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WOULD
YOU LIKE TO BE THE VOLUNTARY PARENT OF CHILDREN
WORKING IN THE STREETS?
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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.
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| SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES ALONG THE BTC PIPELINE |
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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.
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| ERZURUM
DISCUSSES ITS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES |
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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*.
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| PUBLIC-PRIVATE
SECTORS PARTNERSHIP FOR ORGANIC FARMING IN
EASTERN ANATOLIA |
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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
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| INTEGRATING
ROMA POPULATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET |
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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
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| LEARNING
FROM THE HANDICAPPED TO HAVE A POSITIVE ONLOOK
ON LIFE |
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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.
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| UNDP AND YOUTH ASSOCIATION FOR HABITAT: A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH IN TURKEY
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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
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| FAME
OF UNDP GOODWILL AMBASSADORS HELP ACCELERATE
MDGs |
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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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Aygen
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Ceylan
Ozerengin |
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Safak
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Oya
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