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Filiep Decorte

Contract Type: 
Staff
Location: 
USA
Languages: 
Qualifications: 

State University

Ghent, Belgium (1985-1990)

Masters Architecture - Civil Engineering with Distinction

Catholic University

Leuven, Belgium (1999-2001)

Advanced Masters in Urban Design, Urban and Regional planning with Distinction

Experience: 

Filiep Decorte is currently the acting Director and Officer-in-Charge of UN-Habitat’s New York Liaison Office. Previously, he was Deputy Director and the focal point for UN-Habitat’s crisis-related work in New York. He played a key role in developing an urban track towards the World Humanitarian Summit and the creation of the Global Alliance for Urban Crises.

During his career, Filiep has predominantly focused on urban initiatives in conflict- and crisis-affected countries, specializing in urban planning, land, and housing issues. He has worked for UN-Habitat for more than fifteen years in different capacities, including long-term assignments in Haiti, the occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, and Morocco. He also acted as coordinator for UN-Habitat’s Global Disaster Management Program. He was trained as a civil engineer, architect, and urban and regional planner with advanced master’s degrees from the Universities of Ghent and Leuven in Belgium.

Current Office: 

ULLG

GENDER
GOVERNANCE
HUMAN RIGHTS
LAND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT

UPD

ADVOCACY
ARCHITECT
PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES
PEOPLES PARTICIPATION
POLICY
POLITICAL NEGOTIATION
PUBLIC SPACE
REFUGEE CAMP PLANNING
REGIONAL PLANNING
TRAINING
URBAN DESIGN
URBAN PLANNER

UE

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
MUNICIPAL FINANCE

UBS

ENGINEER
POLICY

HSU

HOUSING
POLICY
SLUM UPGRADING AND PREVENTION

RRR

ADVOCACY
CAMP PLANNING
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
HUMANITARIAN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
RESILIENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT

PPM

COORDINATION
NEGOTIATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE MOBILISATION
RESULT BASED MANAGEMENT