ANNOUNCEMENT: the upcoming International Urban Design Workshop 19-30 June will include a public program which people can register, more details will be announced soon. For more info:illh.nust.na/IUDW2023

International Urban Design Workshop: Kindly join us Tuesday, 20 June 2023for a public lecture on Resilience as a framework for urban development with Carolina de Crespo and Victor Rico from O-RU Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8e072a52…

INTERNATIONAL URBAN DESIGN: You're invited to Input lecture 1 “Inclusive and sustainable urban development in Namibia” by Thomas Haenert, Team leader: Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development, GIZ Monday, 19 June 2023 11:00 - 12:00 (CAT) Link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

International Urban Design Workshop: Module 1 You are invited to input lecture 2 “Challenging apartheid/colonial legacies in urban development “ by Stephanie Roland, PhD candidate,RMIT University Australia 20 June 2023 11:00-12:30 Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bec9da16…

International Urban Design Workshop: module 1 You are invited to input lecture 3 Urban agriculture in informal settlements by Kambashu Institute. 21 June 2023 11:00-13:00 Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7ba6601a…

International Urban Design Workshop Announcement! Join for online public seminars of the workshop. Links available here: illh.nust.na/IUDW2023

Day 3 - International Urban Design Workshop 2023 - site visits

International Urban Design Workshop: Module 1 You are invited to input lecture 4 Dryland nature-based solutions for informal settlements upgrading schemes in Africa by Jessica Thorn from University of St Andrews 22 June 2023 09:00-10:30 Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c407168a…

International Urban Design Workshop: End of module 1 - Thank you to the ORU team, the jury and the organizing team for this successful engagement with our urban practitioners

International Urban Design Workshop: Kindly join us for public lecture 2 Tuesday, 27 June 2023 by Dr. Kathryn Ewing from Urban Design programme, University of Cape Town on “Urban design as a crossover strategy in urban development” Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a73d4fba…

International Urban Design Workshop: Module 2 You are invited to input lecture 1 “Informal settlement Upgrading in Namibia”by Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia / Namibia Housing Action Group 26 June 15:30-17:00 Link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a7c2ea20…

IUDW_23 Input lecture 2 Dr Philip Luhl Associate Dean, School of Built Environment, NUST: Technical lead for Revision of the National Housing Policy on “Towards adequate housing in Namibia: revision of the National Housing Policy” Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/87a165ec…

International Urban Design Workshop: Module 2 You are invited to input lecture 3 Thiresh Govender from Urban Works on “ The township economy and livelihoods in informal settlement upgrading” Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6eb069d3…

International Urban Design Workshop: Module 2 You are invited to input lecture 4 by Andre Olivier, Managing Director, Bigen Namibia on Densification and infrastructure in urban areas in Namibia. Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1d6bdfa7…

Save the date: "Urban Technology and Collaboration in Informal Settlements" symposium, 14-16 November My NUST Slum Dwellers International African Centre for Cities UNITAC Hamburg UN-Habitat UN_OICT HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU) Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia

Happening now: AUHF Conference in Windhoek, with contributions from key stakeholders in the continent and Namibia, including research, projects and workshops co-organised by My NUST HousingFinanceAfrica Murd_Namibia

Next week: "Urban Technology & Collaboration in Informal Settlements" at My NUST in partnership w/ UNITAC Hamburg Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia Slum Dwellers International African Centre for Cities UN-Habitat Register for online participation here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Open access to articles on "Employment, livelihoods and the world of work" available now online: namsocialjustice.org/docs/volume-ed…

Governance announcement: Institute for Land, Livelihoods and Housing will be co-led by colleagues from the Department of Architecture, Planning and Construction and the Department of Land and Spatial Sciences at My NUST. Read message from the outgoing director Guillermo Delgado: illh.nust.na/node/141