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WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE VOLUNTARY PARENT OF CHILDREN WORKING IN THE STREETS?

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 Representative Jakob Simonsen, GAP RDA President Muammer Yasar Ozgul and Suat Roe from Express Cargo also delivered speeches, highlighting the important aspects of the project. 'The Voluntary Parents Campaign' that will be executed within the context of the project was also introduced during the press conference. More >>>

The child workers of Southeastern Anatolia will be steered toward education with the support of volunteers willing to parent them.

SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES ALONG THE BTC PIPELINE

People residing in the regions that the pipeline traverses live in the bosom of nature.

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. More >>>

ERZURUM DISCUSSES ITS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

UNDP held a panel in partnership with Dunya Newspaper and Erzurum Chamber of Industry and Trade on 28 December 2005 to discuss business opportunities in Erzurum, a city in eastern Turkey. The main sectors with economic value that came out in the discussions were agriculture, animal husbandry and other non-traditional income areas such as tourism and processing of 'Oltu' stone*. More >>>

PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTORS PARTNERSHIP FOR ORGANIC FARMING IN EASTERN ANATOLIA


The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Aydin Dogan Foundation are starting a new project in Kelkit region to build a model of organic agricultural production and contractual farming at local level. The project brings together Dogan Organic Products Company, Ataturk University and Gumushane Governor's Office, as well as Aydin Dogan Foundation and the UNDP who signed a partnership agreement in October 2005 for the next eighteen months. More >>>

INTEGRATING ROMA POPULATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET


Business as usual won't help curb pervasive Roma unemployment in Central and Eastern Europe. But companies, working together with government and civil society, can lead the way in engaging Roma
in the workforce, concludes a new UNDP report. More >>>

LEARNING FROM THE HANDICAPPED TO HAVE A POSITIVE ONLOOK ON LIFE



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. More >>>

UNDP AND YOUTH ASSOCIATION FOR HABITAT: A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH IN TURKEY


The Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21, established in mid-1990s with the vision of "We are not only leaders of tomorrow but partners of today",
currently implements four youth projects in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkey. More >>>

FAME OF UNDP GOODWILL AMBASSADORS HELP ACCELERATE MDGs

Player of Zidane's and Ronaldo's teams holding "The Match Against Poverty" banner.

They are at the top of their field, whether it's broadcasting, the literary world or the football stadium, with talents and achievements that have made them household names in their own, and in some cases, in many other countries. Despite their diverse claims to fame, however, they all share a deep concern for the world's poor and a commitment to making the planet a better place for all, ridding it of poverty, combating HIV/AIDS, ensuring environmental sustainability, protecting human rights, and empowering women.
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