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- Belmopan / UN-Habitat collaboration to update the Master Plan of the Capital of Belize
UN-Habitat’s Urban Planning and Design team visited the City of Belmopan in Belize last week in order to approve and discuss the draft new Master Plan for the city. The team, comprising of UN-Habitat’s Climate Change Planning...
- Posted December 23, 2016
Publications supporting the spatial planning initiatives in Palestine launchedRamallah, December 19, 2016 – UN-Habitat and its national partner, State of Palestine Ministry of Local Government launched two new publications under the framework of the joint cooperation to defend and advocate for the planning rights of...
- Posted December 19, 2016
- Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference Adopts the NEW DELHI DECLARATION on Housing and Urban Development
New Delhi, 16 December 2016 – Ministers of Housing and Urban Development in Asia Pacific have endorsed the New Delhi declaration and implementation plan which outline the way forward for countries in the region to implement the...
- Posted December 19, 2016
City Profile of Mosul, Iraq: A City Under SiegeMosul, 8 December 2016 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Iraq has published a comprehensive urban analysis on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and the focus of an international military campaign to liberate it...
- Posted December 19, 2016
- Call for proposals: Public space implementation projects
Following the adoption of the New Urban Agenda, UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme is launching a call for innovative and exciting public space projects which could receive a small grant to support implementation. Local authorities and non-profit...
- Posted December 16, 2016
- Crowdsourcing of public space tools
UN-Habitat’s Public Space team is producing a new book on public space tools and we need your help! We know that there are lots of useful methodologies and approaches to public space assessment, design, planning and management...
- Posted December 16, 2016
Digital technology to increase participation of women, youth in reconstruction of Gaza StripGaza, 13 December 2016 With financial support of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, UN-Habitat and UN Women have launched a new innovative Programme to advance women’s and youth’s rights to participate in reconstruction and recovery...
- Posted December 15, 2016
Swedish Minister visits Mogadishu One Stop Youth CentreThe Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Isabella Lövin, visited the Mogadishu One Stop Youth Centre on 1 December 2016 along with a high-level delegation from the Government of Sweden. Mogadishu government and UN-Habitat representatives accompanied the...
- Posted December 14, 2016
Urban and Territorial Planning supporting land Policies in AfricaKigali, 6 December 2016 – Over 40 government delegates representing directorates of physical planning, and land administration and management from 17 Eastern and Southern African countries agreed to explore ways of integrating and enhancing collaboration, coordination and...
- Posted December 9, 2016
UN-Habitat hosts Stakeholder Meeting on Socio-Economic and Mapping Survey in Northern KenyaKalobeyei, 7 December 2016 – Through strengthening the county urban planning function and the preparation of an integrated settlement plan for the Kalobeyei Refugee Settlement in Kenya, UN-Habitat is demonstrating sustainable approaches to human settlement development and...
- Posted December 9, 2016