UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme [to 16 April 2016]
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Posted April 15, 2016
Record downloads of the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning
Nairobi 13 April 2016–The English version of the International Guidelines on Urban Territorial Planning (IG-UTP) has been downloaded over 100,000 times from the UN-Habitat website, making these Guidelines the most popular publications ever in less than a year of availability…
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Posted April 8, 2016
UN-Habitat unveils the first batch of Emerging Community Champions
Nairobi, 8 April 2016—UN-Habitat last month hosted and honored the first cohort of Emerging Community Champions.These are young people who have made remarkable achievements and continue to inspire hope, provide leadership both at the community level and…
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Campaign to improve the lives of slum dwellers launched in South Africa
Pretoria, 9 April 2016: UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Progamme (PSUP) has launched the ‘Up for Slum Dwellers – Transforming a Billion Lives’ campaign.
Posted April 8, 2016
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UfM and UN-Habitat join forces to promote sustainable urban development in the Mediterranean
Barcelona, 6 April 2016. UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr Joan Clos and UfM Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development Ambassador Yigit Alpogan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to undertake joint actions for an integrated approach…
Posted April 6, 2016