UNDP IN TURKEY - A LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP

Latest Developments WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE VOLUNTARY PARENT OF CHILDREN WORKING IN THE STREETS? (February 7, 2006) UN Development Programme (UNDP) in cooperation with the South-eastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Agency (GAP RDA) launched the "Rehabilitation of Children Working on the Streets Project" on 25 January 2006 with a press conference. The project aims to support schooling of the children working on the streets in 3 provinces of South-eastern Anatolia, namely Gaziantep, Batman and Sanliurfa. The campaign is organized jointly with UNDP, GAP RDA and Express Cargo; and the Swiss Government is financially supporting the project, which will start being implemented as of February 2006. Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener made the opening speech of the press conference. Swiss Ambassador Walter Gyger, UNDP Resident ... More >>> SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES ALONG THE BTC PIPELINE (February 7, 2006) Eight projects aiming to conserve natural resources along the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline will be supported in 2006 by the Small Investments Fund (SIF) that has been created by the UNDP and BTC Company. By the end of Request for Proposals phase in September 2005, more than 40 applications for the Small Investments Fund were received. The environment and sustainable development projects were selected at the end of 2005. Small Investments Fund (SIF) was formed within the Environmental Investment Programme of Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline Project. The project is a collaborative effort between UNDP and the BTC, with UNDP acting as the implementing agency. The project aims to ... More >>> LEARNING FROM THE HANDICAPPED TO HAVE A POSITIVE ONLOOK ON LIFE (February 7, 2006) One of the 10 winning youth projects that benefit from "Life+" Youth Fund's first phase, implemented in Turkey jointly by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Coca-Cola and Habitat and Agenda 21 Youth Association is "Hand in Hand for a Life without Obstacles". Alternative Life Association (AYDER) from Istanbul supports and "Alternative Camp Volunteers" youth group executes the project, and it aims at organising three camps and enabling 36 handicapped young people aged 16-26 from Antalya, Bursa and Kocaeli learn various skills. The project also aims to bring handicapped youth together at a joint venue and help them to participate in life by boosting their self-esteem. The first camp in the context of the project was held in Kas, a coastal ... More >>> FOR MORE NEWS NEWS FROM UNDP WORLDWIDE

UNDP IN TURKEY - A LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP UNDP Turkey works for Democratic Governance and Growth without Poverty. For more than 50 years the UNDP in Turkey has worked in close partnership with the Turkish government and numerous national and international institutions, including NGOs, academics and the business community. UNDP supports Turkey's ambitious reform agenda where EU accession figures prominently. UNDP Turkey works with the Government, civil society and the private sector to find practical solutions to Turkey's Development challenges and manages projects to address them.    UNDP WORLDWIDE - A GLOBAL NETWORK FOR CHANGE UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to worldwide and national development challenges. Across the world, UNDP is working in partnership in a number of key areas: Democratic Governance; Poverty reduction; crisis prevention and recovery; energy and the environment; HIV/AIDS.