UN-HABITAT- Partnership Implementing the New Urban Agenda Phase 1 (PINUA 1)

About this project

Contract related to: UN-HABITAT- Partnership Implementing the New Urban Agenda Phase 1 (PINUA 1) - This Action¿s overall objective is `to promote greener, more inclusive and resilient urbanisation and rural development in Kenya¿ and comprises of the following three specific objectives to:1.   Make urban mobility more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable and accessible. 2.   Deliver participatory slum upgrading, land services and low-cost green adequate incremental housing solutions replicable at scale by low-income households.3.   Enhance resilience to drought and other climate change effects of communities in arid and semi-arid lands.To support GoK on the above objectives, the Action proposes the following programmes:The EU-Kenya Green Public Transport Partnership (GPTP) (EU grants of EUR 44 million to EIB and AFD who will lend EUR 220 million in sovereign loans, an EUR 6 million GIZ grant, and EUR 28 million contribution from Government of Kenya) to operationalise Nairobi¿s green public transport. Most importantly, this will provide inclusive and safer commuting and reduce diseconomies of scale caused by traffic congestion. Then it will become Africa¿s first electric bus rapid transit (BRT) line reducing emission and improving ill-health due to pollution.The EU-Kenya-UN Partnership Implementing the New Urban Agenda (PINUA) (an EUR 8 million[1] EU grant to UN Habitat, leading to parallel financing of EUR 1…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 5Gender Equality
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Kenya

Sectors

Low-cost housing

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributes

Places

KE - Kenya

Funded by

European Commission

Implemented by

UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES

Accountable

United Nations Human Settlement Programme

Passes funds through

Directorate-General for International Partnerships

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-PC-27095.

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