UN-Habitat Lebanon

Lebanon is a nation of cities and almost 90% urban by population. UN-Habitat works to support the urban development of the country within the agencys mandate of promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities at both national and local levels. UN-Habitat Lebanon supports local and national authorities in urban data gathering and analysis, urban upgrading, climate change adaptation, housing rehabilitation, city planning, municipal governance, public spaces, mobility, policy, planning, basic services, housing, land and property rights and much more. As part of the agencys advocacy efforts, UN-Habitat Lebanon in partnership with ESCWA held the First National Urban Forum of Lebanon in 2022 placing cities at the centre of the future development discourse of the country in addition to several other streams of work. Established in 2006, the UN-Habitat Lebanon Country Programme has also supported Lebanons response and recovery efforts to several crises, includ...