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Immediate action is needed to step up climate adaptation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
With mounting costs of adaptation, immediate action pays off, says new UNDP report. But region is best placed to intensify its adaptation work.
EU provides EUR 4 million to establish new Home Owners Associations in Ukraine
The European Union, jointly with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched a two-year initiative called “Home Owners of Ukraine for Sustainable Energy Efficiency Solutions (HOUSES)” to…
In Libya, the European Union and UN join efforts to improve access to basic services
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have joined forces to improve access to basic services for the most vulnerable in Libya. This €50 million programme, funded by…
EU-funded initiative to boost the economic and social resilience of Syrians and host communities in Turkey
The two-year project with €50m budget focuses on promoting job creation, strengthening local government capacities and municipal services and delivering Turkish language training for Syrians in 11…
UN and EU inaugurate art installation symbolizing common values
The United Nations and the European Union marked their joint commitment to the common values of the United Nations with the formal opening of Enlightened Universe, an art installation composed of a…
EU – UNDP partnership creates an entirely new energy sector in Moldova
Almost 200,000 people benefit from affordable and clean energy produced in the Republic of Moldova.
Wide inequalities in people’s well-being cast a shadow on sustained human development progress
According to the latest Human Development Index, people living in the very high human development countries can expect to live 19 years longer, and spend seven more years in school, than those living…
Global gathering of artisanal and small-scale miners charts new vision for sustainable development
Over 500 people from more than 70 countries have assembled in Livingstone, Zambia for the International Conference on Artisanal and Small-scale Mining and Quarrying (ASM18) to chart a vision for…
Kosovo’s historic sites to receive € 2 million facelift
The European Union and UNDP have launched the second phase of a programme to renovate Kosovo*’s cultural and religious monuments, involving youth from diverse backgrounds in the rehabilitation and…
UNDP again ranked as one of world’s most transparent development aid organizations
The Aid Transparency Index, produced by the campaign for aid transparency Publish What You Fund, rated UNDP as the second most transparent aid organisation in the world, making it the highest rated UN…
