UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award 2026 – YOA

Deadline: June 23, 2026

Applications are open for the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award 2026. Launched in 1989, the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award acknowledges people and establishments whose work has contributed to enhancing the standard of city life and advancing sustainable, inclusive, and resilient cities and communities.

The award highlights initiatives that assist go away nobody behind and help the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, notably Sustainable Development Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities.

Award Details

This yr’s World Habitat Day theme will give attention to satisfactory housing for all, underscoring the pressing want to handle the worldwide housing disaster and speed up motion in the direction of protected, inexpensive, accessible, and satisfactory housing.

An estimated 2.8 billion individuals worldwide face some type of housing inadequacy, together with practically 1.1 billion individuals dwelling in slums and casual settlements. Against this backdrop, the Scroll of Honour Award will acknowledge initiatives and achievements that contribute to advancing housing options and sustainable urbanization according to the New Urban Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The winners of the 2026 version will obtain their awards on the international observance of World Habitat Day 2026 on Monday, 5 October 2026.

Eligibility

• Eligible nominees embody people, native and regional governments, civil society organizations, analysis and educational establishments, the non-public sector, media organizations, multilateral businesses, and different entities working to advance satisfactory housing and sustainable city improvement.
• Self-nominations, together with nominations for one’s personal group, programme, institute, or initiative, will not be permitted.

Nomination

The deadline for nominations is June 23, 2026. Winners will likely be chosen and notified in August 2026.

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For extra info, go to UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award.