EU-funded ENPARD programme helps boost agriculture in Armenia
EU-funded ENPARD programme helps boost agriculture in Armenia

Armine Muradyan lives in the Lori region of Armenia, with her husband, two sons, daughter-in-law and grandchild. In the scenic and fairy-tale looking villages nestled among Armenian mountains, the rural life is not a picturesque one: in a country with a high unemployment rate and alarming levels of poverty, the...

UNDP celebrates its 50th anniversary
UNDP celebrates its 50th anniversary
"I watched as people tried to flee the oncoming water" - a 360° tour of flood-ravaged areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina
"I watched as people tried to flee the oncoming water" - a 360° tour of flood-ravaged areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  In this 360° video, we take a look around two cities in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Doboj and Maglaj, that were hit by catastrophic flooding in 2014. Devastating floods Following the river Bosna out of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital, Sarajevo, there are signs of a hardship the country’s...

The European Union, the Islamic Development Bank and UNDP launch the Revitalization of Sultan Suleiman and Salah Eddin Streets in East Jerusalem
The European Union, the Islamic Development Bank and UNDP launch the Revitalization of Sultan Suleiman and Salah Eddin Streets in East Jerusalem

The European Union, the Islamic Development Bank, the Islamic Waqf, Arab Chamber of Commerce and UNDP’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP) launched today the Productivity and Urban Renewal Programme in East Jerusalem (PURE). The programme, with a total value of around USD 22 million,...

Sand and gravel lay the foundation of domestic economies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Sand and gravel lay the foundation of domestic economies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

A once neglected minerals sector may hold the key to tens of millions of jobs across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, at a time when oil and metal exporting countries are grappling with low commodity prices. Major infrastructure ventures and rapid urbanisation (forecasted to increase from 40% in 2010 to 56%...

European Union supports the development of the energy sector in the Republic of Moldova
European Union supports the development of the energy sector in the Republic of Moldova

Moldova Energy and Biomass Project was showcased during an event organized  by the European People’s Party Group in the European Parliament on 6 December 2016 which aimed to present success stories from three countries of the Eastern Partnership – Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. Johannes Hahn, EU...

Photo exhibition raises awareness about the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Syria, showcases EU-UNDP partnership
Photo exhibition raises awareness about the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Syria, showcases EU-UNDP partnership

A photography exhibition which raises awareness about the ongoing humanitarian and development challenges in Iraq and Syria opened today in the European Commission’s Berlaymont Building in Brussels. In Iraq, which hosts over 200,000 Syrian refugees, Reza Visual Academy, a non-profit organization founded by Reza, a...

Development actors must work together to maximise aid impact, says UNDP Administrator Helen Clark
Development actors must work together to maximise aid impact, says UNDP Administrator Helen Clark
Arab Human Development Report 2016: Enabling youth to shape their own future key to progress on development and stability in Arab region
Arab Human Development Report 2016: Enabling youth to shape their own future key to progress on development and stability in Arab region
EU and UNDP launch a EUR 2.4 million programme to boost private sector development in the Gaza Strip
EU and UNDP launch a EUR 2.4 million programme to boost private sector development in the Gaza Strip

The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched today a new programme to rehabilitate and consolidate the Gaza Industrial Estate (GIE). The GIE is intended to work as a catalyst for industrial development in Gaza once fully operational. The new programme will be implemented by the...

EU-UNDP initiative opens first Artificial Limbs Center in Egypt's North West Coast
EU-UNDP initiative opens first Artificial Limbs Center in Egypt's North West Coast

The Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Egypt, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) inaugurated today the Artificial Limbs Center in Marsa Matrouh on the North-West Coast, the first of its kind in this area, which will serve the inhabitants of the...