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• One year after catastrophic floods, Bosnia and Herzegovina takes stock and looks ahead May 12, 2015

  A year ago this week, heavy rains in Bosnia and Herzegovina caused the worst floods in 120 years. While an extensive rehabilitation effort continues today, including construction of houses, infrastructure, public facilities, health care centres and schools, longer-term disaster resilience initiatives like landslide prevention programmes and new flood prevention measures are in progress.

• EU and UNDP Discuss Global Development Challenges and Priorities Apr 27, 2015

  nited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark and European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica jointly opened today in Brussels a high-level policy dialogue between both institutions.

• A regional programme will support integration and mobilization of domestic resources in Central Africa Apr 24, 2015

  The European Union, France and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will support the Commission of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and eight Central African countries through a new regional program of public finance reforms and domestic resource mobilization.

• Dr. Paul Farmer to appear as part of the Kapuscinski Development Lectures Apr 13, 2015

  Dr. Paul Farmer, renowned humanitarian and physician, is the latest in a series of high profile Kapuscinski Lecture speakers. Farmer will talk about the inequalities of health highlighted by the Ebola crisis and their effect on global development.

• Peace Park now open for business in Georgia Apr 8, 2015

  Abkhaz and Georgian teenagers are finding out that working together can lead to win-win situations through a new computer game called "Peace Park".

• Invitation to the Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Territorial Economic Development Apr 2, 2015

  On May 18-19, 2015, the City of Quito in Ecuador will host the Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Territorial Economic Development. The event is open to all development actors who wish to share their experiences and participate in the discussion about Local Economic Development as a tool for addressing Post-2015 Development Agenda challenges at the local level.

• Development partners renew funding for Guinea-Bissau Mar 25, 2015

  International development partners pledged today over € 1 billion to support Guinea-Bissau’s social and economic development. The funding will support the Government’s Development Strategy Plan, Terra Ranka (meaning a fresh start), which aims to ensure long-term sustainable development, consolidate peace and stability, and increase economic growth.

• UNDP announces ‘5-10-50’ – new global programme in support of disaster resilience Mar 17, 2015

  The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has announced work a new 10-year global programme in support of country efforts to reduce the risk of disasters.

• Ebola: West African Countries and Partners Outline Roadmap for Recovery Mar 3, 2015

  As the international community works to get to zero Ebola cases in West Africa, the international community must work with Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to address the underlying causes of the crisis said the UN’s development chief today at the Ebola Conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels.

• UN and EU meet to take stock of the Ebola situation and identify ways forward Mar 3, 2015

  Today’s high-level meeting on the current state of the Ebola outbreak takes place at a welcome moment given the challenges still faced by the response.