November 16, 2018, Yangon – A Handover Ceremony for the Yoma Housing Project – Phase II for the poorest and most vulnerable families took place this morning in South Dagon Township in Yangon Region. Yoma Housing was constructed under the funding of the Government of Japan/JICA and implemented by UN-Habitat. The Phase I ...

     Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (31 October 2018) – Today is the final day of the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) programme which has supported the Government of Myanmar to integrate climate change considerations into its reform and development agenda over the last five years. The final dissemination workshop ...

      A commemorate event on World Habitat Day (WHD) was organized by UN-Habitat Myanmar in Yangon on Monday, 1st October 2018. Frist Monday of October is commemorated as WHD throughout the world as officially designated by the United Nations and first celebrated in 1986. The purpose of the day is to reflect on the ...

  Under ECHO funded program “Building Resilience: Actions for Strengthened Institutions, Communities and Systems in Myanmar”, UN-Habitat, member of Myanmar Consortium for Community Resilience (MCCR), is conducting 5 days (17-21 September 2018) training on ” Basic Disaster Management Course” to township disaster management committee members and other relevant officials from Mingalar Taung Nyut townships. This ...

   13-14 July 2018, Yangon Technical University, Yangon According to its geological location, Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city is situated only about 30 kilometers away from the Sagaing fault. The population of Yangon is about 10% of the whole country and city contributes to almost one third of national GDP. Yangon, not only the economic engine ...

   12 June 2018 – A handing over ceremony of a Multi-purposed Cyclone Shelter together with an Overhead rain water harvesting tank and double unit toilet for Oo Yin Kone village of Labutta township took place on 10 June 2018. U Hla Maung Thein, Director General of Environmental Conservation Department, U Htun Hla, Parliamentarian of ...

      Photo 1: Union Minister for Construction                   Photo 2: Experts from UN-Habitat, OECD with the Ministers H.E. U Han Zaw delivering the Opening speech Nay Pyi Taw, 4 June 2018 – The consultation workshop on 4th June 2018 at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw was ...

  2nd May 2018 – The opening ceremony of road renovation in Buanli village of Tedim township took place on 2nd May 2018, the road was funded by the Government of Japan and implemented by UN-Habitat under ‘The Project for Emergency Support to poor and Vulnerable Communities in Ethnic Areas’. The road is connected from ...

    A Handing Over Ceremony of Multi-Purpose Flood Shelter, Emergency Water tank and Concrete Drainages took place on April 24, 2018 in Ward No.14 in Pakokku, Magway Region. The European Union funded Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) Programme was designed to strengthen capacity in Government, private sector and civil society actors and to facilitate the ...

February 2018 With the coordination of the International Cooperation Study Program by Fukuoka Prefecture Government and the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and Pacific ROAP, six students from different universities in Fukuoka including Kyushu University, Jo Gakuin University, Seinan Gakuin University, University of Teacher Education made a three-day study visit to UN-Habitat, Myanmar and its ...