UN-HABITAT’s Strategy for the Implementation of the MDG 7, Target 11
3.5
OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
3.5.1 The operational dimension of UN-HABITAT Regional offices are the operational arms of UN-HABITAT. Their main function is to initiate and implement technical cooperation projects and programmes in response to requests from governments and their partners. They provide support to the rationalisation of the global campaigns and to the development of shelter and Before settlement improvements in urban development strategies at Cambodia Photo: Slum Dwellers the national and municipal levels. International They combine normative and operational activities through: - promoting policy reforms consistent with global UN agendas; - building institutional and human capacities; - testing, validating and disseminating norms, policy options and practical tools through large-scale demonstration projects; - supporting the implementation of local and national plans of actions. Since their establishment in 1996 (Rio de Janeiro), 1997 (Fukuoka) and 1998 (Nairobi), the UN-HABITAT regional offices have been funded primarily from extra-budgetary resources generated by operational projects (overhead income – OHU), in combination with financial and in kind support from host cities.
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After settlements improvements in Cambodia Photo: Slum Dwellers International