Manorama, from Nepal, is UNDP Suriname’s new ‘Gender Specialist’. Recruited through the United Nations Volunteer program, Manorama’s assignment involves supporting the country office to incorporate a gender perspective into UNDP programs. Manorama will work on two energy projects and support gender mainstreaming through general program work.

By using renewable energy sources like solar energy, the community also reduces a dependence on fossil fuel gas and oil reserves in this community, which are becoming more expensive and difficult to transport to remote areas. It also improves our energy security

Conversations with Suriname’s hinterland communities of Godo, Bofokule and Djumu about the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Suriname, hosted a four-day Procurement Training course for staff from the United Nations Suriname, the National Institute for Environment and Development (NIMOS), the Office of the President of Suriname, REDD+, Foundation for Forest Management and Production Control and other UNDP partners. The training, facilitated by the UNDP Procurement Services Unit from Copenhagen was held from 28th- 31st of March in Paramaribo, Suriname.

The dispute involves the community of the Nieuw Koffiekamp (NK) and a group of small-scale miners called Makamboa, on one side and the Canadian mining company IAMGOLD on the other side.

On Wednesday 5 April, UNDP Suriname and the National Institute for Environment and Development (NIMOS) hosted a workshop ‘Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions’ (NAMAs), as part of the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership.

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Caribbean countries need a new generation of public policies to increase gains in the economic, social and environmental fronts while boosting climate and financial resilience and protecting people throughout their life cycles, says the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Report (HDR) for the Caribbean, to be launched in Suriname on Wednesday 16 November with a panel of prominent persons. The Caribbean HDR titled “Multidimensional Progress: human resilience beyond income” reveals new figures and sheds light on key policy recommendations that can help Caribbean countries achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).