HabPost
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HabPost Issue 61 - November 16th, 2022
In this issue, we feature the opening of the Local2030 Secretariat in Bilbao and profile our UN-Habitat Office for Spain.
Our Regional Office for Arab States shares their perspective on innovation and we showcase our work in urban basic services.
Lastly, we uncover our digital platform on multilevel governance and discover how to share ideas and solutions to urbanization challenges in the 'Did you know' section.
And as usual, we welcome your contributions at unhabitat-habpost@un.org.
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HabPost Issue 60 - October 28th, 2022
This week HabPost features our theme for World Cities Day 2022, ‘Act Local to Go Global’, which aims to highlight experiences and approaches to local action to create greener, more equitable and sustainable cities.
In addition, we kickstart our regional innovation roundtable series with reflections from our Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and showcase our project to improve land tenure security in Uganda.
Lastly, we take a closer look at the first annual Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment Day of Action and uncover our new report on upscaling capacity building with academia.
And as always, we look forward to bouncing ideas off you and encourage you to share your stories at unhabitat-habpost@un.org.
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HabPost Issue 59 - October 14th, 2022
This week HabPost features our ED's call to support sustainable urbanization and our work in National Urban Policy development.
In addition, we profile our UN-Habitat Programme Office in Bangkok and celebrate a new milestone in UN-Habitat Learn.
Keeping the ball rolling this Urban October, we encourage you to submit your planned activities to shine the spotlight on these events. More on how in the ‘Did you know’ section.
And as usual, we welcome your contributions at unhabitat-habpost@un.org.
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HabPost Issue 58 - September 30th, 2022
In this issue, we showcase the winners of this year’s UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award, one of the most prestigious prizes presented to those working on sustainable urbanization.
We continue our series of office profiles with the Office for European Institutions at Brussels and uncover the latest courses on UN-Habitat Learn, our online platform for digital learning.
Lastly, we encourage you to submit your nominations for the 2022 UN Secretary-General Awards. Find out how in the ‘Did you know’ section.
As always, we look forward to hearing more from you on upcoming events, success stories and new resources at unhabitat-habpost@un.org.
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HabPost Issue 57 - September 20th, 2022
In the run up to Urban October, HabPost delves deeper into the theme of this years’ World Habitat Day, ‘Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind’, with a closer look at the problem of growing inequality and challenges in cities and human settlements.
In this issue, we kick off our series of office profiles with the Information Office of UN-Habitat in China.
In addition, we shed light on the learning and advocacy platforms within our portfolio. Check out the ‘Did you know’ section to find out more about UN-Habitat Learn, the Urban Agenda Platform and the World Urban Campaign.
And as always, we encourage you to reach out to us at unhabitat-habpost@un.org to contribute your stories and share new resources!
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HabPost Issue 56 - September 01st, 2022
Urban October is just around the corner. In this issue, we highlight what the month is all about and a brief on the World Habitat Day and World Cities Day celebrations in the feature story.
On operational matters, we’ve successfully managed to restore services and ensure recovery in a refugee camp in Syria. This is after conflict broke out in the country, displacing over 10,000 Palestinians from the Dera’a refugee camp. Find out more about the different activities in place facilitating the return of over 3000 refugees in the success story section.
Lastly, it is time to take the Mandatory Leadership Dialogue Session for the year 2022.. As you may know, all managers are expected to complete their sessions with their direct reports, cascading down to all staff members, interns, and consultants, by 31 November 2022. More on how to participate in the Did You Know section of this issue.
And as always, we look forward to bouncing ideas off you and encourage you to share your stories to unhabitat-habpost@un.org.
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HabPost Issue 55 - July 07th, 2022
It is now one week since WUF 11 concluded last Thursday, and we wanted to share the key highlights from the 5-day event.
The event attracted 17,003 attendees, with 10,799 participants from 155 countries attending in person. WUF11 events were covered live by UN Web TV, receiving 46,145 views, with 350 media representatives registered and 200 attending in person.
Participants held discussions culminating in a set of Declared Actions which you can read more about in the feature story section.
Further on in this issue, we present one of our flagship reports, the World Cities Report 2022.
Keeping in mind the valuable lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Report suggests ways that cities can be better prepared to address a wide range of shocks and transition to sustainable urban futures. It identifies three possible scenarios of urban futures: high damage, pessimistic and optimistic.
As usual, we look forward to hearing more from you on your activities and shared contributions in the coming weeks at unhabitat-habpost@un.org.
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HabPost Issue 54 – June 23rd, 2022
Its an exciting week as the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF) kicks-off this Sunday, 26 June 2022.
So far, we have over 18,000 registered participants from 166 countries. The WUF program includes six categories of partner-driven events: SDGs in Action, ONE UN, Voices from Cities, Networking, Training, Urban Library.
With a wide-variety of sessions planned for the week, don’t miss the launch of our global flagship report – the World Cities Report 2022. This will take place on Wednesday, 29 June 2022. Find out more in the Feature Story of this issue.
In other news, more than 200 children successfully co- designed the Central Park of Madrid Nuevo Norte using digital gaming.
Through the use of the Block by Block tool, a UN-Habitat methodology that uses digital gaming, students had the opportunity to re-imagine how a 13-hectar green space could become the next iconic Central Park of Madrid.
Find out more in the success story section of this issue.
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HabPost Issue 53 - June 09th, 2022
This week, HabPost goes to Katowice to explore the exciting activities planned for the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum (WUF 11).
WUF 11 will feature opening and closing sessions, dialogues, roundtables, and a series of partner-driven events - SDGs in Action, One-UN, Voices from Cities, Networking Events, Training Events, Urban Cinema and Urban Library. Read about these in our feature story, which includes resources and links to detailed events you might find useful.
We continue with our series of information bites on innovation.
In this issue, we highlight the key takeaways from the Innovation Unit’s inaugural global webinar,
where urban experts shared their reflections on the transformative innovations that change how we look at sustainable urbanisation.As usual, we look forward to hearing more from you on your activities and shared contributions in the coming weeks at unhabitat-habpost@un.org.
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HabPost Issue 52 - May 26th, 2022
In today’s issue of the HabPost, we review the takeaways from the High-level meeting on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, held on 28 April 2022 in New York. We explore the key areas of action, the primary resources that informed the discussion and other bilateral activities.
It is said that all good things must come to an end.
The global three-year multi partner Future Cities Programme has come to an end while its South
East Asia component is transitioning to the next stage. Find out its final knowledge products in the success story of this issue. We hope to see you at the networking event Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future on Wednesday 29 June during WUF 11 as we present and discuss the best practices of the programme.As usual, we look forward to hearing more from you on your activities and shared contributions in the coming weeks at unhabitat-habpost@un.org.