In a time where cities are evolving at an unprecedented rate, the need for sustainable urban development has become paramount. DHSUD will gather urban actors and leaders this October for PhUF2023.
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development
The RGHSF aims to be a useful reference for all actors involved in human settlements development, so that they can, together with the government, pursue an action-oriented paradigm shift that will result in safe, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities across the country.
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, in partnership with UN-Habitat Philippines, officially launched the Philippine Urban Forum 2023.
UN-Habitat conducts training of trainers to equip concerned government agencies on enhanced tools in planning for resilient communities.
Ensuring stakeholder participation for its climate resilience initiatives, DHSUD worked with UN-Habitat Philippines to bring together various government agencies and the private sector in recent workshops for upcoming policy milestones.
More than ten years after surviving bone cancer and sustaining an orthopedic disability, Dr. Maureen Ava-Mata has become a staunch advocate of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities nationwide, having a network of 451 organizations.
The city governments of Ormoc and Tagum showcased their local plans for resilient and green recovery (RGR) during the City to City (C2C) Learning Exchange held on December 9-10, 2021 simultaneously in the two cities and virtually.
In a training intended to beef up the department’s policy capacities, officials and middle-managers of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) pushed for ways on how the impacts of pandemic and climate change can be addressed.
Aiming to rebuild and redesign urban spaces and systems to address the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development commenced a series of training on Resilient and Green Recovery Planning.
One hundred seventy families displaced by the 2017 Marawi Siege received certificates of house and lot award from UN-Habitat and its partners, Social Housing Finance Corporation and National Housing Authority.
