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What’s New10 May 2012 Asia-Pacific actions to address climate change will have global impact Jakarta — Countries in Asia and the Pacific are at a crossroads and must now strike a balance between rising prosperity and rising emissions. Their success or failure will have repercussions worldwide, predicts a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Asia-Pacific region must continue to grow economically to lift millions out of poverty, but it must also respond to climate change to survive. Growing first and cleaning up later is no longer an option, says the Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012 – One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate. The publication is aimed at reinvigorating climate change dialogue by bringing people’s concerns into the fore in the lead-up to the Rio+20 conference. More... 03 May 2012 Bangkok – Thousands of migrants from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar who live with HIV in Thailand will have better access to health services as part of a commitments made last month. 23 April 2012 Houston, Texas — United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) film Himalayan Meltdown won the prestigious Platinum Award in the broadcast documentary category last weekend at the 45th Annual Worldfest International Film Festival, the oldest independent film festival in the world. The one-hour film examines the shrinking glaciers of the Himalayas and the effects they have on the lives and livelihoods of billions of people in Asia. The movie illustrates solutions, small and large, simple and technologically complex, for coping in a changing environment that can make the difference between survival and disappearance. Revealed: The Himalayan Meltdown aired on Discovery Channel Asia last year, and was produced by UNDP and Arrowhead Films to examine the human development impact of the glacial ice melt on communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. It shows the plight of the affected countries and the ways they are adapting, adjusting and preparing for tomorrow’s inevitable changes in the Himalayan glaciers. More... 18 April 2012 Bangkok – Asia-Pacific cartoons depicting the effects of climate change on children, Chinese cities, the Pacific Islands and mangrove forests won a regional contest sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of France. Cartoonists from Bangladesh, China, India, Lao PDR, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines have been recognized on this year’s Earth Day for their original artwork depicting climate change and human development in Asia-Pacific countries. The cartoon contest comes under a new partnership between UNDP and Government of France which seeks to assist Asia-Pacific developing countries to promote environmental issues from a human development perspective. The contest reached out to artists from Afghanistan to Samoa over the past four months through a region-wide outreach campaign active in UNDP country offices and French Embassies in more than 24 countries. More... Download Press Release (465 KB) 16 April 2012 From 10-12 April 2012, the inaugural national Women’s Forum was organized, bringing together women from rich and diverse backgrounds –representing women with disabilities and living with HIV, as well as different faiths, cultures, sexualities, gender identities, ages, demographics and opinions. The Women’s Forum discussed a range of issues relating to the State’s constitution making process announced on 9 March 2012. Women at the Forum agreed that the Forum could usefully operate as an important parallel process to monitor the state’s roadmap, while also enhancing collaboration between key women’s organizations and networks to enable and empower more women to be part of the ongoing national constitutional and electoral reform processes which are underway. The Fiji Women’s Forum was convened by the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM), the National Council of Women (NCW), the Soqosoqo Vakamarama I-Taukei (SSVM), and FemLink Pacific, and was supported by United Nations Development Programme, Pacific Centre (UNDP-PC) and IWDA. A second 5-day National Women’s Forum is now scheduled for June, which will focus on unpacking the four key themes identified by the women for further work, namely civic education, temporary special measures to Increase women’s participation in national and local government, the Bill of Rights and security sector governance. View Outcome Statement (240 KB) Ulaanbaatar -- Representatives from 11 countries across Asia developed national plans to increase women’s role in politics during a two-day regional conference in Mongolia. They concluded the event by drafting strategies for their respective countries that include ways to reform their current electoral and political processes to enhance gender equality. Organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Committee on Gender Equality of the Government of Mongolia, the conference drew on collective regional experiences to help the representatives devise their national plans. Participants explored ways of drafting gender quota laws, building skills of women to take part in elections, making parliaments more gender sensitive, and strengthening political party decision-making and recruitment processes for women. They also discussed the importance of seeking alliances with male politicians in order to increase gender balance in representative bodies. More... 22 March 2012 The first-ever India Human Development Awards Manav Vikas were announced in New Delhi, India, on 14 March 2012. Kottayam in Kerala, Khargone in Madhya Pradesh; Udupi in Karnataka and Malda in West Bengal have been recognized for excellence in the quality of Human Development Reports for their districts. The overall award for excellence went to West Bengal with three districts amongst the eight finalists. The Manav Vikas India Human Development Awards, instituted by the Planning Commission and UNDP, celebrate achievements in Human Development Reports and, encourage excellence in data, analysis and ideas; and advocacy for human development. The Awards are a reminder of the critical need to continue to focus on people as the centre of development processes. The inaugural Awards focus on excellence in District Human Development Reports (DHDRs). More... UNDP’s first Global Human Development Forum starts today in Istanbul Istanbul, 22 March 2012—Social justice and environmental protection are equally urgent and intrinsically linked universal goals, with coordinated global action needed on both fronts at the UN’s ‘Rio+20’ Conference on Sustainable Development in June, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message to an audience of development experts, civil society leaders and government officials at the first Global Human Development Forum here today. More... 20 March 2012 Bangkok - UNDP and Dev TV were jointly awarded for Hard Rain, adjudged as the best film at the Adaptation Film Festival in Bangkok. Hard Rain is in two-parts and is a curtain raiser for the forthcoming Asia-Pacific HDR One Planet to Share and have been already broadcast on BBC World TV. The films focus on how people, especially vulnerable communities on coasts and plains are living with climate risks and already adapting. Shot in Kiribati, India, the Philippines and Viet Nam, the films bring in peoples perspectives from the ground as well as those of policy makers. What can help and where are opportunities to move forward? What are the policy dilemmas that remain? The spirit of the films is to be as solution oriented despite manifold challenges both current and future. More... 14 March 2012 Istanbul — Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan of Turkey and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan will open discussions on March 22 in a high-level forum here for development experts, government ministers from both North and South, business executives, and top UN officials to examine the global policy changes required to ensure a sustainable future for people today and for generations to come. Three months before world leaders gather in Brazil for the “Rio + 20” U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, UNDP’s first “Global Human Development Forum” will provide a unique and timely opportunity for a fresh, candid examination of the critical social, economic and environmental challenges now facing the world community. More... 14 March 2012 The 2011 APRC Annual Report showcases our impact over the year highlighting results in priority areas of work, including: MDG acceleration and social protection; gender equality; climate change and crisis resilience. Finding effective approaches to these complex issues required thinking outside of the thematic silos and combining the knowledge and expertise of all APRC practice teams. One of the most exciting results of these efforts is the cross-practice collaboration and the integrated interdisciplinary support that APRC is now able to offer to UNDP Country Offices across Asia-Pacific and its development partners. More... Download publication (2.8 MB) Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012 – One Planet to Share 06 February 2012 The 2012 first issue of the newsletter covers events and activities across the region on macroeconomics issues from a gender perspective. Read more about the Gender Asset and Wealth Gap, Socio-Economic Impact of HIV on Women and Girls. This issue also introduces a new handbook The Need for Gender Responsive Budgeting, a result of the Workshop on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) held in Penang, Malaysia in February 2011. 16 January 2012 Between 2009 and 2011, the UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre led a collaborative review of 17 energy access programmes and projects implemented by governments, development agencies and the private sector in Asia-Pacific. By examining complex issues surrounding energy access, the review contributes to the on-going discussion on universal access to energy, and suggests pathways towards achieving it. The review collates knowledge of policies and practices in dissemination of low-emissions technologies, financing, market development, entrepreneurship, institutional strengthening and policy development that can be converged to make energy services affordable for the poor. This report provides practical guidance for policy makers and development practitioners on energy access. Together with an Agenda for Action Note and 17 case studies (published concurrently), it comprises a package of good practices and lessons learned in expanding energy access. Download publication (1.15 MB)
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