Why should UNICEF focus on environment, urbanization and planning? Every second person on earth lives in a city. By mid-century, two out of three people will live in cities. However, most of the urban growth is taking place in cities in the global South, in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America...
Currently 4.4 billion people live in cities comprising 56 percent of the global population. The current urbanization trends are contradicting the common perception that urbanization and prosperity are synonymous. Most urban growth is happening in low and middle-income countries on the back of...
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a global partnership to achieve sustainable peace and prosperity. Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented both challenge and opportunity, necessitating the use of various tools and approaches to understand how the virus is affecting children and their families all over the world. Effective management of the pandemic relies heavily on individual and community behaviors...
Thailand CO has hired Includovate Pty Ltd to conduct a targeted, iterative and participatory evaluation of its partnerships to capture key stakeholder perceptions, better understand its comparative advantages, and improve the overall strategic positioning of the CP in the Thai context. Specifically...
National Evaluation Capacity Development (NECD) is a fundamental norm endorsed by UNEG. As quoted in our 2018 Revised Evaluation Policy: “UNICEF seeks to help national authorities to evaluate their own programmes and to contribute to the strengthening of evaluation capacity in countries”. The...
The world’s water supply is coming under increasing pressure in a modern society that unfortunately often adopts lots of wasteful habits. Though strides have been made to help make it easier for people to use water more efficiently, there is still a long way to go, and the rising demand for this...
In a message to the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, Pope Francis reiterates the right to drinking water and sanitation, and links access to safe water with the inalienable right to life. The 9th World Water Forum kicked off in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, on Monday. The 21-26 March...
March 22 is World Water Day, a time to focus attention on our most critical natural resource and, unfortunately, most of the recent trends are alarming. The past year has witnessed record-breaking water shortages in the western United States, Brazil, Kenya, southern Europe, and many other places...