18 March 2025, Colombo, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat Sri Lanka held its first capacity building workshop for the Resilient Settlements for the Urban Poor flagship programme (also known as RISE-UP) at the United Nations Compound in Colombo today. The half-day interactive workshop focused on climate risk and vulnerability assessments, urban diagnostics, data management and social inclusion ...

6 March 2025, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has provided the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council (MC) with a grant of USD 822,100 (LKR 246 million) through UN-Habitat to implement three major initiatives aimed at strengthening the socioeconomic resilience of communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is provided to ...

21 January 2025, Colombo, Sri Lanka. With funding of USD 2 Million from the Adaptation Fund, UN-Habitat is implementing a project in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, to strengthen climate resilience of communities vulnerable to climate change impacts in Mullaitivu District. The project’s first national steering committee meeting was held on 21 January at ...

4 December 2024, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat, in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, is currently implementing a USD 2 Million project funded by the Adaptation Fund to strengthen climate resilience in Mullaitivu District in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. On 4th December, a special meeting was held at the Mullaitivu District Secretariat to review project ...

10th October 2024, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. A delegation from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) visited Nuwara Eliya and Badulla districts from 7th to 10th October to monitor progress of the project Strengthening Socioeconomic Resilience of Communities Affected by the COVID–19 Pandemic in Central and Uva Provinces of Sri Lanka. This project, funded by ...

7 October 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka together with UN-Habitat celebrated World Habitat Day 2024 with a national event at the Ministry of Rural and Urban Development, Housing and Construction in Battaramulla. The event was held under the patronage of Mr. A.M.P.M.B Atapattu, the newly appointed Secretary to the Ministry with ...

7 October 2024, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. To celebrate World Habitat Day 2024, UN-Habitat Sri Lanka in partnership with the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council organised an art competition for youth in Nuwara Eliya on the theme “Your City in 2025”. The prize distribution for the winning entries was held on 7th October at the Nuwara ...

27 August 2024, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat, in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), handed over a state-of-the-art hazardous medical waste transportation truck, fully equipped with cutting-edge facilities to the Regional Directorate of Health Services (RDHS) at the Walapane Hospital in Nuwara-Eliya recently. This initiative, funded by KOICA through the Project Strengthening ...

30 July 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat Sri Lanka held the Inaugural Stakeholder Meeting of the “Enhancing Interregional Knowledge Exchange and Capacities of National Governments in Lao PDR, Madagascar, South Africa, and Sri Lanka on Financing for Urban Sustainable, Net-Zero, Climate Resilient and Nature Positive Development for the Most Vulnerable Urban Communities.” Project under the ...

22nd February 2024, Badulla, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat, in collaboration with KOICA, has successfully completed the renovation of a fertilizer store in Hali Ela DS Division in Badulla District, Uva Province. The renovated Hali Ela Fertilizer Store was handed over to the relevant authorities during a ceremony held on the 22nd of February 2024. The Government ...

UN-Habitat, in collaboration with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has successfully delivered a water bowser equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to the Assistant Commissioner of Local Government (ACLG) Office in Nuwara Eliya. As part of the project “Strengthening Socioeconomic Resilience of the Communities Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic,” this initiative aims to ensure uninterrupted water access for ...

UN-Habitat, in collaboration with KOICA, has successfully completed the renovation of one of the Field Maternal and Child Health Centre (FMCHC) in Ramalankenthurai which comes under the purview of Hanguranketha MOH Division and Hanguranketha DS Division. This facility is now equipped with a continuous water supply. The momentous handing over of the renovated Ramalankenthurai FMCHC ...