Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), UN-Habitat

Roi Chiti is an Italian national, holding a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning, an MA in “Development and International Aid”, and an MSc in “Land Use and Water Management”, in addition to other specializations in the field of human settlements planning and management.

Since the late 90’s he has been coordinating and implementing urban development and renewal projects in Italy as an advisor to local governments as well as Mediterranean and Latin American countries within the European Union’s city networks and projects.

At the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs– Department of Development Cooperation (2006-2009) he led integrated development programs on urban infrastructure and basic services in South Sudan and the coastal province of Kenya.

Joined UN-Habitat in 2009 as Kenya Chief Technical Advisor at the Regional Office for Africa, and in 2012, he moved to the External Relations Division/AOC, where he coordinated the substantive programme of three editions of the World Urban Forum (WUF), the premier global platform on sustainable urban development.

Between 2014 and 2017, Roi was seconded to the Habitat III Secretariat to lead the UN drafting team of the New Urban Agenda and coordinate all the relevant knowledge and policy dimensions feeding into its final formulation. He led the main Global Advocacy Platforms (WUF and WUC) at UN-Habitat from 2018-2019, before moving to Santiago de Chile as Coordinator of Regional and UN Interagency frameworks in Latin America and the Caribbean, within the UNECLAC premises. From 2021to 2025, he headed the UN-Habitat Multicountry Office for Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela.

Since June 2025, he has been the Regional Coordinator for Pacific Islands Countries and Territories.