Governance & Policy

UN-Habitat

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Definition

UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development, established after the 1976 Habitat I conference and headquartered in Nairobi. It works with governments and partners on housing, urban planning, basic services, informal settlement upgrading and urban resilience; convenes the World Urban Forum and the Habitat III outcome, the New Urban Agenda (2016); and custodies urban SDG monitoring, including the slum household indicators of Goal 11.

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This reference provides supporting context for how “UN-Habitat” is defined and used.

Overview

How it is used

The programme structures national urban policy support, slum upgrading, SDG 11 monitoring and the World Urban Forum's global urban debate.

Why it matters

The future is urban; UN-Habitat is the world's institutional answer to making that future liveable.