Relevant to sector: ++ Monitoring & Evaluation
The monitoring the implementation of work programmes and evaluating the activities of the UN-HABITAT are coordinated by a dedicated unit - the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit. To the Unit is located in the Office of the Executive Director (OED) and reports directly to UN-HABITAT Governing Bodies (Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the Governing Council (GC) through the Executive Director.
More details at: http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=516
Summary
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 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.
Home page: http://www.unhabitat.org/
Related Bodies and Agencies
Monitoring & Evaluation
The monitoring the implementation of work programmes and evaluating the activities of the UN-HABITAT are coordinated by a dedicated unit - the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit. To the Unit is located in the Office of the Executive Director (OED) and reports directly to UN-HABITAT Governing Bodies (Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the Governing Council (GC) through the Executive Director.
More details at: http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=516
Aim & Objectives
The States participating in the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) adopt the goals and principles of adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world.
- the elimination of the practices civil, ethnic and religious strife, violations of human rights, alien and colonial domination, foreign occupation, economic imbalances, poverty, organized crime, terrorism in all its forms, and corruption
- the elimination of all unilateral measures impeding social and economic development
At National Level
- reinforce peace by promoting tolerance, nonviolence and respect for diversity
- settling disputes by peaceful means
At Local Level
Essential to the attainment of safe and secure society is:
- the prevention of crime, through social development
- the promotion of sustainable communities
At International Level
- promote international peace and security
- make and support all efforts to settle international disputes by peaceful means, in accordance with the CHarter of the United Nations
Core Values
- a more stable and equitable world that is free from injustice and conflict
- a just, comprehensive and lasting peace
- social and economic development
Activities
Example Interventions
These are example interventions covered in the actor atlas:
Resources
Operations
Knowledge management, settlements financing, and strategic partnerships at the national and local level, from governments, as explained at: http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=316
Details on the Multilateral Aid Review and its findings are at UK Multilateral Aid Review
A one page summary of the review's UN HABITAT assessment is at http://www.scribd.com/doc/50094279/UN-HABITAT-in-UK-Multilateral-Aid-Review-2011
A response by UN HABITAT is at: http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/9543_98668_DFID_MultilateralAidReview.pdf