Vienna 3 July 2017--- Officials from UN-Habitat’s Gender Equality Unit (GEU), visited Vienna City Hall recently where they met with top officials on a knowledge sharing experience.

Addis Ababa 29 June 2017-- The City Administration of Addis Ababa and UN-Habitat jointly launched the State of Addis Ababa 2017 Report – The city we want’ on 27 July 2017.

Minova, Congo DR, 27 June 2017—After the death of their father about 10 years ago, Celestine Buhoro believed that she would at least get a portion of land as part of her inheritance. This was not to be and the brother hogged the whole piece left behind. When the brother also passed on, his son- Celestine’s nephew- also held on to the land.

The Belgian government and the city of Mechelen will host a “Global Conference on Cities and Migrants” on the 16th and 17th of November 2017, together with IOM, UN Habitat and UCLG as institutional partners.

Brussels, 16 June 2017-- With a strong call on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, UN-Habitat marked its presence at the European Development Days, the major forum on development policies and cooperation in Europe.

Khartoum, 15 June 2017— UN-Habitat ’s office in Khartoum  in collaboration with GLTN regional office for Arab states and in partnership with UNDP Sudan Country office, recently organized a four-day training workshop to provide hands-on training on relevant tools and techniques, through participatory planning and enumeration, to ensure returns and reintegration processes are sustainable.

Saint Petersburg 12 June 2017 -- This year’s Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was held over three days with a keynote speech by the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and attended by more than 14,000 thousand participants from 143 countries. Guests of the Forum included Presidents and Prime Ministers, as well as 45 Ministers from 30 countries.

The SPIEF, being held since 1997, is one of the best-attended events on business and economy.

Saint Petersburg 13 June 2017-- A two-day international conference recently held in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg highlighted the importance of public space for wellbeing in cities.

Ouagadougou, 12 June 2017—A project targeting some 30,000 residents of Bissighin area located in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso are seeing the fruits of development initiatives resulting from a USD 100,000 Community Managed Fund project.

Cape Town, 13 June 2017 -- Over a dozen experts met in Cape Town last week to lay the foundation for another companion to fast track the implementation of the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning (IG-UTP).