UN-Habitat established a presence in Myanmar in the early 1990s through 2004 during which time the agency pioneered introducing community-driven development through its flagship “People’s Process” and established the first community-led projects in the Dry Zone, Shan State and the Delta region. The country programme was re-established in 2008 in the context of Cyclone Nargis emergency

This Evaluation Report presents an assessment of the Korea-funded project titled “National Urban Policy Programme: Developing NUPs and Smart City Strategies” carried out between 2017 and 2022. This pilot phase of the NUPP was implemented in three countries: Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar and Niger State, Nigeria. The main target audience for the evaluation report

The Dubai International Award for Best Practices was established in 1995 under the directive of the late Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to recognize initiatives which have resulted in a positive impact on improving the living environment. Since then, more than 5,000 initiatives, which document various ways of solving economic, social and environmental issues from more than 150

The impact of COVID-19 is being most devastatingly felt in the world’s urban areas, especially the urban poor communities including in informal settlements. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us once again of the central role that water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) plays in protecting us from diseases. In 2011, the UN Human Rights

A design and resilience toolkit targeting residents of informal settlements focusing on housing improvements, rainwater harvesting and sanitation.

This report provides the most comprehensive picture of the lives of residents of Yangon’s informal settlements to date. The survey was conducted in seven townships in Yangon: Hlaing Thar Yar, Dagon Seikkan, Insein, Thanlyin, Dala, North Okklappa, and Shwe Pyi Thar, between November and December 2020. The survey team selected 240 households from each township,

UN-Habitat has carried out the initial assessment of the Mandalay General Hospital for non-structural hazards to work towards keeping the hospital functional in a post-earthquake scenario. This assessment included: 1) critical medical equipment in various departments such as the emergency department, operating room, intensive care units, radiology, endoscopy, medical record rooms, pathology labs, and so

Hospitals should have a clear Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to install new equipment within hospitals to avoid damage, losses, and injuries following an earthquake event. The SOP helps ensure that the concerned department and the staff members are aware of the key specifications for installing and anchoring medical equipment in the hospital so that they

Urban poor communities including the homeless, residents of informal settlements, residents at risk of being evicted, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), undocumented persons, low-income renters, as well as homeowners are perhaps at greatest risk from both COVID-19 and the response interventions to it. In this note, we focus on two key actions as critical to protect