Programme Spotlight

Endangered turtles find new allies in Ecuador’s Amazon basin

Once a prized local delicacy, Ecuador’s Charapas turtles are being protected through an MDG-F-financed programme to conserve the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve.

The Power of Traditional Knowledge: how it is helping to preserve cultural heritage, the environment and provide income for local communities in Mozambique

An exploration of MDG-F activities which aim to strengthen links to traditional knowledge in the context of agricultural production and forestry management in Mozambique.

MDG-F spurs rural development in Serbia

The MDG-F is funding efforts to boost tourism in Serbia’s rural areas, where unemployment is high and nearly one in ten people live below the poverty line.

Reducing poverty among Vietnam’s craft producers

Vietnam has a long tradition of handmade crafts, but the rural families that produce them are among the country’s poorest. The MDG-F is assisting Vietnamese craft businesses to ...

MDG-F helps provide universal safe water to Albania

The sustainable supply of safe, sufficient and quality water is a high priority in Albania, where poor water service is endemic. A joint UNDP/World Bank programme funded by the MDG-F is ...

Strengthening the Capacity of the Mozambican Government in Developing Successful Strategies for Craft Sector Development

UNESCO, one of six partner agencies on the Joint Programme, facilitated a workshop on ‘Market Access for Artisans’ and a professional exchange mission to South Africa to strengthen ...

MDG-F helping to preserve Turkish minstrel tradition

The art of minstrelsy is deeply rooted in Turkish cultural life. The MDG-F is helping to safeguard the tradition as a way to boost tourism and economic growth in Turkey’s least developed ...