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• Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, Surinam and Jamaica awarded UNDP’s Gender Equality Seal Jun 5, 2017

  The Gender Equality Seal recognizes the progress and successes of Country Offices in strengthening links between gender equality inside the office and development results.

• Impact Hub and UNDP launch the 2017 edition of Accelerate2030 May 3, 2017

  Ventures will join a week-long bootcamp in Geneva and participate in UNDP Social Good Summit in Geneva in October 2017, where they will pitch their solutions for the SDGs and connect with corporates, international organizations, entrepreneurs and impact investors.

• Tribute to Helen Clark – leaves UNDP after eight years as Administrator Apr 19, 2017

  The following is a statement on behalf of President of the UNDP Executive Board, Ambassador Ib Petersen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN, on the departure of Helen Clark as Administrator of UNDP.

• UNDP Executive Board welcomes appointment of Achim Steiner as new Administrator Apr 19, 2017

  The President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today welcomed the appointment of Achim Steiner as the Organization’s new Administrator.

• Secretary-General nominates Achim Steiner of Germany as Administrator of United Nations Development Programme Apr 18, 2017

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following consultations with the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), wrote to the President of the General Assembly requesting the General Assembly to confirm Achim Steiner of Germany as the new Administrator of UNDP for a term of four years.

• The Banco do Brasil Foundation of Social Technology Award is released in Brasília Apr 17, 2017

  Held every two years, the award is considered one of the main events of the third sector in Brazil. This year the competition is co-sponsored by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Brazil and the support of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

• Social and economic costs of Zika can reach up to US$ 18 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean Apr 6, 2017

  The socio-economic cost of the recent spread of the Zika virus in Latin America and the Caribbean will total an estimated US$7-18 billion between 2015 and 2017, according to an impact assessment launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

• Amidst progress, extreme poverty and exclusion among some groups persist in Latin America and the Caribbean, Report finds Mar 21, 2017

  Development gaps for women, indigenous peoples, remote dwellers and other groups set to widen unless deep-rooted development barriers, including violence, discrimination and unequal political participation, are tackled.

• UNDP names Panda Champions for Global Goals Jan 6, 2017

  The 17 winners – who come from 15 different countries – were chosen from hundreds of people who submitted videos about their favourite of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• The 2016 Awards for Excellence in Human Development Reporting recognized the work of UNDP in Chile Dec 6, 2016

  New York, 6 December 2016 - The Human Development Report Office (HDRO) announced today the four winners of the 2016 Awards for Excellence in Human Development Reporting for national and regional reports in an event at the United Nation Headquarters in New York, recognizing the work of Chile, Montenegro, Sri Lanka and Uganda.