UNITAC is hiring an Associate Programme Manager Officer to support the implementation of the project “Just transitions in vulnerable places - Towards climate resilient neighborhoods and communities in Ukraine”.

The project will support the recovery efforts of cities affected by the conflict, providing local governments with technology-supported assessments of post-conflict environmental and socio-economic risks as well as housing, land and property assessments that outline pull and push factors, and the preparation of a well-coordinated and durable return. 

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.

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.

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

eThekwini has the largest number of informal settlements of any municipality in South Africa. Currently, it houses over 580 urban informal settlements encompassing 314,000 households, which comprises over a quarter of the city’s population. Continued urbanization and a swingling supply of well-located land have resulted in a multitude of vulnerabilities experienced by its population.

It is a great honour for Germany, for my home town Hamburg and for me to host the United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities (UNITAC).