Africities

UN-Habitat Leads Discussions on Innovative Finance And Conserving Green Spaces At Africities

23 November 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco –  Local governments need to strengthen data collection, increase their revenues and improve technical capacity according to participants in a session on innovative experiences in local finance during the third day of the flagship Africities8 summit. The head of UN-Habitat’s Urban Economy and Finance Branch, Marco Kamiya, opened the session,

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UN-Habitat Leads Africities Session On Effective local Government Planning For Sustainable Development

Marrakesh, Morocco, 22 November 2018  – The second day of the Africities 8 Summit featured a wide range of lively discussions on local government perspectives on gender, youth, transport, local strategies for financing, the environment, gender equality, transport, waste management, safe cities and many other topics. The session on “Planning and programming strategies for transition

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