4 May. 2021, Bamyan. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan continues to implement the national City for All programme including by issuing and distributing land Occupancy Certificates (OCs) to residents of informal areas to improve tenure security for residents. Since the launch of GoIRA’s City for All programme, UN-Habitat has been supporting the ...

Kabul, Afghanistan, 08 April 2021 – Eighty-two municipal and urban governance officers, including culture and gender specialists from 52 municipalities across 33 Afghanistan provinces, took part in a workshop to share experiences, lessons learned and best practices on urban governance, safety and security in Afghanistan cities. Urban safety and security are the building blocks of the ...

The Land Bank database system development was muted at the start of 2018, to identify, undertake land inventory, cadastral mapping, and registration of State and public lands of Afghanistan. The pilot undertaking required the employment of Geo-spatial Land survey technologies embedded in the offices of The Independent Land Administration Authority in Afghanistan (ARAZI). ARAZI as ...

7 December 2020, Kandahar. The Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) was officially inaugurated in Kandahar municipality by Mr. Hayatullah Hayat, Governor of Kandahar Province, Mr. Rafeiullah Hayat, Mayor of Kandahar, Mr. Muhammad Amin Tokhi, Revenue Director of the Deputy Ministry for Municipalities and UN-Habitat officials. IFMS is a digital system to manage invoicing and collection ...

Nairobi – Vienna – New York – Amsterdam – Kabul. 2 December 2020. A new digital land registry for urban informal settlements at the Ministry of Urban Development and Land in Afghanistan is set to address access to secure land rights, one of the key causes and results of conflict in the country. The land ...

Kabul, Afghanistan, 11 November 2020 – The Kingdom of the Netherland and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation contributed USD 17,000,000 to assist the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, through the technical assistance of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), for the Afghanistan Urban Safety and Security Programme (AUSSP).   The AUSSP is being ...

Mazar-e-sharif, 31 October 2020. The Directorate of Urban Development and Land in Balkh province has distributed land occupancy certificates (OCs) to residents of informal settlements in Mazar city. The OC programme is administered by the Ministry of Urban Development and Land (MUDL) and supported by UN-Habitat with funding from the EU under the City for ...

As is similar to many other cities, Nili city is also one of the conservative areas of Afghanistan that firmly holds onto traditional, cultural, and social beliefs, that limit older girls’ participation in sports. This issue was raised by youth representatives at the Consultation Council meetings, who sought the assistance of the Community Policing Unit/Police-e-Mardumi ...

22 October 2020 – Herat. The Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS), a digital system to manage invoicing and collection of municipal revenues, was officially inaugurated in Herat municipality by Dr. Noor Ahmad Haidari, the Deputy Governor of Herat Province, Mr. Ghulam Hazrat Mushfaq, the Mayor of Herat, the revenue director of DMM/IDLG and UN-Habitat officials. ...

Wishing you all a healthy, safe, prosperous Nowruz 1399, New Year ...