ONU-Hábitat tiene el mandato específico dentro del sistema de Naciones Unidas de actuar como Punto Focal De Referencia Para Los Gobiernos Locales, incluyendo a municipios, áreas metropolitanas, regiones, provincias y otros niveles de gobierno territorial.
ONU-Habitat a le mandat spécifique au sein du système des Nations Unies d'agir comme Point Focal Pour Les Gouvernements Locaux, y compris les municipalités, aires métropolitaines, régions, provinces et autres niveaux de gouvernements territoriaux.
UN-Habitat has the specific mandate within the United Nations System to act as a focal point for local governments, including metropolitan, regional, provincial and other territorial governments.
On 3 September a delegation of the GLTN Secretariat paid a visit to Mashimoni, one of the 13 settlements in Mathare, Nairobi. Mathare is a slum, housing over 500,000 residents, located some 3 km from Nairobi’s central business district between two main highways.
UN-Habitat works with partner countries and local governments to support the improvement of their law making processes as they affect the urban environment. This may involve the reform or development of a particular tool or a broader review of the urban legal framework as well as sharing information and experiences.
UN-Habitat has proposed a new approach for land readjustment called PILaR - Participatory and Inclusive Land Readjustment. The approach addresses many of the challenges of conventional land readjustment.
The approach also emphasizes early and consistent, but realistic, stakeholder participation to encourage community input and the ultimate ownership of the urban redevelopment.
