United Nations Development Programme

Global Impact Turkey Chairman Y?lmaz Argüden has addressed the importance of trust in maintaining good governance and sustainable development in his speech at the United Nations headquarters on June 25. 

Five MEPs revealed the ambitious goals the European Parliament (EP) has set out to achieve in its post-2015 development agenda at a media seminar on the EU and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which was held in Brussels on Tuesday.

?We haven?t seen the worst,? said Helen Clark, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), regarding the refugee crisis across the world as we were talking right after the inauguration of a new regional hub in Istanbul on April 23. 

The United Nations and the Republic of Turkey officially launched the new Istanbul Regional Hub on April 23 in a move that made the intercontinental city "the second global diplomatic center after New York," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu said.

Helen Clark, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) administrator and chair of the U.N.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) regional head of Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has lauded Turkey for its commitment to sustainable development in the region, adding Turkey is one of the important partners in the region, particularly in the area of sustainable and inclusive growth.

BELGRADE - Japan will provide a USD 3.64 million grant this year to step up disaster prevention in municipalities across Serbia.

Various activities within the project are aimed at improving safety at a local level, the Embassy of Japan said in a release on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Contracts were signed in Belgrade on Tuesday for construction of 14 flash flood defense units and clearance of river beds in western Serbia, in which USD 1.5 million will be invested.

BELGRADE - Agreements on the construction of four flash flood defense units in two municipalities in western Serbia were signed at the Serbian government building on Monday, as part of the project financed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), according to which a total of 20 flash flood defense units will be built in eight municipalities.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic and Director of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Serbia Irena Vojackova Solorano agreed on Monday that the cooperation between the Serbian government and ministry and UNDP needs to intensify.