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Assisting urban youth at risk in Latin America  
Barcelona, 29 Sept 11
UN-HABITAT joined the Government of Catalonia in Spain this week at a landmark conference aimed at helping create safer cities in Latin America by assisting urban youth at risk.
Big names sign up to new private sector advisory board  
Amsterdam, 28 Sept 11
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, VEOLIA Environment, Nomadeis, BASF, This is Africa, Siemens, GDF-SUEZ, JAO Design International, ARUP, the PENN Institute for Urban Research, and the Financial Times joined UN-HABITAT in Amsteram earlier this month for the first meeting of the agency's new Urban Private Sector Advisory Board hosted by Arcadis.
Mexico leads Global World Habitat Day Celebrations  
Nairobi, 27 Sept 11
The Global Observance of World Habitat Day this year will be held in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Monday 3 October.
National Observance of World Habitat Day in Kisumu  
Nairobi, 27 Sept 11
The World Habitat Day celebrations will be held at the Jomo Kenyatta Grounds in Kisumu on Monday 3 October 2011.
Towards more sustainable urban mobility patterns  
Gangwon Province, Korea, 27 Sept 11
A one week training on urban mobility was recently held in Korea targeting Asian cities.
The passing of a giant – Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai  
Nairobi, Kenya, 26 Sept 11
The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai of Kenya, died overnight at a Nairobi hospital. Her organization, the Green Belt Movement, said Wangari had been undergoing cancer treatment. She was 71.
Housing for Africa  
Rabat, Morocco, 25 Sept 11
The 12 Bureau Members of the African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) are seeking the establishment of a permanent secretariat to be hosted by Kenya.
Water for Kenya slum residents  
Nairobi, Kenya, 23 Sept 11
UN-HABITAT and the embassy of Malta this week opened a new water supply and treatment plant to provide clean, affordable drinking water for some 4,000 people living in an informal settlement not far from the agency's global headquarters.
Regional exchange platform unveiled for ACP countries  
Accra, Ghana, 21 Sept 11
Cities participating in the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) will benefit from a series of regional exchange forums seen as a concrete step towards the actualization of repeated requests for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to tap into each other's potential and experience. FRENCH
UN-HABITAT, partners hold consultative leadership workshop for Vietnamese Province  
Tam Ky, Vietnam , 21 Sept 11
A three day Consultative Leadership Workshop for the Quang Nam Provincial Development Strategy was recently held in Tam Ky City.
 
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