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“Today I learned how to work hard and be self-reliant”, said Joramu, 13 who helped fetch the water needed for mixing the cement. Dakhla, 13, said that, “The classrooms are not in good condition. The objective is to make them better so that we can learn in a good environment.”
Ten young artists from the Academy of Fine Arts had the opportunity to show their work at these two events on this special occasion.
Political parties, civil society and media representatives debate Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2021 at UNDP and PILDAT’s consultation forum
Lebanese women sell clothes at the UNDP-supported Marj market in the village of Marj in the Bekaa Valley, east of Lebanon.
10 February 2014
Photo: Dalia Khamissy/UNDP
Monday, February 10, 2014.
4 June 2020 – UNDP Executive Board session. H.E. Mr. Walton Webson
President of the UNDP Executive Board, and
Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
Group of Latin American and Caribbean States. Screenshot: UNDP
Football star Iker Casillas is appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador in Geneva, 24/1/2011.
(UN Photo/Pierre Virot).
Football star Iker Casillas is appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador in Geneva, 24/1/2011.
(UN Photo/Pierre Virot).
In Montenegro, where existing social services are still lacking, the vulnerable ones continue to face numerous barriers to social inclusion. UNDP is making social services tailored to the needs of the most vulnerable, more accessible, and available in all municipalities.
The number of old, lonely and ill people unable to meet their own basic needs continues to grow in rural areas, some of which are not connected by any sort of organized transport. Due to the lack of state-provided services, transportation and proper infrastructure, elderly rural residents are virtually incapacitated in performing everyday tasks - buying groceries, registration of documents, bill payments and taking to the doctor. In many cases, these people lack the benefits of good health and the support of a family.
Photos: UNDP Montenegro / Milos Vujovic
To celebrate UN Day, UNDP Belarus staff organized a tree planting ceremony in the newly built secondary school in Minsk.
A Syrian female farmer carries a picthfork as she walks amongst plants inside a UNDP-supported farmer's cooperative nursery in the village of Tal Abbas in Akkar, north of Lebanon.
11 February 2014
Photo: Dalia Khamissy/UNDP
Photo: UNDP Bangladesh/Sarah Apu
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, UN Women, UNDP, and UNCDF jointly organized an event in Dhaka with several financial institutions in Bangladesh to highlight the importance of better and easier access to finance for women. The event was an initiative of the “WING: Women’s Empowerment for Inclusive Growth” project, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh.
5 March 2010, Bilwarah, Rajasthan, India -- UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Union Cabinet Minister C P Joshi, accompanied by UNDP officials, on a field trip near Bilwarah in Rajasthan. Miss Clark is on a six-day official trip to India.
Photo: Jay Mandal/UNDP
Football star Iker Casillas is appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador in United Nations Office at Geneva, 24/1/2011. (UN Photo/Pierre Virot).
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and the Minister of International Development, H. E. Mr. Heikki Holmås did a three-day visit to Haiti. They met with Haitian authorities, Haitian people and members of the civil society .During his first visit to Haiti, the Crown Prince of Norway was impressed by the dynamics and resourcefulness of Haitian communities to rebuild their cities and their economy. Photo: UNDP/Haiti
6 March 2010, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India -- UNDP Administrator Helen Clark interacts with local villagers at a roadside reception during a field trip to Bilwarah District in Rajasthan.
Photo: Jay Mandal/UNDP
Wed. 13 September2017, NYC - Opening day of UNDP's exhibition "Survivors" at Photoville in NYC under the Brooklyn Bridge. STORIES OF SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN AFRICA is a UNDP project featuring photographs and stories documented in 2016 across six African countries that have been directly affected by violent extremism – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Somalia and Uganda.The photo essay was shot by the renowned female photographer, Malin Fezehai.
To see more: survivors-of-extremism.undp.org/en?_ga=2.201035052.340749...
Between 2011 and 2016, more than 33,300 Africans lost their lives to violent extremism. The growth of violent extremism has set in motion a dramatic reversal of development gains in Africa, and is also threatening to stunt prospects of development for years to come. Africa bears the brunt of the impact of terrorism in lives lost, economies ruined and relationships fractured. Extremists target public spaces such as markets and bus stations, forcing people to make a choice between risking death by going to work, or risking the very survival of their families.
In response, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa has developed a strategy to prevent and respond to violent extremism through a development lens.
In the photo exhibition, “Stories of Survivors,” the UNDP and photographer Malin Fezehai seek to shed light on and amplify the voices of those who often suffer in silence. Theirs are stories of resilience, perseverance and the triumph of humanity, as they rebuild their lives again. The survivors’ diverse religious, ethnic and national backgrounds highlight that violent extremism is a shared burden, and one that humanity, as a whole, must respond to.
To read about the report and the findings: journey-to-extremism.undp.org
© UNDP / Freya Morales
Copyright: IISD
Caroline Petersen, UNDP, presented a project on EBA in mountain ecosystems in Uganda, Nepal and Peru, noting specific challenges in those ecosystems, including landslides and glacial melting.
5 March 2010, Jaipur, Rajsathan, India -- UNDP Administrator Helen Clark is greeted by Union Cabinet Minister C P Joshi in Jaipur. Both Miss Clark and Mr. Joshi had a day-long field trip to several NREGA projects in Bilwarah District in Rajasthan.
Photo: Jay Mandal/UNDP
UNDP's Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programmes supports the transition of combatants from soldiers into civilians by providing vocational and job training skills. Initiatives such as these provide jobs and foster peace and social cohesion.
Credit photo: ©UNDP/Aude.Rossignol
Click here for more information about UNDP's work in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/crisispreventio...
New York, 2 June 2011 —The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a guidebook on "Catalysing Climate Finance", advising decision makers in developing countries how to tap into growing environmental finance markets.
The guidebook draws on UNDP's experience managing one-thousand multimillion dollar climate projects in 140 countries during the last two decades. It contains a step-by-step guidance for identification and implementation of an optimal mix of public policies and funding instruments to raise climate finance.
The report is being offered at a critical moment, when new sources of public finance, such as a Green Climate Fund, are being established or becoming available.
"In the absence of effective capacity building and appropriate advisory services, there's a significant risk that only a few emerging economies will fully benefit from these positive developments," said Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator. "By some estimates around 90 percent of investments in clean energy go to G20 countries and the remaining 10 percent go to the rest of the world."
Between 2009 and 2010, clean energy sector investments worldwide grew 30 percent to a record US$243 billion. Only about one tenth of investments went into developing economies, which could benefit from greener, less carbon-intensive growth.
Most governments lack the knowledge and capacity to enter the complex and highly technical climate finance landscape where more than 6,000 equity funds and scores of international public funds and carbon markets are active.
"UNDP's global presence, expertise in capacity building, and extensive development finance experience allow us to help countries in this process, by supporting them to develop capacities to attract and drive investments towards sustainable human development," said Rebeca Grynspan.
The governments of developing countries face three major challenges when planning a green, low-emission and climate resilient future: gaining access to new and innovative climate finance sources; creating links between climate change strategies and national development objectives; and identifying how to use limited public finance resources to attract private capital.
"Without doubt public funding is a key element in this equation, alone it will be insufficient to transform economies," said Rebeca Grynspan. "It needs to play a critical role in creating an environment conducive to catalysing larger scale investment."
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark leaves a meeting in quake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday, 18 January, 2010
Mariana Nissen /UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Lebanese young man Waleed looks at the informal tented settlement for Syrian refugees that was set up in his land in the village of Gaza, in the Bekaa Valley, east of Lebanon.
10 February 2014
Photo: Dalia Khamissy/UNDP
Football star Iker Casillas is appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador in Geneva, 24/1/2011.
(UN Photo/Pierre Virot).
Lebanese young man Waleed looks at the informal tented settlement for Syrian refugees that was set up in his land in the village of Gaza, in the Bekaa Valley, east of Lebanon.
10 February 2014
Photo: Dalia Khamissy/UNDP
Photo Credit: UNDP Kenya
As part of its climate priorities, Kenya is focusing its efforts on the preservation, recovery and expansion of this precious environment and the biodiversity it holds. The work offers multiple benefits, from halting desertification to reducing greenhouse gases emissions, while at the same time strengthening the resilience of local communities that depend on forest ecosystems for their livelihoods.
Understanding these benefits, the Government of Kenya took leadership by committing in the country’s 2010 constitution to achieving 10 % tree cover across its land. In June 2022. As long-standing partners supporting the realization of Kenya’s climate and development objectives, UNDP and Japan came forward to contribute to this unprecedented effort. They joined forces with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and partners on the ground to strengthen restoration and protection activities in the Kaptagat Forest Ecosystem, the Kakamega Forest and the Lake Magadi Ecosystem.
Photo story: undp-climate.exposure.co/forests-hold-the-key-to-kenyas-c...