December 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The World Bank and UN-Habitat offices in Sri Lanka have jointly launched a policy note, “Turning Sri Lanka’s Urban Vision into Policy and Action”, aimed at supporting the Government of Sri Lanka achieve its Urban Vision as outlined in the national development policy framework – the Mahinda Chinthana. The policy ...

December 17, 2012, Kalmunai, Sri Lanka. The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit of the Kalmunai Municipal Council was ceremonially opened on 17th December by the Hon. Mayor of Kalmunai, Dr. M. Siraz Meerasahib. UN-Habitat Programme Manager, Laxman Perera, DRR Project Manager, Indu Weerasoori, Municipal Commissioner, J. Liyakath Ali, Council members, senior Government and Local Authority ...

November 2012, Batticaloa and Kalmunai, Eastern province Sri Lanka. Two awareness workshops on “Best Practices for Disaster Resilient Constructions in Coastal Areas” for local contractors, masons, carpenters and members of the Rural Development Society (RDS) were held in the cities of Kalmunai and Batticaloa recently. This is a key output of the project ‘Disaster Resilient ...

November 3, 2012, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit of the Batticaloa Municipal Council was ceremonially opened by Mr. Yoshinobu Fukasawa, Senior Human Settlement Officer of the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia Pacific recently. The DRR Unit is a key component of the project “Disaster Resilient City Development Strategies for Sri Lankan ...

October 2012, Balangoda, Sri Lanka. An awareness programme on “Disaster Resilient Practices for sustainable constructions” for local government officers, technical personnel and the general public was held in Balangoda recently. The workshop is a key output of the project ‘Disaster Resilient City Development Strategies for Sri Lankan Cities’ funded by the Government of Australia, being ...

  The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. This year, World Habitat Day will be celebrated on 1 October 2012. The idea is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right of all, to adequate shelter. It is also intended ...

15th August 2012, Balangoda, Sri Lanka: The rehabilitation of Dorawela Oya (stream) in Balangoda town commenced on Thursday 15th August 2012 with a community driven “Shramadana” (clean-up operation). The rehabilitation of the polluted “Dorawela Oya” stream, which is an important water source for Balangoda town, is a key initiative under the project “Disaster Resilient City ...

This communiqué is aimed at informing the building material suppliers, manufacturers and service providers of the potential large scale need for their products in Northern Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat Sri Lanka is to begin the implementation of a housing programme for conflict affected families in the Northern Province with funding from the Government of India. A ...

5th July 2012, Balangoda, Sri Lanka: A Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) unit was declared open at the Balangoda Urban Council premises by Hon. Gamini Weerasinghe, the Mayor of Balangoda, on 5th of July 2012 under the “Disaster Resilient City Development Strategies for Sri Lankan Cities” project funded by Australian Government (AusAID), and implemented by UN-Habitat. The ...