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Young People  
View Details Although the proportion of young people in cities is growing rapidly, few studies take into account the diversity of and views on their urban experiences. This is an examination of the lives, capacities, and agencies of urban youth in the developing ...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 104, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Guía para la Prevención con Jóvenes: Hacia Políticas de Cohesión Social y Seguridad Ciudadana  
View Details Esta Guía, parte de una serie de Publicaciones del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos, ONU-HABITAT y elaborada por la Universidad Jesuita Alberto Hurtado de Chile, ofrece herramientas para las personas u organizaciones que...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 135, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Evaluation of the UN-HABITAT Youth Programme & Urban Youth Fund  
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The evaluation of the UN-Habitat Youth Programme was mandated by UN-Habitat Governing Council resolution 21/6, which, among other things, requested the Executive Director to establish the Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-led Development, and und...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 60, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Youth Centre Setup Guide  
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Planning is half the job. Starting a centre is a huge task. Here is some practical advice and important things to remember in the process

This manual exists as one of a growing library of materials produced by UN-HABITAT for use by and in U...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Information Work and Youth  
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This manual is about the core principles and procedures for the starting up of, delivery of, and monitoring of One Stop Youth Information Resource Services. Using the guidelines within this manual will enable service users (and potential users) to...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 72, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Community Mapping Guide  
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The concept of One Stop Centres grew out of a collaborative process with key stakeholders including youth, municipal leaders, and UN-HABITAT. The centres are envisioned to provide youth with safe spaces in urban settings where they can meet and ta...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Entrepreneurship Programming for Urban Youth Centres  
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The purpose of this Guide is to provide Urban Youth Centres, and municipalities in the process of setting up such Centres, with the following:

  • Context information about Urban Youth Centres and issues of youth-led development and under-...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Program Planning and Evaluation In Urban Youth Centres  
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This manual exists as one of a growing library of materials produced by UN-HABITAT for use by and in the One Stop and We Are the Future Urban Youth Centres. Current titles in this series, at time of publication, include:

  • Urban Youth Ce...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the Urban Youth 2010/2011: Leveling the Playing Field  
View Details This report is based on data from UN-HABITAT’s Global Urban Indicator Database, as well as surveys of, and focus group discussions with, selected representative groups of young people in five major cities located in four developing regions: Rio de Ja...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 86, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Ideas To Action  
View Details This report represents the findings of two parallel surveys: a survey on Youth and Harmonious Urbanization and one on Youth-Led Development.
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 32, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Mapping Urban Youth-Led Development  
View Details This report contains the results of an inventory, or mapping, of youth-led initiatives undertaken during the inception phase of the Opportunities Fund. The inventory was conducted to identify and assess existing organisations and initiatives that wou...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 32, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation books for Upper Primary  
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The Magic Waterman

Everyone thinks that Mzee Marende is a witch because he always has enough water, even to spare, when other people do not have water t...

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 16, Type of publication: Book
Guía para la prevención local hacia políticas de cohesión social y seguridad ciudadana  
View Details Esta Guía ha sido realizada en colaboración entre la Agencia de Naciones Unidas HABITAT y la Universidad Jesuita Alberto Hurtado (UAH) de Chile. Quiere ser una herramienta para todas las personas u organizaciones que implementan o deseen implementa...
Year: 2009, Number of pages: 143, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation books for Lower Primary  
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Tomi has a Tummy Ache
Tomi disregards all advice he has been given about drinking clean, boiled water. He regrets it immediately as suffers terribly. Find out w...

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 16, Type of publication: Book
Environment and Urbanization  
View Details This paper summarizes the outcome of an international conference on addressing the issue of urban youth in conflict with the law in Africa. It discusses the most effective responses to youth crime and violence which centre on prevention and inclusion...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 12, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Crime Prevention and Youth at Risk  
View Details This Compendium has been compiled to accompany the Workshop on Strategies and best practices in crime prevention, in particular in relation to urban crime and youth at risk in the context of the 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justi...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 60, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Strategy on Youth at Risk in Latin America  
View Details The goal of this document is to make evident the situation of young people living at risk in Latin America and to propose policies to face this problem.
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 36, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Campaign on Urban Governance: Youth, Children and Urban Governance  
View Details This policy paper forms part of UN-HABITAT’S Global Campaign on Urban Governance. The Campaign fosters the implementation of the Habitat Agenda goal of achieving sustainable human settlements in an urbanising world. Improving urban governance has bee...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 91, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Strategy paper on Urban Youth in Africa  
View Details This strategy paper has been developed in the context of UN-Habitat’s Safer Cities Programme, and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). It forms part of UN-Habitat’s work on urbanization, the inclusive city, the problems of urban yout...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 87, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
A better childhood in the city  
View Details The special needs of children and young people have to be part of urban development and planning - from the beginning and not as an afterthought. Children and young people must be listened to. They must be allowed to take an active role in the commun...
Year: 2007, Number of pages: 11, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
 
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