The UN and UNDP in Brussels

Upcoming Events

31 March 2009
"Delivering human security through multi-level governance"
The European Policy Centre (EPC) and the UN/UNDP Brussels office are hosting the launch of the new UNDP-United Nations University (UNU-CRIS) publication, Delivering Human Security Through Multi-Level Governance. Antonio Vigilante, Director of the UN/UNDP Brussels office will introduce the discussion and present the booklet together with the co-authors Dr. Luk Van Langenhove, Director UNU-CRIS, Bruges, Emmanuel Fanta, Monica Ferro and Tiziana Scaramagli. Reactions and comments will come from Dr. Massimo Tommasoli, Permanent Observer to the UN, International IDEA and Karen Fogg, Head of Unit for United Nations and the Treaties Office, DG RELEX, European Commission. The meeting will be chaired by Antonio Missiroli, Director of Studies, European Policy Centre. The meeting took place at the EPC. For more information, please visit: www.epc.eu. Download the publication here.

29th June - 2nd July 2009
7th EC-UNDP-IDEA Joint Training on Effective Electoral Assistance
Building on the content, structure and experiences of previous trainings, the EC-UNDP Joint Task Force on Electoral Assistance and International IDEA, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Organization of American States (OAS), will carry out a five day face-to-face training targeting EC, UNDP and IDEA staff, and representatives from donor agencies and regional/international organizations as well as members of election management bodies.
Contact Mette Bakken (bakken@ec-undp-electoralassistance.org) for more information and registration. For EC staff, please also contact Anne Caudron (anne.caudron@ec-europa.eu) for registration via the syslog system.

For more information:
http://www.ec-undp-electoralassistance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=127&Itemid=138

27-28 September 2009
EC-UN joint training on climate change
A joint UN-EC pilot training course on the challenges of climate change for the Middle East and North Africa region will be held in Cairo on 27-28 September 2009. The workshop will bring together UN Resident Coordinators and EC Heads of Delegation from the 17 states of the Arab region (Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Republic of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates) plus the Palestinian Authority. Read more...