Situated on the Lebanese-Syrian borders, El Qaa is the last village on the Baalbek-Homs road. In Arabic, El Qaa means “reassuring fields”, while in Syriac it is equivalent to “a wide valley or flat ground”.
Under the patronage of the Minister of Energy and Water, H.E Mr. César Abi Khalil, and the presence of Mr. Edgar Shehab, Assistant of the UNDP Resident Representative Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, and in the President of the Order of Engineers and Architects in Beirut, Mr. Jad Tabet, a conference was held on 23 March 2018 at the Order of Engineers and Architects, Beirut, to commemorate World Water Day which is celebrated annually on March 22nd.
On this special day, we are pleased to share with you the UNDP “365 Days of Gender Journey” newsletter 2018 issue.
Check out our work in Lebanon and how we contribute in development through working on the main focus areas: Social and Local development, Democratic Governance, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Energy and Environment & Response to the Syrian Crisis.
The second phase of the Women's Media Awareness Campaign aims at fostering political parties to endorse women as candidates.
The EUMedRail project funded by the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement (DG NEAR) of the European Commission, has a budget of 2 million euros from 2017 – 2020. The project enables technical assistance to be given to the Euro-Mediterranean countries.
UNDP Newsletter - Issue 19
UNDP Lebanon issues it newsletter every 3 months. The newsletter includes the latest activities carried out by UNDP in addition to the latest Social Media campaigns, YouTube videos and publications.
The theme of Newsletter #19 is women empowerment.
Our Projects
UNDP plans and implements its programs in partnership with key stakeholders, from government, UN agencies, NGOs, international financial institutions and bilateral donors, to civil society, the private sector and universities.
Supported by a team of over 300 mostly Lebanese professionals, our current programme includes more than 60 local and national projects that focus on improving areas critical to Lebanon's future.
What we do
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network. It advocates for positive change and connects countries to knowledge and resources to help ordinary people build better lives. UNDP has been working in Lebanon since 1960, supporting the government and the people in their efforts to recover from the civil war, build lasting peace, generate sustainable and equitable growth, and mobilize funds from donors to help the country in these efforts. With the escalation of the crisis in Syria, UNDP’s outreach has expanded to include supporting the Lebanese population to cope with the impact of the Syrian refugee influx.
Lebanon has achieved seven of its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets in health, primary education, and gender equality in education. Yet the most critical of the targets, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, have not been achieved.
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Social and Environmental Standards, Stakeholder Grievance and Compliance Procedures The SES are integral to quality assurance and risk management in all UNDP programming. They define in clear and concrete terms what UNDP stands for, in line with our mandate and the UN’s normative framework. Stakeholder grievance and compliance review functions underpin the SES. To learn more, please visit the home page of the Stakeholder Response Mechanism (SRM) (link: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/accountability/secu-srm/stakeholder-response-mechanism.html) and the Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU) (link: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/accountability/secu-srm.html)
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About Lebanon
5.9 million
Population
10.3
Poverty rate
12.36
GNI per capita
76
HDI (2016)