Alliances for Culture Tourism in Eastern Anatolia UN Joint Program was launched in Ankara on 18 November 2008. This program will be funded by the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F) entrusted to United Nations by the Government of Spain and will be managed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in cooperation with United Nations organizatons (UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNWTO). The Joint Program aims to promote culture tourism in Kars and the region of Eastern Anatolia.
As part of the UN Joint Programme “Enhancing the Capacity of Turkey to Adapt to Climate Change”, which is implemented by UNDP and the
January, 2010- Ethiopia concluded a one and a half day national inception workshop by launching a joint program on children, food security and nutrition by Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Federal Ministry of Health, the UN Resident Coordinator's Office, UNICEF, WFP, WHO and FAO with a generous contribution of 7 million USD received from the Spanish government.
December, 2009- The Ministry of Environment has launched a $4.3 million programme to develop the Kingdom's adaptation to climate change and sustain its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) achievements.
November, 2009- The officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) assured the officials from the International Labor Organization (ILO) that the regional government is persistently working to provide decent work to its people especially to areas with high incidence of poverty.
November, 2009- UNESCO organizes a one-day workshop for journalism academics and media practitioners in order to present the findings of the Audit of Gender in Media Education and Training in Namibia. The Audit assessed the situation in two institutions in Namibia, in the framework of a larger audit being conducted in 50 institutions in 14 countries of Southern Africa.
October, 2009- Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country.
