Turkana County is the largest, yet among the poorest counties in Kenya and home to thousands of refugees fleeing from civil strife in the neighbouring republic of South Sudan, and also Somalia. For example, Kakuma refugee camp has a population of 180,974 people as of March 2015, according to UNHCR. Since the end of August 2014, the current Kakuma camp has been unable to accommodate the 42,000 new arrivals that it has received. The current situation should be seen in the context of decades-long displacement caused by the continuous civil war in South Sudan and the inadequacy of social... Read more
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The Urban Basic Services Branch (UBSB) aims at increasing equitable access to urban basic services such as water, sanitation, solid waste management, mobility and energy, and is one amongst the seven focus areas of UN-Habitat. The Branch consists of four programmatic units, namely: i) water and sanitation, ii) urban waste management; iii) urban mobility and iv) urban energy. These programmatic units promote initiatives aimed at strengthening policies and institutional frameworks for increasing equitable access to urban basic infrastructure and services and improving the standard of living... Read more
The United Nations Human Settlements Program, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. This position is located in the Human Resource Liaison Unit- Management and Operations Division (MOD), UN-Habitat, Nairobi. The incumbent reports to one or more officers.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) supports countries in developing urban planning methods and systems that address current urbanization challenges. It promotes urban planning approaches to address urban expansion and transformation.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, will support the Government of Afghanistan to implement Clean and Green Cities Programme over the duration of two years (October 2016 to September 2018).
Iran is home to one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world, with urban settlements dating back to 7000 BC, and a long history of urbanization and urban planning practices. In the past three decades however, the country experienced major social, demographic and economic changes that impacted national development, socio-economic and demographic structures. Urbanization also accelerated significantly, leading to exacerbated challenges in urban environments, such as congestion and air pollution, shortages of housing and employment especially for the large youth population, urban... Read more
Droughts, epidemic outbreaks, floods, and wildfires and other forms of disasters significantly impact vulnerable populations in disaster prone areas in the three Northern regions of Ghana. The impact of these disasters may lead to unnecessary losses of social and economic capital. In particular, recurrent flooding events, which are the most pervasive in terms of financial damages and the number of people who are affected, usually result in the disruption of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. These lead to significant damages to properties and trigger other health emergency... Read more
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. It is the focal point for urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system. The agency supports national and local governments in laying the foundation for sustainable urban development.
In Sri Lanka, cooperation between the Government and UN-Habitat has a long history, dating back to 1978, with UN-Habitat providing assistance to a range of national programmes and projects. UN-Habitat presently assists Sri Lanka in post disaster reconstruction, plantation housing, climate change and disaster risk reduction, water and sanitation, low income settlement upgrading, and urban planning.
Sport has historically played an important role in all societies, be it in the form of competitive sport, physical activity or play. Sport and play are human rights that must be respected and enforced worldwide. Sport has been increasingly recognized and used as a low-cost and high-impact tool in humanitarian, development and peace-building efforts, not only by the UN system but also by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, development agencies, sports federations, armed forces as well as the media.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, will support the Government of Afghanistan to implement Clean and Green Cities Programme over the duration of two years (October 2016 to September 2018).
UN-Habitat has been active in the Somalia urban sector for more than 20 years and currently is implementing a portfolio of interventions worth USD 50 million with communities, local authorities and central government. The activities have evolved from responding to immediate local needs for reconstruction to systematic attempts to address sustainable urban development through integrated human settlement programmes. Somalia is faced with one of the highest urbanization rates across Africa and beyond, and there is a strong link between urbanization and displacement caused by natural disasters... Read more
The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the agency for Human settlements mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. UN-Habitat helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer and healthier places with better opportunities. It works with organizations at every level, including all spheres of government, civil society and the private sector. This post is located in the Management and Operations Division of UN-Habitat.
As part of the work to enhance controls over the activities of implementing partners and... Read more
The UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery for Somalia (JPLG) has established an important platform for seizing the development moment and is also a programme that has translated many of the ambitions of the ‘One UN’ principles into tangible improvements in aid and wider development effectiveness
his evaluation is a process evaluation to assess the Innovate Counties Challenge – Giving a Voice to Marginalized Kenyan Youth with regard to country governance issues. These Terms of Reference (ToR) outline the evaluation background and context, purpose and objectives, scope and focus, approach and methodology, accountability and responsibilities, qualifications of the consultant (s) to conduct the evaluation, provisional time schedule, as well as expected deliverables and resources.
The Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) is a programme of UN-Habitat and contributes to the agency’s work. In 2006, the Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, requested UN-Habitat to lead the development, and host the secretariat of the Global Water Operators Partnerships. The SG’s decision was a follow-up to the drafting of the Hashimoto Action Plan by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB). The main UNSGAB’s Hashimoto Action Plan I objective was to strengthen local water services through Water Operators Partnerships (... Read more
UN-Habitat has supported the Government of Afghanistan to implement the five year City for All programmesince 2015. The programme is underpinned by the fact that harnessing Afghanistan’s cities for state building and peace-building requires three fundamental components:
The overarching intention of the Sustainable Human Settlements in Urban Areas to Support Reintegration in Afghanistan (SHURA) programme is to provide a platform for returnees and protracted IDPs to reintegrate and become productive citizens of Afghanistan as quickly as possible. Integrating the lessons of the past decade of responses to displacement in Afghanistan, the program is based on the rapid identification and allocation of appropriate land to returnees and IDPs in proximity to livelihood opportunities as the foundation for self-reliance. Following the identification of sites, the... Read more
UN-Habitat is supporting the Government of Afghanistan to implement the City for All (CFA) programmein Kabul, the capital city, and in seven other provincial cities. The programme has received funding from USAID and the European Union and is being implemented from 2016 until 2020. The CFA programme is underpinned by the fact that harnessing Afghanistan’s cities for state building and peace-building requires three fundamental components:
UN-Habitat provides technical assistance, policy advisory, and programmatic implementation to the government partners. The following major flagship policy programmes have been instrumental in advancing – national urban policy, new urban agenda, inter-ministerial collaboration in urban sector, and public engagement and accountability towards urban residents. UN-Habitat continues to provide technical and strategic support to MUDH and IDLG in mainstreaming these objectives into ongoing and planned urban programmes.
Under the overall supervision of Senior Human Settlements Officer, UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) and direct supervision of the Country Programme Manager, Chief of Party and the National Project Officer CFA, the Technical Advisor (Municipal Governance & Finance) will undertake the following tasks and activities:
The city is the home of prosperity. It is the place where human beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential public goods. The city is also where the ambitions, aspirations and other aspects of life are realized, providing contentment and happiness and where goods and culture is produced.
UN-Habitat is seeking an Adviser (Speechwriter and Editor) for the Executive Director. The successful applicant will report to the Chief, Office of the Executive Director and work within the Office of the Executive Director, in close liaison with the Advocacy, Outreach and Communication Branch, and with other UN-Habitat units as required.
Under the overall guidance of the Coordinator, Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch, UN-Habitat and direct supervision of Leader of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), the incumbent will provide support to the coordination and management of country level operations of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) programmes and projects in Kenya by ensuring the operational instruments are well-managed and monitored for result-oriented country programme/project operations. The Incumbent will work in coordination with the Technical Advisors in the field, implementing partners... Read more
Under the supervision of the Head of Programme of UN-Habitat Mozambique and in day-to-day coordination with the Housing Experts from UN-Habitat’s Housing and Slum Upgrading branch, the consultant will support the development of the Housing Sector Profile. The consultant will work in close collaboration with a senior housing expert. The following tasks are foreseen:
Under the supervision of the UEFB Coordinator and the project focal point at the Branch level, the consultant will be responsible for supporting the project focal point in the following tasks and outputs:
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
The position is located in the External Relations Division (ERD), Office of Executive Director and Management. The External Relations Division promotes strategic alliances to support achievement of the goals of adequate shelter for all, and sustainable urbanization and human settlements development. ERD assists to advance UN-Habitat image and relationships with its partners and the public at large, and to build and strengthen partnerships, facilitate policy impact and developmental change, and increase delivery of programmes.
This international consultancy post is to achieve the objectives of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) in supporting its select initiatives and implementation of pro-poor and gender-responsive land reforms and tools at country level particularly in Francophone countries. The core of the strategy and interventions at country level would be through value-addition and working through and with partners. Five main areas of interventions at country level have been identified: (1) knowledge and awareness-building, (2) land policy reform, (3) donor coordination, (4) capacity development, and 5)... Read more
The evaluation function in UN-Habitat contributes towards improvement of programme deliver, and informs decision-making, supports, accountability and improves learning and knowledge in UN-Habitat and of its partners.