Nay Pyi Taw, 22 October 2019 – UN-Habitat in partnership with the Department of Urban Housing and Development (DUHD) of the Ministry of Construction (MoC) of Myanmar jointly hosted “The Consultation Workshop on National Urban Policy (NUP) for Myanmar”. The workshop was successfully held on 22nd October 2019 at Mingalar Thiri Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw. ...

   A large fire outbreak took place in the Htein Bin Dumpsite in Hline Thar Yar Township in April 2018. The fire raged for nearly 3 weeks affecting many people in the vicinity. It was brought under control and finally extinguished only through the strenuous and combined efforts of the government, YCDC and the fire ...

   5th ~ 6th August 2019 – UN-Habitat in partnership with the Department of Urban Housing Development, Ministry of Construction supported the Yangon Region Government to organize a two-day workshop titled “Slums and Informal Settlements in Yangon: The Way Forward” on 5th and 6th of August at the Summit Parkview Hotel in Yangon. The Chief ...

President U Win Myint announced the two new policies – the National Environmental Policy and the Myanmar Climate Change Policy – at an event marking World Environment Day in the capital. More than 400 attended the announcement, including senior government officials from Union ministries, states and regions and representatives from civil society, academic institutions, businesses ...

  With the coordination of the International Cooperation Study Program by Fukuoka Prefecture Government and the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and Pacific ROAP, ten students from different universities in Fukuoka made a two-day study visit to UN-Habitat, Myanmar and its project sites from 25 to 26 Feb 2019. On the first day, the visiting ...

    Yangon City, Myanmar, 18 February 2019 – A grant aid agreement signed between Mr. Ichiro Maruyama, Japan’s Ambassador to Myanmar and Mr. Bijay Bahadur Karmacharya, Country Programme Manager in Myanmar for UN-Habitat aims to improve management of rubbish in Yangon City. The USD 5.5 million project will support the introduction of the Fukuoka ...

   Photo 1: Deputy Minister of Ministry of                    Photo 2: Experts from UN-Habitat, DUHD, Construction H.E. U Kyaw Linn delivering                  Parliamentarians and Participants the Opening Address Nay Pyi Taw, 14 December 2018 – The National Consultation Workshop titled “Towards ...

       November 16, 2018, Yangon – A Handover Ceremony for the Yoma Housing Project – Phase II for the poorest and most vulnerable families took place this morning in South Dagon Township in Yangon Region. Yoma Housing was constructed under the funding of the Government of Japan/JICA and implemented by UN-Habitat. The Phase I ...

     Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (31 October 2018) – Today is the final day of the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) programme which has supported the Government of Myanmar to integrate climate change considerations into its reform and development agenda over the last five years. The final dissemination workshop ...