Realising The Human Rights To Water And Sanitation: A Handbook By The Un...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, presented recently a new publication: Realizing the human rights to water and sanitation: A...
View ArticleAcademicians and chairs of East African professional bodies discuss...
Machakos, 11 February 2016 – Deans, senior lecturers of architecture schools and chairs of professional bodies of East Africa last week congregated in the Kenyan town of Machakos to discuss education...
View ArticleAudit of the UN-Habitat Urban Basic Services sub-programme
The Office of Internal Services (OIOS) conducted an audit of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) Urban Basic Services sub-programme whose overall objective was to increase...
View ArticleAcademy of Sustainable Urban Mobility (AoSUM)
This course is aimed at decision-makers who wish to gain an advanced understanding of Sustainable and Innovative Urban Mobility Solutions. You are eligible to apply only if you are a representative of...
View ArticleYouths in Nigeria trained in renewable energy technologies and green...
Abuja, 12 January 2017 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria, conducted hands-on training in energy efficiency and...
View Article200,000 IDPs and their hosts take over basic service facilities such as...
UN-Habitat’s projects in South Sudan show that infrastructure and participatory planning provide a preventative – rather than curative – approach to long-term conflict resolution and peace building....
View ArticleThe Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation (LVWATSAN-Mwanza) Project:...
European Investment Bank (EIB) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have partnered together with the Government of Tanzania and UN-Habitat in implementing a project dubbed “The Lake Victoria...
View ArticleRelief to residents of informal settlements in Mwanza, Tanzania
Mwanza, 28 June 2018–Residents of the informal settlements of Mabatini, Igogo and Kilimahewa in Mwanza, Tanzania have a reason to smile as they access safe sanitation and clean water in the rocky hills...
View ArticleArusha Conference Reviews Adoption of Energy Efficient Building Practices
Arusha, Tanzania, 2 August 2018 – Government representatives, academics, project managers, housing experts, financiers and NGOs met in Arusha recently to review progress made in promoting energy...
View ArticleAfrican stakeholders discuss Open Streets
Cape Town, 1 November 2018– For the first time, African government officials, representatives of NGOs and street enthusiasts came together to learn from and share experiences on the concept of Open...
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