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This course explains and illustrates the New Urban Agenda in an easily accessible format. This first part of the course explains the core dimensions of the New Urban Agenda.

The course is intended for anyone with an interest in sustainable urbanization. It is particularly useful to public civil servants, mayors, local government officials, architects, urban planners, NGO workers and volunteers, and employees of international organizations.

Start date: Whenever you want. This is a self-paced course.
Duration: About 3 hours.
Fees: None

تقدم الخطة الحضرية الجديدة إرشادات واضحة حول كيفية مساهمة التوسع الحضري الذي يُدار ويُخطّط له بشكل محكم في الإسراع نحو تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة. سيتمكن المتعلمون من شرح أهمية الخطة الحضرية الجديدة والتحضر المستدام في ظل الظروف الراهنة، وفهم وشرح أبعاد الخطة الحضرية الجديدة ومفاهيمها المختلفة. تستند هذه الدورة التدريبية إلى دليل الخطة الحضرية الجديدة

الفئة المستهدفة:

-        موظفو الخدمة المدنية؛  

-        رؤساء البلديات ومسؤولو الحكومة المحلية؛  

-        المهندسون المعماريون والمخططون الحضريون؛  

-        العاملون في المنظمات غير الحكومية والمتطوعون فيها؛

-        موظفو المنظمات الدولية؛

-        أي شخص مهتم بالتحضر المستدام.

الرسوم: مجانية

The objective of this course is to understand:

• What NUP is and its role towards sustainable urbanization
• The NUP process and how it is conducted in practice
• How to conduct the NUP assessment/review
• How NUP relates to other sectors

This course explains and illustrates the New Urban Agenda in an easily accessible format. The second part of the course explains the means of implementation of the New Urban Agenda. 

The course is intended for anyone with an interest in sustainable urbanization. It is particularly useful to public civil servants, mayors, local government officials, architects, urban planners, NGO workers and volunteers, and employees of international organizations.

Start date: Whenever you want. This is a self-paced course.
Duration: About 3.5 hours.
Fees: None

This course is accessible exclusively for UN-Habitat employees in possession of an enrollment key.

At the end of this Basic Training, you will have learned:

• What the Environmental and Social Safeguards System 3.0 is;
• Why an Environmental and Social Safeguards System is critical for our project and programme management;
  
• The key concepts of the Environmental and Social Safeguards System 3.0;
• Where to find additional reference material to implement the Environmental and Social Safeguards System 3.0

Materials & Duration:
30 minutes, including final quiz

This course explains and illustrates the New Urban Agenda in an easily accessible format. The second part of the course dives into the means of implementation of the New Urban Agenda. 

The course is intended for anyone with an interest in sustainable urbanization. It is particularly useful to public civil servants, mayors, local government officials, architects, urban planners, NGO workers and volunteers, and employees of international organizations.

Start date: Whenever you want. This is a self-paced course.
Duration: Entirely up to you - you can proceed at your own pace.
Fees: None

This online course will introduce you to the first steps to develop in a participatory and inclusive manner municipal solid waste management strategies and action plans based on data. This will help your city to achieve waste related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and move towards a circular economy.

The course is intended for all solid waste professionals, city officials involved in municipal solid waste management, and anyone interested in guidance on how to achieve waste related SDGs.

Start: Self-paced course
Duration: 6 modules, between 1-2 hours per module
Fees: None
Certificate: Yes, after completing and passing the final test

هذه الدورة هي الثانية من دورتَين تشرحان وتوضحان الخطة الحضرية الجديدة بأسلوب ميسّر. نركز هنا على وسائل تنفيذ الخطة الحضرية الجديدة. وتقدم الخطة الحضرية الجديدة إرشادات واضحة حول كيفية مساهمة التوسع الحضري الذي يُدار ويُخطّط له بشكل محكم في الإسراع نحو تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة. تستند هذه الدورة التدريبية إلى دليل الخطة الحضرية الجديدة

الفئة المستهدفة:

-        موظفو الخدمة المدنية؛  

-        رؤساء البلديات ومسؤولو الحكومة المحلية؛  

-        المهندسون المعماريون والمخططون الحضريون؛  

-        العاملون في المنظمات غير الحكومية والمتطوعون فيها؛

-        موظفو المنظمات الدولية؛

-        أي شخص مهتم بالتحضر المستدام.

مدة الدورة: 3.5 ساعة

الرسوم: مجانية

Este curso explica e ilustra la Nueva Agenda Urbana en un formato fácilmente accesible.

El curso está dirigido a cualquier persona interesada en la urbanización sostenible. Resulta especialmente útil para funcionarios públicos, alcaldes, funcionarios de gobiernos locales, arquitectos, planificadores urbanos, trabajadores y voluntarios de ONG y empleados de organizaciones internacionales.

This course is accessible with an enrollment key given exclusively by invitation.

This course will provide you with the necessary skills to develop housing policy for your local areas, within the overall framework of your country’s national polices and plans. This has been developed by UN-Habitat in partnership with the Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Human Settlements (EAROPH).

This course, targeting the Asia Pacific region specifically, is primarily designed to assist leaders and officials in national, state and local governments to develop local policies that align with national objectives, and to guide implementation in a way that is appropriate for local conditions.

Start: Self-paced course
Duration: ~12 hours (2 hours per module)
Fees: None
Certificate: Yes, upon completion of all modules and passing the quizzes

Este curso explica e ilustra la Nueva Agenda Urbana en un formato fácilmente accesible. La segunda parte del curso explica los medios de implementación de la Nueva Agenda Urbana.

El curso está dirigido a cualquier persona interesada en la urbanización sostenible. Resulta especialmente útil para funcionarios públicos, alcaldes, funcionarios de gobiernos locales, arquitectos, planificadores urbanos, trabajadores y voluntarios de ONG y empleados de organizaciones internacionales.

Ce cours en ligne vous présentera les premières étapes pour développer de manière participative et inclusive des stratégies de gestion des déchets solides municipaux et des plans d'action basés sur des données. Cela aidera votre ville à atteindre les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) liés aux déchets d'ici 2030 et à évoluer vers une économie circulaire.

Le cours est destiné à tous les professionnels des déchets solides, aux responsables municipaux impliqués dans la gestion des déchets solides municipaux et à toute personne intéressée par des conseils sur la façon d'atteindre les ODD liés aux déchets.

Démarrage : Cours à votre rythme
Durée : 6 modules, entre 1 et 2 heures par module
Frais  : Aucun
Certificat : Oui, après avoir terminé et passé le test final

Этот курс объясняет и иллюстрирует Новую повестку дня городов в легкодоступном формате. Эта первая часть курса объясняет основные аспекты Новой программы развития городов.

Курс предназначен для всех, кто интересуется устойчивой урбанизацией. Он особенно полезен государственным служащим, мэрам, должностным лицам местных органов власти, архитекторам, градостроителям, работникам и волонтерам НПО, а также сотрудникам международных организаций.

Дата начала: когда захотите. Этот курс для самостоятельного изучения.
Продолжительность: около 3 часов.
Плата: Нет

Этот курс объясняет и иллюстрирует Новую повестку дня городов в легкодоступном формате. Эта вторая часть курса, в которой рассматриваются Средства осуществления Новой программы развития городов. 

Курс предназначен для всех, кто интересуется устойчивой урбанизацией. Он особенно полезен государственным служащим, мэрам, должностным лицам местных органов власти, архитекторам, градостроителям, работникам и волонтерам НПО, а также сотрудникам международных организаций.

Дата начала: когда захотите. Это курс для самостоятельного изучения.
Продолжительность: около 3 с половиной часов.
Плата: Нет

Kursus daring ini memperkenalkan langkah pertama untuk mengembangkan strategi dan rencana aksi pengelolaan sampah kota secara partisipatif dan inklusif berdasarkan data. Ini akan membantu kota Anda mencapai Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (Sustainable Development Goals/SDG) terkait persampahan pada tahun 2030 dan bergerak menuju ekonomi sirkular.

Kursus ini ditujukan untuk semua tenaga profesional di bidang persampahan, pejabat kota yang terlibat dalam pengelolaan sampah kota dan siapapun yang tertarik untuk mengetahui cara mencapai SDG terkait persampahan.

Mulai: Kursus Mandiri
Durasi: 6 modul, antara 1-2 jam per modul
Biaya: Tidak ada
Sertifikat: Ya, setelah menyelesaikan kursus dan lulus ujian akhir

This course is under development and will be available soon.

This course module provides an overall understanding of the significance of Urban-Rural linkages to sustainable urbanization and integrated territorial development.

It also provides a detailed overview and methodologies of localizing the Urban-Rural Linkages Guiding Principles (URL-GP) and Framework of Action

Start: This is a self-paced course
Duration: Each module takes about 1-2 hours
Fees: None
Certificate: Awarded after completing and passing the final test

Este curso estará disponible próximamente.

Este curso online le presentará los primeros pasos para desarrollar de forma participativa e inclusiva estrategias de gestión de residuos sólidos municipales y planes de acción basados en datos. Esto ayudará a su ciudad a alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) relacionados con los residuos para 2030 y a avanzar hacia una economía circular.

El curso está dirigido a todos los profesionales de los residuos sólidos, los funcionarios de la ciudad que participan en la gestión de residuos sólidos municipales, y cualquier persona interesada en la orientación sobre cómo lograr los ODS relacionados con los residuos.

Comienza: Curso autodidáctico
Duración: 6 módulos, entre 1-2 horas por módulo
Costes: Ninguno
Certificado: Sí, tras completar y aprobar el examen final

This course introduces you to the concept of Ecosystem-based Adaptation, and guides you in the planning and implementation of Ecosystem-based Adaptation projects. This will help your city to implement local climate action, contributing to achieving the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The course is intended for local and national government staff, and local stakeholders working with urban development, including NGOs, CBOs, the private sector, as well as employees in the United Nations and other international organizations, as well as anyone who wants to find out more about Ecosystem-based Adaptation at the local level.

Start date: Whenever you want. This is a self-paced course.
Duration: About 2 hours.
Fees: None

This course includes self-paced e-learning training modules which present descriptive and practical step-by-step guidance on how to compute SDG 11+ indicators. It is aimed at strengthening national and city capacities in collecting, analyzing, and monitoring the urban SDG indicators.

This training course is intended for all the professionals involved in monitoring and reporting on SDG 11 indicators and anyone who wishes to get guidance in the monitoring process.

This course includes self-paced e-learning training modules which present descriptive and practical step-by-step guidance on how to compute SDG 11+ indicators. It is aimed at strengthening national and city capacities in collecting, analyzing, and monitoring the urban SDG indicators.

This training course is intended for all the professionals involved in monitoring and reporting on SDG 11 indicators and anyone who wishes to get guidance in the monitoring process.

This course covers the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. The modules present the international frameworks such as the SDGs and the NUA guiding slum upgrading and introduces the topic of slum upgrading linked to urban development challenges. Furthermore, the module provides information on the approach to slum upgrading integrating UN-Habitat's guiding principles for slum upgrading, the crosscutting issues (Gender, Human Rights and Climate Change) and the importance of a participatory approach for successful and sustainable slum upgrading.  Principles for participatory slum upgrading are overarching and relevant to all stakeholders at all levels: global, national, city and community level, to ensure effective participation and impactful and sustainable interventions.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the second (2) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. This module presents the importance of building integrated communication and partnership strategies for increased visibility, awareness and sensitization on the achievements and challenges of slum upgrading for mobilisation of partnerships, resources and for a mindset change towards slums. The module also provides tools to build the strategies.

Communication and partnerships have a broad outreach at global level for increased advocacy and awareness. Participatory Slum Upgrading is a collaborative effort between several different stakeholders including national governments, city councils, community representatives in slum neighbourhoods, all of whom must be informed on the challenges, principles and mechanisms of slum upgrading at all stages of the participatory slum upgrading process.

Duration: 1 to 2 hours

This module is the fourth (4) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. This module focusses on how to establish a multi-governance framework and institutional set up for enabling slum upgrading at country and city level. The module further presents the methodology to conduct the stakeholder mapping and analysis, key step in the PSUP methodology. This stakeholder mapping and analysis will ensure that stakeholders at all levels – national, city, and community - are well-represented and participate in the process of slum upgrading.

For effective slum upgrading, all stakeholders need to be involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of actions. The institutional set up for slum upgrading is relevant to stakeholders at community, city and national level as they all have a role to play in participatory slum upgrading.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the fifth (5) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. It presents what an enabling policy and regulatory environment for slum upgrading looks like and provides guidelines and tools to review the current regulatory and policy frameworks.

Building an enabling environment for slum upgrading is key at national level, with the establishment of guidelines, policies and legislation for urban development but concerns also stakeholders at regional and city level.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the sixth (6) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. The City-Wide Slum Upgrading Strategy (CWSUS) is central to the approach as it enables to define a vision for slum upgrading at city level, promoting the coordination of actions at city level, the participation and engagement of stakeholder and interventions which are incremental, targeted, city wide and concrete and implementable. The City-Wide Slum Upgrading Strategy methodology, which incorporates several of the topics introduced in the previous modules such as the stakeholder analysis, the data collection through the slum situation analysis and the review of the legal and regulatory frameworks aims at identifying priority areas of intervention and at designing area-based priority actions in the short, medium and long term.



City-Wide Slum Upgrading strategies (CWSUS) are relevant at city level as they provide a programmatic way of addressing the challenges of informal settlements focusing on the city scale. Furthermore, CWSUS inform strategies at national level and the interventions at neighbourhood level.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

An effective and sustainable financing strategy is essential to ensure a programme can deliver at scale. As part of PSUP’s capacity-building agenda, the objective of this course is to introduce stakeholders to the process of developing a financing strategy and to show how it can help in effectively implementing a city-wide slum upgrading strategy. This is fundamental to the successful leveraging of national and international funds, in addition to community and private sector contributions.
This course covers:
• What financing strategies are
• Why financing strategies are essential for slum-upgrading at scale
• What principles underpin a financing strategy for slum-upgrading and
• How these principles can form the building blocks of an effective and sustainable financing strategy (with case studies).

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the eighth (8) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. The module focusses on why community engagement is key to move from the definition of strategies at city level to area-based interventions at neighbourhood level. This module provides a methodology with the steps and standards for community sensitization, mobilization, organization and participation in slum upgrading in the framework of neighbourhood-based interventions.

Communities, as the primary beneficiaries, are amongst the most relevant stakeholders to engage across all phases for successful slum upgrading. Understanding how organised communities could contribute to the slum upgrading process is key.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the ninth (9) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. The module presents a methodology for participatory neighbourhood planning. The methodology described will ensure the participatory definition of a vision for the development of the neighbourhood for increased sustainability of the investments and continuous community engagement.

The methodology described for participatory neighbourhood planning ensures the materialization of the vision of the neighbourhood by the community and provides a path for the development of the neighbourhood. This module is in particularly relevant at community level.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the tenth (10) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. The module describes the methodology for the implementation of the pilot interventions addressing the 5 slum deprivations. The pilot interventions are defined at neighbourhood level by the City-Wide Slum Upgrading Strategies, aligned to the neighbourhood plan and can be replicated in other areas.

Understanding how to set up and implement transformative projects addressing the five slum deprivations is key at community level.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the eleventh (11) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. The module focuses on the set up of Community Managed Funds for the involvement of the community in slum upgrading implementation as a mean to address the five slum deprivations but also to promote the local economy.

Community Managed Funds (CMF) provide communities with the opportunity to identify, design, implement and monitor projects to enhance the living conditions in their neighbourhood and to improve their livelihoods. Knowledge on how to set up CMF is hence key at community level.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the twelfth (12) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. The module explains how to upscale slum upgrading interventions through the enlargement of the areas of intervention -by replicating pilot interventions, the scope of action – by adding complementary dimensions to interventions, resources - by leveraging investments or increasing the cost-efficiency of interventions, synergies -by enhancing coordination and creating partnerships.

Upscaling slum upgrading means to move from one-off, isolated projects to a sustainable programme that improves all slums in a coordinated and incremental manner.
This can only be achieved is efforts at global, national, city and community level are aligned.

This thematic module developed in the framework of the PSUP describes the tools for the management, monitoring and evaluation of slum upgrading programmes and activities. The module introduces what Results Based Management (RBM) is, presents the theory of change concept, and develops on the tools of the Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) and the Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF).

This module focuses on the importance of private sector engagement as a sustainable strategy for the implementation of slum upgrading solutions. The key topics covered include what private sector partnerships can bring to participatory slum upgrading, why these partnerships are important, common approaches to private sector engagement and critical factors that lead to a successful engagement.

Duration:1 to 2 hours

This module is the third (3) out of 12 modules describing the methodology for slum upgrading developed through the PSUP. This module focuses on the importance of profiling, data collection and defining indicators to set baselines, monitor implementation and for data-based decision making. Furthermore, the module provides the tools and methodology to conduct national and city profiles and the slum situation analysis at city level.

The collection of data is key at national level, for data-based decision making, at city level, to inform key areas of intervention, and community level, to ensure that interventions are aligned with the priorities and respond to the situation on the ground.

This course includes self-paced e-learning training modules which present descriptive and practical step-by-step guidance on how to compute SDG 11+ indicators. It is aimed at strengthening national and city capacities in collecting, analyzing, and monitoring the urban SDG indicators.

This training course is intended for all the professionals involved in monitoring and reporting on SDG 11 indicators and anyone who wishes to get guidance in the monitoring process.

This course provides an overall understanding of the significance of Urban-Rural linkages to sustainable urbanization and integrated territorial development.

It also provides a detailed overview and methodologies of localizing the Urban-Rural Linkages Guiding Principles (URL-GP) and Framework of Action

Start: This is a self-paced course
Duration: Each module takes about 1-2 hours
Fees: None
Certificate: Awarded after completing and passing the final test

This course is under development and will be available soon.

Explore what durable solutions means for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in this 3.5-hour online course. Developed by GP2.0 Initiative on Internal Displacement and UNHCR, the course covers frameworks, key planning and partnership tools, as well as practical strategies to advance durable solutions for IDPs.

This course is designed for urban stakeholders working on issues related to IDPs, including local, subregional and national government officials, NGOs and CSOs, academics, private sector actors, students, communities affected by displacement, and other humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors, as well as anyone interested in the challenges faced by IDPs.

This online course will introduce you to the first steps to develop in a participatory and inclusive manner municipal solid waste management strategies and action plans based on data. This will help your city to achieve waste related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and move towards a circular economy.

The course is intended for all solid waste professionals, city officials involved in municipal solid waste management, and anyone interested in guidance on how to achieve waste related SDGs.

Start: Self-paced course
Duration: 6 modules, between 1-2 hours per module
Fees: None
Certificate: Yes, after completing and passing the final test

Ce cours explique et illustre le Nouvel Agenda Urbain dans un format facilement accessible. Cette première partie du cours en presente les principaux axes.

Il s’adresse à toute personne intéressée par l'urbanisation durable. Il est particulièrement utile aux fonctionnaires, aux maires, aux responsables des collectivités locales, aux architectes, aux urbanistes, aux travailleurs et bénévoles des ONG et aux employés des organisations internationales.

Date de début : Quand vous le souhaitez
Durée : Environ 3 heures
Frais : Aucun

Ce cours explique et illustre le Nouvel Agenda Urbain dans un format facilement accessible. Cette partie a pour objet les moyens de mise en œuvre du Nouveau Programme pour les villes.

Il s’adresse à toute personne intéressée par l'urbanisation durable. Il est particulièrement utile aux fonctionnaires, aux maires, aux responsables des collectivités locales, aux architectes, aux urbanistes, aux travailleurs et bénévoles des ONG et aux employés des organisations internationales.

Date de début : Quand vous le souhaitez
Durée : Environ 3.5 heures
Frais : Aucun

This course explores the essential role that urban law plays in addressing the challenges of climate change. It delves into UN-Habitat’s Urban Law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit which is a valuable resource for countries, local governments, professionals, academia, and other stakeholders seeking to adapt their urban planning and environmental regulations and policies to manage climate change effectively.

Start: This is a self-paced course
Duration: Each module takes about 40 to 60 minutes to complete
Fees: None
Certificate: Awarded after completing all modules and passing the final test

This course is accessible exclusively for UN-Habitat partners in possession of an enrollment key.

At the end of this Basic Training, you will have learned:

• What the Environmental and Social Safeguards System 3.0 is;
• Why an Environmental and Social Safeguards System is critical for our project and programme management;
  
• The key concepts of the Environmental and Social Safeguards System 3.0;
• Where to find additional reference material to implement the Environmental and Social Safeguards System 3.0

Materials & Duration:
30 minutes, including final quiz

This is the GWOPA test course

Test course description