UNDP Executive Board welcomes appointment of Achim Steiner as new Administrator
UNDP Executive Board welcomes appointment of Achim Steiner as new Administrator

New York – The President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today welcomed the appointment of Achim Steiner as the Organization’s new Administrator. Mr Steiner’s nomination for UNDP Administrator was forwarded by Secretary-General António Guterres to the General Assembly, which today confirmed him as the Administrator of UNDP for a term of four years.

New Municipal Solid Waste Recovery and Recycling Contract Improves Livelihood of Waste Pickers in Jordanian landfills
New Solid Waste Recovery and Recycling Contract Improves Livelihood of Waste Pickers in Jordanian Landfills

Jordan generates 2.2 million tons of solid municipal waste per year, growing annually by 5% of which only 7% is recycled or salvaged mainly by the informal sector. According to the National Solid Waste strategy, formalizing the informal waste recycling and materials recovery sector has become an economic opportunity to sustain landfill infrastructure, improve livelihood of many poor marginalized Jordanians and offer decent jobs for Syrian refugees and host communities.

Launch of new Infrastructure at Al-Ekeider Landfill in Irbid
Launch of new Infrastructure at Al-Ekeider Landfill in Irbid

New management buildings and infrastructure have been launched today at Al-Ekeider landfill under the patronage of the Minister of Municipal Affairs Eng. Walid Al-Masri, Canada’s Ambassador to Jordan Peter MacDougall and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director Sara Ferrer Olivella. The launch...

Middle East and North African Governments have Identified Common Needs to Boost Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
Middle East and North African Governments have Identified Common Needs to Boost Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

Government delegations from 13 Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries have met to address long–term climate change challenges and to consider National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

The Art of Recycled Furniture
The Art of Recycled Furniture

It took a lot of courage from Hiba Abu-Abdoh, 32 years old, to join UNDP’s Emergency Employment Project (3x60) approach only 3 months after losing her little daughter due to a medical error. She overcome her grief for the sake of supporting her family at first; later she found out being engrossed in the project has given her a new hope for the future and transformed her life completely.

Eco- Toilets installed in Petra
Eco- Toilets installed in Petra

Based on the success of the first phase of the ECOLOO toilets UNDP/BITS project, funded by GEF, has provided Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) with TEN new units beside the first four units delivered in the first phase, the new unit’s will help PDTRA in term of providing the toilet services...

JORDAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015
JORDAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015

This report shows that local regional disparities should be of significant importance to policy makers in their development efforts.

UNDP and MADRASATI Cooperate to Ensure Safe and Supportive Learning Environments for Students in Zarqa Governorate
UNDP and MADRASATI Cooperate to Ensure Safe and Supportive Learning Environments for Students in Zarqa Governorate

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Madrasati Initiative "my school" five student clubs under the name of Masahati "my space" were established and equipped

Human Development Report 2016
Youth and women among those being left behind as the Arab region develops, UNDP Report warns

Gap set to widen unless deep-rooted development barriers, including discrimination and unequal political participation, are tackled.

UNDP's Project Unleashed Our Inner Entrepreneur
UNDP's Project Unleashed Our Inner Entrepreneur

Mariam Banian (Um Adham), 38 years old is a mother of 6 kids who has never dreamt of being the owner of an outlet shop located on the main road of Mghayer Al-Sarhan area in Mafraq. Her husband’s disability has been always a challenge but her soaring high spirits and his support of her business endeavors lead to her life-changing experience at UNDP’s Emergency Employment Project (3x6 approach) project.

UNDP Awards Small Grants to 9 NGOs
UNDP Awards Small Grants to 9 NGOs

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed grant agreements with the total amount of 525 thousand dollars today with nine non-governmental Jordanian organizations in the area of natural resources’ conservation.

Delicious Food Turned Into a Fruitful Business
Delicious Food Turned Into a Fruitful Business

  Both in their 30’s, Eman a single woman and Dhayeh a widow with a school-age daughter came together by means of UNDP’s Emergency Employment Project (3x6 approach) to start their own catering business which happens to be one of its kind here in Sama Al-Sarhan in Mafraq governorate.   Resilient Minds Dhayeh...

Opening of the Job Fair “Proud of My Profession
Opening of the Job Fair “Proud of My Profession

Labour Minister Ali Ghezawi and UNDP Jordan Country Director Sara Ferrer Olivella inaugurated the opening of the job fair “Proud of My Profession”, organised by the Ministry with support from UNDP. The two-day event, brings together representatives of more than 40 restaurants and hotels in Amman and the Dead...

New Country Director for UNDP Resumes her Duties
New Country Director for UNDP Assumes her Duties

UNDP Jordan Country Office has announced the appointment of their new Country Director Ms. Sara Ferrer Olivella, who resumed her duties on the 23rd of this month following Dr. Zena Ali Ahmad, who was the country director since 2012. Ms. Ferrer Olivella, Spanish, worked for 16 years in the UN system in general and...

Members of the Finnish Parliament Visit Jordan
Members of the Finnish Parliament Visit Jordan

Members of the Finnish Parliament (MPs) on an official visit to Jordan visited some of the Finland supported projects and activities in the field, under the UNDP programme on “Mitigating the Impact of the Syria Crisis in Jordanian Host Communities” which is implemented by UNDP since 2013. The delegation started their...

Petra to join the National Protected Areas Network
Petra to join the National Protected Areas Network

Under the patronage of the Minister of Environment Dr. Yasin Khayat, Petra was announced as a new protected area under  the National Protected Areas Network.  The announcement comes in preparation of its official declaration according to the national by laws. This important step has been achieved through a...

Honoring Winners of the Environmental Media Competition:
Honoring Winners of the Environmental Media Competition: "The Environment Knows No Borders"

Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Environment; the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment organized a ceremony to honor a number of journalists and media experts who participated in "The Environment Knows No Borders" media contest....

UNDP and Deutsche Post DHL Group join forces to train staff from King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba on effective disaster response
UNDP and Deutsche Post DHL Group join forces to train staff from King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba on effective disaster response

In the event of a disaster, airports become central logistics hubs for life-saving relief supply logistics. It is therefore crucial that all involved parties be professionally prepared for the worst-case scenario. Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are conducting their joint...

UNDP launched the first National Meeting for Emergency Employment Entrepreneurs
UNDP launched the first National Meeting for Emergency Employment Entrepreneurs

Under the patronage of the Japanese Ambassador in Jordan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held the first "national meeting of entrepreneurs for the emergency employment project (3x6)-Jordan". The meeting aimed to increase the networking and experience sharing among 3X6 entrepreneurs in...

grant agreements to 34 community based organizations (CBOs) in the governorates of Irbid and Mafraq and Zarqa
Grant Agreements to 34 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in the Governorates of Irbid and Mafraq and Zarqa

UNDP Jordan celebrated today, the signing grant agreements to 34 community based organizations (CBOs) in the governorates of Irbid and Mafraq and Zarqa with a total given amount of US $ 1.3 million. Those community grants come within the project the “social cohesion and stability programme” project UNDP is...

Mercury Initial Assessment project (MIA) Launch
Mercury Initial Assessment project (MIA) Launch

UNDP in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment  launched today the implementation of the new project “Mercury Initial Assessment project (MIA) by organizing an inception report. The Ministry stressed on the importance of this new project as it assists Jordan to meet its obligations towards the Minamata...

Agreement Signature for “Restoration of Sustainable Livelihoods Creation and Natural Resource Management in Badia Communities”
Agreement Signature for “Restoration of Sustainable Livelihoods Creation and Natural Resource Management in Badia Communities”

The Minister of Environment H.E. Dr. Yaseen Khayyat and the Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme in Jordan Dr. Zena Ali-Ahmad signed today an agreement of cooperation for the implementation of "Restoration of Sustainable Livelihoods Creation and Natural Resource Management in Badia...

Workshop on
Workshop on "Development of Selection Criteria and Designation Process of Rangeland Reserves in Jordan"

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture held a consultative national workshop entitled "Development of Selection Criteria and Designation Process of Rangeland Reserves in Jordan" The workshop aimed to discuss and to assess...

UNDP Has Given Us the Voice That We Never Had
UNDP Has Given Us the Voice That We Never Had

Dana and Wafa’s dreams turned into reality in Hosha, a remote area in Mafraq. The twin’s hearing impairments and muteness didn’t stop them from launching the first hair-salon in their town. “UNDP has given us the voice as joining the project empowered us to communicate with our community, for the first time we...

Solid Waste Value Chain Analysis
Solid Waste Value Chain Analysis in Irbid and Mafraq in Jordan

As Part of the Mitigating the Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on Jordanian Vulnerable Host Communities Project for UNDP Jordan

Second Consultations on
Second Consultations on "Drought Institutional Set Up & Early Warning System in Jordan"

UNDP in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry of Environment kicked off the second consultative technical session on "Drought Institutional Set Up & Early Warning System in Jordan".

A Finnish Delegation Inaugurates a Football Ground in Mafraq
A Finnish Delegation Inaugurates a Football Ground in Mafraq

A Finnish government delegation visited Mafraq governorate to get acquainted with UNDP’s activities to improve municipal and social services in governorates hosting refugees.

Canadian Ambassador Visits Al-Ekeider Landfill
Canadian Ambassador Visits Al-Ekeider Landfill

The Canadian Ambassador Peter MacDougall, visited Al-Ekeider landfill to check the progress of "rehabilitation of Al-Ekeider landfill” project, which is implemented by UNDP Jordan in partnership with the Ministry of Municipalities, with generous donation of the Government of Canada.

Launch of the first Biodiversity Information Management System in Jordan
Launch of the first Biodiversity Information Management System in Jordan

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), have launched today the first Biodiversity Information Management System (BIMS) in Jordan.

 On Tuesday 20 September 2016, Jordanian voters will go to the polls to elect a new Parliament. The elections take place under a new election law which was adopted in March 2016 which introduces a new electoral system. The elections are seen as a key step in the political reform process that seeks to develop stronger democratic institutions in Jordan including a more effective multi-party system, strengthen the efficiency of the Jordanian parliament and increase political participation, especially for women and youth
EU-UNDP play key role in supporting the Jordanian electoral process

On Tuesday 20 September 2016, Jordanian voters will go to the polls to elect a new Parliament. The elections take place under a new election law which was adopted in March 2016 which introduces a new electoral system. The elections are seen as a key step in the political reform process that seeks to develop...

A Dream Comes True
A Dream Comes True

one of the successful small businesses of “Promoting Local Economic Development Programme in Jordan” which is funded by the European Union, managed by the Ministry of Interior and implemented by UNDP.

UNDP conducts a specialized tourism and environmental planning course
UNDP conducts a specialized tourism and environmental planning course

As part of its continuous efforts through the “Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation in Tourism Sector Development in Jordan (BITS) Project”, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Jordan organized a specialized training course in environmental planning and biodiversity conservation in tourism sector...

UNDP organizes the first National Consultations on Gender Justice in Jordan
UNDP organizes the first National Consultations on Gender Justice in Jordan

Under the patronage of his Excellency Dr. Bassam Talhouni, Minister of Justice, UNDP organized the first National Consultations on Gender Justice in Jordan to discuss & review different laws and policies targeting gender with a focus on the gender based violence. Those consultations came as a result of a...

The UN foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council hands-on mentoring workshop  missioned to empower Jordan Entrepreneurship Eco-system
The UN foundation’s GEC Visit Entrepreneurs in Jordan

“Private-public partnership is the new leadership for countries’ development. We need governments progress to work with SMES, and opening up regional markets in the MENA region which in turn requires policy reform, to which the private sector should play a key role”. said the Chairman of the Global Entrepreneurs...

Celebration of International Youth Day 2016
Celebration of International Youth Day 2016

UNDP & the Ministry of Youth (MOY) celebrated together the International Youth Day. The event, which was a real youthful one, concluded of different activities by the young people themselves. Some youth shared their own success touching stories in which they overcame different obstacles & challenges in order to...

Agreement Signature for “Legal Advisory and Alternative Dispute Resolution Community Centers”
Agreement Signature for “Legal Advisory and Alternative Dispute Resolution Community Centers”

Princess Taghrid Institute for Development & Training and UNDP, The United Nations Development Programme in Jordan signed an agreement of cooperation to set up “Legal Advisory and Alternative Dispute Resolution Community Centers” in both Jerash and Irbid governorates

UNDP Emergency Employment takes YS away from Addiction
UNDP Emergency Employment takes YS away from Addiction

YS is one of the beneficiaries whose life was changed dramatically by the emergency employment project (3X6 approach).

UNDP Supports Development of Smart Electronic Document System
UNDP Supports Development of Smart Electronic Document System

UNDP Country Director & other representatives, met with the  Minister of Information & Communications Technology (MICT), to discuss different aspects of bilateral cooperation, mainly the development of the country's smart electronic document system. They also discussed the leaps achieved in ICT sector in Jordan,...

UNDP Supports the IEC in Conducting Successful Elections in Jordan
UNDP Supports the IEC in Conducting Successful Elections in Jordan

Jordan today is busy preparing for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections which will take place on the 20th of September 2016. The call for the election of a new parliament came about after a period of significant political developments, which included His Majesty King Abdullah II dissolving the Lower House of Parliament and the formation of a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Hani Mulqi. A key stated responsibility of the new cabinet was to facilitate the work of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) towards administering a successful national poll.

Nadia: From a household to an owner of a small utensil shop
Nadia: From a household to an owner of a small utensil shop

Nadia’s store is located in “Al Hosha” municipality /Mafraq Governorates. Through the folds of the narrow road, a visitor notices the store as a room adjacent to the nearby house. Both (the house and the store) stand as a witness to the story of enabling a woman to develop her own business and support her...

UNDP and BDC partnership to kick off skills-exchange project
UNDP and BDC partnership to kick off skills-exchange project

as part of its continuous efforts to mitigate the impact of Syria crisis on Jordanian host communities and to strengthen the social cohesion between Jordanians and Syrians, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a partnership agreement with Business Development Center (BDC), to implement a...

UNDP Kicks off the 3rd phase of the Emergency Employment Project (3x6 Approach) in Mafraq
UNDP Kicks off the 3rd phase of the Emergency Employment Project (3x6 Approach) in Mafraq

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched its third phase of the Emergency Employment Project (3X6 approach) in Hosha, Rehab and Al-Sarhan municipalities of Mafraq governorate. The Emergency Employment Project (3X6 approach) was created by UNDP in 2013 in response to the Syrian Crisis, which has...

UNDP Jordan supports the Ministry of tourism & Antiquities to take the first step towards tourism transition into green economy
UNDP supports the Ministry of tourism & Antiquities to take first step towards tourism transition into green economy

In order to continue its development vision in protecting the environment and climate change in Jordan; UNDP is taking the lead to sustain environmental practices especially in the tourism sector. One of the new initiatives UNDP Jordan will implement is establishing a Tourism Green Unit (TGU) in the Ministry of...

UNDP Kicks off an Introductory Training Workshop on Sustainable Tourism
UNDP Kicks off an Introductory Training Workshop on Sustainable Tourism

UNDP in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiques, and in support of the Global Environment Facility, organized a two days training on “Sustainable Tourism”, through its project on” Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation in the Tourism Sector Development in Jordan (BITS)”. The training targeted the...

UNDP Organizes a Training on Scenario Planning for Environment Issues
UNDP Organizes a Training on Scenario Planning for Environment Issues

For the first time in Jordan; UNDP in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, and in support of the Global Environment Facility, organized a three days training on “Scenario Planning” as part of the RIO project activities. UNDP & MoEV believe that scenario planning might be a demonstration tool, through which...

Workshop to Support Implementation of the National Youth Strategy
Workshop to Support Implementation of the National Youth Strategy

UNDP organized a workshop for around two hundred participants from the youth centers and youth directorates of the Higher Council for Youth through " Supporting Implementation of the National Youth Strategy" project.   The workshop aims at aligning the youth centers activities to the National Youth Strategy...

UNDP jordan celebrates the UNDP50 Anniversary
Jordanian Prime Minister Patronizes UNDP Celebration for the 50th Anniversary

Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, patronized UNDP50 celebrations official event, in which the prime minister highlighted the great role UNDP is playing to support the countries in human development issues & mtigating the effect of the crisis on teh host communities. He also said that UNDP was one of the agencies which...

إنجازات وأنشطة برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي في الأردن
إنجازات وأنشطة برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي في الأردن

بمناسبة عيد استقلال المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية وبمناسبة العيد الأربعين لبرنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي في الأردن UNDP؛ نقدم أغنية تراثية للأردن تحتوي على كل الإنجازات

National Strategy on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Jordan
National Strategy on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Jordan

The Minister of Interior Mazen Al-Qadi signed a memorandum of understanding with UNDP, the United Nations Development Programme in Jordan. The agreement aims at launching a joint partnership to support preventing counter violent extremism and to enhance community stability. This partnership aims to develop a...

MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT HAND OVER
Machinery & Equipment Hand Over in Al-Akeider Landfill

With support of the Government of Canada; 13 heavy machineries were delivered to Al-Akeider Landfill in a huge ceremony. This activity comes under the framework of “improving solid waste management and income generation in host communities for refugees project” implemented by UNDP Jordan in partnership with the...

UNDP to Support Preservation Efforts in Petra
UNDP Launches initiatives and project in Petra

UNDP in cooperation with Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) has launched a number of activities and initiatives on saturday in Petra, teh red rose city. These initiatives are part of the Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation in Tourism Sector Development in Jordan (BITS) project. The aim of...

The Prime Minister Meets UNDP director of Global Centre for Public Service Excellence
The Prime Minister Meets UNDP director of Global Centre for Public Service Excellence

Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Nsour has inaugurated the 11th Government Leadership Forum, which was organized in partnership with UNDP Jordan Office. The main speaker of the event was the Director of UNDP Global Centre for Public Service Excellence in Singapore Max Everest-Phillips, who was invited to give a...

UNDP Administrator visits UNDP Jordan Projects

The UN development official, Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Chair of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG), had an official visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on 7 November 2015. As part the visit; Ms. Clark visited UNDP-supported projects in areas most affected by the Syria crisis, in Northern Jordan and met with project beneficiaries and representatives from local authorities and other UNDP development partners.