Planact’s Executive Director, Fred Kusambiza, was honoured to be invited to the UN-Habitat South Africa Country Office Inauguration, held on 14 July at the UN Building in Pretoria.
The event was hosted by the National Department of Human Settlements (DHS) and marked the establishment of a permanent UN-Habitat office in South Africa and provided an opportunity for engagement between UN-Habitat, government, NGOs and academia working on built environment issues.
As an organisation working on issues within the built environment, Planact is well positioned to develop innovative interventions that generate compelling case studies and inform government programmes and policies.
Planact’s work also aligns with UN-Habitat’s commitment to prioritise vulnerable and marginalised communities, particularly through initiatives that promote inclusive, sustainable, and people-centred human settlements.
The inauguration provided an important opportunity for Planact to strengthen its engagement with UN-Habitat at both national and international levels, while exploring opportunities for collaboration to advance more inclusive, sustainable and resilient approaches to human settlements and the built environment.