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13 March 2025

UN-Habitat Innovation team is looking for interested students to apply for an internship and work on digital technologies and innovation in cities. 

The position is located in the Innovation Section within the External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation (ERSKI) Division of UN-Habitat.

 

25 February 2025

Call for Proposals to solicit proposals from interested non-profit and/or civil society organizations to provide technical support in developing a toolkit on use of artificial intelligence (AI) for spatial mapping and analysis for urban planners and policy makers.

We are looking for an organization to conduct desk-based research and interviews to develop a toolkit on how urban planners can adopt AI solutions in undertaking urban planning and addressing urban challenges.

08 December 2022

UNITAC Hamburg has officially launched “Just transitions in vulnerable places – digital solutions for more climate resilient informal areas and climate smart urban recovery of communities affected by crisis”.

31 October 2022

In the framework of Urban October 2022, UNITAC Hamburg hosted "Building Smart Tools for Sustainable Cities", a webinar to learn about the successes and challenges in the process of developing digital tools to support cities in their digital transformation journeys.

11 October 2022

A new UNITAC project aims to create a "Smart City Strategy Toolbox" to support governments develop in an easy way smart city strategies with a people-centred approach.

20 September 2022

The coalition agreement has been signed between the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and UN-Habitat to close the gap in sustainable urban development.

15 July 2022

Held every two years, The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization. From June 26 to June 30, the 11th WUF (WUF11) received participants representing 155 countries who attended the event in person or virtually. 

16 March 2022

A year ago, on 16 March 2021, UNITAC Hamburg was officially launched during a live event.