To further strengthen national training capacities, UN-HABITAT is diversifying its training and capacity building approaches, including through online learning. UN-HABITAT has developed the e-course on Key Competencies for Local Elected Leadership, which is based on its widely acclaimed Local Elected Leadership series This course is currently available free of charge and is primarily targeted at elected officials in local governments and leaders in public and civil society organizations.

• A second e-learning course, Introduction to Sustainable Urban Development, is currently under development and will soon be released. The course will aim to improve general awareness, knowledge and develop a clear understanding of sustainable urban development issues for Habitat Agenda partners and thereby drive the importance of sustainable urbanization in the overall development of cities.

More information about the distance learning programme and enrollment for available course(s) can be found on the E-Learning webpage.