VACANCY NOTICE
UN-Habitat

Position: Land Planning Associate
> Assignment country: Nepal
> Expected start date: 01/09/2024
> Sustainable Development Goal: 1. No poverty
> Volunteer category: International UN University Volunteer
> Host entity: UN-HABITAT NPL
> Type: Onsite
> Duration: 6 months
> Number of assignments: 1
> Duty stations: Kathmandu

Details
Mission and objectives
UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future with a mission to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the shared vision of New Urban Agenda, underlines the linkages between good urbanization and job creation, livelihood opportunities, and improved quality of life. With the fast urbanization and narrowing of urban-rural linkages UN-Habitat works in wider fields of areas. The major focus areas of UN-Habitat are:
> Urban legislation, land, and governance,
> Urban planning and design,
> Urban economy,
> Urban basic services,
> Housing and slum upgrading,
> Risk reduction and rehabilitation, and
> Research and capacity development.

Under land, housing and shelter, UN-Habitat hosts the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) an alliance of international partners dedicated to developing, disseminating and implementing pro-poor. gender-responsive land tools that contribute to land reform, and good land governance.

Context
UN-Habitat in Nepal with the GLTN support has been working with the government and other stakeholders in promoting the national land policy and secured tenure of land to the landless and informal settlers. As a follow-up, with the funding of Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) of the Republic of Korea a project “A safety net of innovative land tenure solutions for near-landless sharecroppers and for a greener rural Nepal” is under implementation from 2023 to 2027. The project is implemented in collaboration with Korea Land and Geospatial informatrix Corporation (LX) and Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI).
The objective of the project is to reduce landlessness and scaling up climate-smart land use and farming practices to improve livelihoods of indigenous communities in 4 municipalities in Dang district of Nepal”.
The three Outcome areas are:
Outcome 1: Improved tenure security of near-landless indigenous people including women and youth.
Outcome 2: Near-landless indigenous people including women and youth have increased access to sustainable livelihoods and green economic activities.
Outcome 3: The municipalities plan and promote sustainable, climate smart and inclusive land use.

Application Deadline: 26 May 2024

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