New Delhi, 2 Dec 10
UN-HABITAT and UNIFEM have announced that they plan to launch a new programme aimed at stopping sexual harassment and violence against women and girls.
Nairobi, 1 Dec 10
The Managing Drinking Water Quality for Public Health conference was organized by the International Water Association (IWA), the Malaysian Water Association and the World Health Organization in early November in Kuching, Malaysia.
Nairobi, 1 Dec 10
The Latin American Association of Water and Sanitation Operators (Asociación Latinoamericana de Operadores de Agua y Saneamiento, ALOAS) has been launched in November at the 24th Annual Convention of the Mexican Association of Water and Sanitation Operators
Somalia, 1 Dec 10
UN-HABITAT has been working to build and strengthen financial management systems at the local government level in Somalia for over a decade. Having started in 2001 with only one district in Somaliland under the Berbera Technical and Institutional Assistance Programme, the current phase of the intervention is being carried out as an integral part of the UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery, and now covers nine districts in Somaliland and four in Puntland. Extension to one district in south central Somalia is planned.
Somalia, 1 Dec 10
The Habitat II Conference on Human Settlements (Istanbul 1996) singled out inadequate financial resources as one of the most serious problems affecting cities in developing countries. Fifteen years later, this still applies to most fast-growing cities in the developing world – in particular, urban centres in conflict and post-conflict situations.
Kinshasa, 1 Dec 10
Kinshasa Parliamentarians all agreed on the need to focus more on urban development due to growing cities and growing urban poverty.
Burao, 1 Dec 10
On 1 December 2010, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for the upgrading of the Burao municipal offices and the construction of the new council meeting hall.
Mogadishu, 1 Dec 10
The Participatory District Rehabilitation in Mogadishu Project began in 2010, building on interventions that started in 2007. The project aims at strengthening informal local governance structures, implementing projects for better services and upgraded public infrastructure, and improving livelihoods.
Nairobi, 30 Nov 10
The Executive Director, Dr. Joan Clos, has observed that urbanization is one of the most political issues of our time. Dr. Clos made the observation today while receiving the credentials from the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa to UN-Habitat, H.E. Mr. Ndumiso Ndima Ntshinga.
