainable development work at all ages, with a focus on eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity for older persons.
London 18 July 2017--A specialized training seminar titled ‘Building drafting skills for improving the quality of urban legislation” was organized by UN-Habitat in cooperation with the Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies from 10-14th July 2017, in London, UK.
Nairobi, 18 July 2017 -- The Dubai Municipality and UN-Habitat is currently calling for submissions to the 11th round of the 2017 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.
Mogadishu 17 June 2017--“The Mogadishu One Stop Youth Centre is a symbol of hope that offers us a physical space that we can tailor to meet our needs. What does that look like for youth in Mogadishu?