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Streets as Tools for Urban Transformation in Slums  
View Details Historically, governments have implemented slum upgrading projects and programmes of varying scale and scope.  Despite the wealth of experience and knowledge, the growth of slums and the multiplication of informal settlements are only getting worse...
Year: 2014, Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Making Carbon Markets Work for Your City: A Guide for Cities in Developing Countries  
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There are a number of key areas of local government competencies that city officials may want to target when implementing carbon trading projects; including town and urban planning, infrastructure development, service provision, waste manageme...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 70, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Training for better cities  
View Details Training for better cities is a UN-Habitat practice note exploring the role of training in capacity development. While training continues to be a frequent activity it has over the last years become evident that these investments often are not very ef...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 54, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Training Needs Assessment and Training Outcome Evaluation  
View Details Assessing training needs and evaluating the outcomes of training are crucial, both for training providers and recipients of training, to ensure that training is effective and resources are wisely used. Despite the importance of assessment and evaluat...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 72, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Sustainable Urban Energy  
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For cities to confront the challenges of fossil fuel depletion, increasing energy costs and rapid climate change, it is inevitable to develop and implement urban energy management solutions for their sustainable future. This publication is a train...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 204, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Improving Gender Equality and Grassroots Participation through Good Land Governance  
View Details This training package provides an introduction to the important, complex, and sometimes daunting theme of improving land governance as a means to enhance gender equality and grassroots participation in land matters. This training package is designed ...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 146, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective  
View Details It cannot be assumed that women and men benefit in the same way from initiatives in the land sector. Depending on the political, economic and cultural context, it is often women, and particularly poor women, who face significant barriers in obtaining...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Islamic Principles and Land  
View Details This booklet arises from GLTN's work on Islamic dimensions of land which began in 2004 with the commissioning of research leading to Sait and Lim's "Land, Law and Islam: Property and Human Rights in the Muslim World" (London: Zed Press/UN-H...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Training and Capacity Building Branch Newsletter (March 2011)  
View Details As in most post-conflict environments, Liberia has experienced the lack of effective government capacity and the lack of local institutional capacity. This has hampered its reconstruction and development efforts especially in the absence of a co...
Year: 2011, Periodicity: Monthly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Training and Capacity Building Branch Newsletter (June 2011)  
View Details Training institutions are key actors in supporting the capacity development of government authorities – both at national and local level alike. However, compared to their mandate, inadequate priority is being given towards strengthening them and...
Year: 2011, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Habitat Partner University Initiative Brand Tool Kit  
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UN-HABITAT's Habitat Partner University Initiative systematizes the relationship between UN-HABITAT and universities, supporting collaborations towards sustainable urban development and emphasizing comparative advantages of all partners in the fie...

Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Planning Manual for Somaliland  
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This planning manual, which is targeted at planners and technicians in Somaliland (north-west Somalia) explains basic urban planning and details six crucial steps in the urban planning cycle.

The Urban Planning Manual for Somaliland defines...

Year: 2010, Number of pages: 66, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Financing Urban Development around Lake Victoria  
View Details The publication is a toolkit specifically prepared to help local authorities raise internal and external resources to finance implementation of priority projects and programmes. It provides useful steps, skills and resources to aid the process of f...
Year: 2009, Number of pages: 64, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Burao Profile - first steps towards strategic planning  
View Details The publication draws on the results of participative workshops such as the Burao City Profile and the Burao City Consultation and offers local and international agencies, donors and in particular local communities and civil society stakeholders the ...
Year: 2009, Number of pages: 46, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Le Budget Participatif en Afrique – Manuel de formation pour les pays francophone  
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Le budget participatif apparaît de plus en plus comme une rénovation des pratiques d’administration municipale propre à promouvoir les principes de bonne gouvernance urbaine. De fait, le budget participatif peut procurer bien des avantages
...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 86, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Gender in Local Government: A Sourcebook for Trainers (Portuguese)  
View Details Good local governance cannot exist without giving due attention to gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN-HABITAT has therefore made great efforts to mainstream gender both internally and in its work with partners. The Training and Capacit...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 149, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
SUDP-Newsletter – 6th edition – January 2008  
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The 6th edition of the SUDP Newsletter details activities of the programme over the past few months, partcularly in urban services, urban management, and governance. Two special sections focus on UN-HABITAT’s role in complex emergencies and plan...

Year: 2008, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Capacitação de ONGs/OCs em Alcance Organizacional  
View Details Esta série de manuais de treinamento, concebida para melhorar a gestão e a
eficiência operacional em geral de organizações não-governamentais e comunitárias,
coincide com o lançamento da Campanha Global de Governança Urbana do Centro
d...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 58, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Capacitação de ONGs/OCs em Alcance Organizacional  
View Details As ferramentas a seguir foram concebidas para sugerir idéias a dois públicos
diferentes. O primeiro é formado por pessoas que gostariam de conduzir diversos
tipos de treinamento para ajudar outras a aprender sobre capacitação em Alcance
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 56, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
How to Establish an Effective Land Sector  
View Details This guide presents a general overview on institutional harmonisation processes, i.e. the various factors and tools included in fostering institutional harmonisation in a sector. The experiences informing this document mainly result from the tacit ...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 25, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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