UN-HABITAT

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities, with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
 

UN-HABITAT has developed a number of indicator sets and indexes related to land governance, particularly urban governance. The Global Urban Observatory (GUO), set up by UN-HABITAT, uses an extensive system of indicators, including indicators on land tenure security, as part of its efforts to monitor urban trends. Through GUO, UN-HABITAT supports the Urban Observatory Network of government and non-government organizations engaged in urban monitoring. UN-HABITAT also produces the Urban Governance Index, an advocacy and capacity building tool to assist cities and countries in monitoring the quality of urban governance.