South Korea, 13 January 2016 - UN-Habitat and OECD hosted the second Expert Group Meeting of Policy Unit Three, National Urban Policies, during the National Urban Policy Week in Incheon, South Korea. It took place from 15-16th December and brought together 13 participants.
Urban Policy Makers convene for the National Urban Policy Week
South Korea, 13 January, 2016 - More than 250 urban policy makers, government officials, development partners and non-governmental actors from more than 25 countries met in South Korea for a week of activities around National Urban Policies from Dec
UN-Habitat’s One-Stop Youth Centre in Rwanda inspires Somali delegation
Rwanda, 12 January 2016 - UN-Habitat supported a Somali delegation on a learning tour to the Kimisagara One-Stop Youth Centre in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of its work with the Federal Government of Somalia and the UN Joint Programme on Youth Employment. UN-Habitat’s Youth Unit developed the One-Stop Youth Centre model to engage and empower urban youth through training and development.
Slum upgrading innitiative awarded in Ecuador
Quito, 22 December 2015 – Earlier this month, the jury of the sixth edition of the national competition “Best Practices in Local Management” rewarded initiatives in Environment and Sanitation, Public Management, Social Policies and Productive Development category, in the Eugenio Espejo Convention Center, in Quito.
UN-Habitat launches report on land tenure issues among Yazidis in Iraq
Baghdad, 22 December 2015, - On the occasion of the World Human Rights Month , UN-Habitat published its latest report focusing on Housing, Land and Property issues in the Yazidi community’s area in Iraq.
First Arab Ministerial Forum for Housing and Urban Development launched in Cairo
Cairo, 21 December 2015 –The first Arab Ministerial Forum for Housing and Urban Development (AMFHUD) which was launched yesterday has brought together 15 high level ministerial delegations, representatives of national and regional organisations, private sector as
UN-Habitat organizes ‘One UN solutions for cities and climate change’ event at COP21
Paris, 15 Dec 2015 – UN-Habitat on Tuesday, 08 December, hosted a ‘One UN solutions for cites & climate change: the new climate agreement & the new urban agenda’ event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP21.