The largest global conference on urbanization to meet for first time in Arab region
January 19th, 2020
Nairobi, 20 January 2020 - Policy makers, mayors, academics, business people, community leaders, artists and urban planners are among the thousands of participants attending the world’s leading…
Call for entries: Better Cities Film Festival at Tenth World Urban Forum
January 16th, 2020
NAIROBI, 16 January 2020 - UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency focused on sustainable urbanization, has announced that the first UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival will take place during the…
“Cities for people” is the main topic at EIB Africa Day conference
January 9th, 2020
Nairobi, 9 January 2020 - “Cities for people” will be the key topic at Africa Day 2020, a conference hosted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and UN-Habitat. The event will be held in Dakar on…
Abu Dhabi DMT announces the launch of the "10th World Urban Forum"
January 7th, 2020
PRESS RELEASE by Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Transport (DMT) Abu Dhabi, 05 January 2020: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown…
45 Cities to endorse digital rights in cities
January 7th, 2020
Nairobi, 7 January 2020 – The Cities Coalition for Digital Rights rounded up the end of 2019 with a review of the work done throughout the year. The coalition, formed by Amsterdam, Barcelona and New…
Only two weeks to register for the 10th World Urban Forum
January 6th, 2020
Marking three decades of participatory decision-making for public finances
January 6th, 2020
Nairobi, 6 January 2020—The year 2019 marked the 30th anniversary since participatory budgeting (PB) was first implemented in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Since its first implementation, UN-Habitat has…
UN-Habitat and partners in WASH project in Yemen
January 2nd, 2020
UN-Habitat, in close collaboration with the Government of Japan and local authorities, has been working on the emergency response to the immediate Shelter and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)…
Featuring the role of cities in climate action at COP25 Week 2
January 2nd, 2020
The second week of the COP25 exhibited a proactive voice of local and city leaders, meant to continue to instill key messages on local actions. Monday 9 December opened at the European Union…
UN-Habitat engaged in training policy-makers on sustainable urban mobility in Africa
December 19th, 2019
Abuja, Nigeria: The maiden edition of the Africa Sustainable Urban Mobility Course took place from 24th - 30th November 2019 at the campus of the National Open University of Nigeria in Abuja. The…
Youth from Kenya’s coast call for support to engage in the Blue Economy
December 19th, 2019
Mombasa, Kenya December 2019 – Young people from Kenya’s coastal region called for more support to effectively engage in the Blue Economy sectors at the Youth and Blue conference, Harnessing Economic…
Mindanao youth hack green solutions for Marawi rehabilitation
December 19th, 2019
Myanmar holds National Urban Policy Forum
December 18th, 2019
Nay Pyi Taw, 18 December 2019 – UN-Habitat in partnership with the Department of Urban Housing and Development (DUHD) of the Ministry of Construction (MoC) of Myanmar hosted “The National Urban…
UN-Habitat’s urban resilience tool, CityRAP, is featured in the Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
December 17th, 2019
NAIROBI, 17 December 2019 - UN-Habitat’s urban resilience tool called City Resilience Action Planning or CityRAP has been featured in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. The…
Featuring the role of cities in climate action at COP25 Week 2
December 16th, 2019
MADRID, 16 December 2019 - The second week of the COP25 featured the voices of local and city leaders, meant to continue to instill key messages on local actions. Monday 9 December opened at the…