Global Disability Summit 2025

2–3 Apr 2025 | Berlin, Germany

Anaclaudia Rossbach

Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Nairobi, Kenya

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USG and Executive Director of UN-Habitat - an economist with over 20 years of experience in housing, informal settlements, and urban policies.

My organisation

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. UN-Habitat is the focal point for all urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system.
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About me

Anacláudia Rossbach is the Executive Director of UN-Habitat and an economist with over 20 years of experience in housing, informal settlements, and urban policies. Prior to this role, Ms. Rossbach was the Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and served as Regional Manager for Cities Alliance, where I founded the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub. Prior to that, with the World Bank, Anacláudia Rossbach oversaw the development and implementation of Brazilian housing and slum-upgrading policies. Ms. Rossbach has actively contributed to global urban policy discussions, and has a strong academic presence in the field.

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