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In an age of increasing globalisation, when more and more people are on the move, refugees are not unique because they are away from home. What sets them apart is that they cannot return there. More
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Facilitating Lithuania's ratification of the UN Convention Against Corruption
Lithuania signed the UN Convention against Corruption on December 10, 2003 in Merida, Mexico. This project aimed to review relevant national laws and legislation, and to formulate a list of follow-up activities needed to bring the Lithuanian legal system in line with the provisions stipulated... More
Boosting private sector development in Belarus
In collaboration with the Council for Enterprise Development and the Republican Fund for Promoting Enterprise Development, UNDP Belarus launched a set of initiatives in December 2006 to facilitate consultations between the business community and the Belarus government with the aim of introducing... More
SpaceForScience: A cooperation between Alcatel Alenia and UNESCO for enhancing scientific information and services
Initiated in November 2005, the SpaceForScience partnership aims at providing telecommunication and multimedia satellite services for education and research institutes in South Eastern Europe. More
Microsoft signed an agreement with UNHCR to provide learning centres for refugees
Microsoft signed an agreement on 12 December 2003 with the UN refugee agency to establish two facilities, in Kenya and Russia, where refugees will be able to learn valuable computing and software skills. More
Green Goal scored at FIFA World Cup
The Green Goal project--the inspiration of the Local Organizing Committee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the German Ministry of the Environment—aimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport and electricity generation during the month long tournament. The project is supported by UNEP and... More
Partnerships stimulate direct mail market growth
Launched in 1996, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) Direct Mail Markets Development Programme promotes public/private partnerships to stimulate direct mail market growth around the world. More
Hewlett-Packard and UNESCO piloting solutions for alleviating brain drain
Since 2003, through the project “Piloting Solutions for Alleviating Brain Drain” UNESCO and HP have contributed to fighting the brain drain phenomenon that countries in South East Europe and Africa are facing. More
Italy: Carabinieri Labour Inspectors
Twenty-one billion dollars: that’s how much the victims of forced labour lost in wages and in fees paid to agencies last year worldwide, according to “The Cost of Coercion”, the ILO’s Global Report on the economic costs of coercive labour practices. And the plague of forced labour is going global,... More
IKEA partnership with UNICEF brings much-needed books to Albania
UNICEF and IKEA are re-igniting enthusiasm for reading amongst a generation of children in Albania who have been deprived of books. More
IOM (International Organization for Migration )
Established in 1951, IOM is the world's largest agency dealing with migration. With 146 member states, a further 13 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries, IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all.
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