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Fostering Food Security and increasing water use efficiency through Hydroponic: Sweden and UNDP support small green business

From that camp, a 35-year-old Palestinian refugee young man is the founder of “Senera” (Arabic word for hook) a green business that seeks to empower women and youth entrepreneurs lacking access to job opportunities and farming land specifically in marginalized communities.

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Greater Amman Municipality celebrated the launch of the Heart of Amman coffee table book

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Sustainable Development of Land Adjacent to the Baptism Site mission kicks off

The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) launched today a series of consultations for the Sustainable Development of Land Adjacent to the Baptism Site: Investment Pathways Exploration Mission.

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The Ministry of Local Administration MoLA and UNDP in Jordan launched today the Community Network Platform with the 45 municipalities participating in the Local Governments Network NLG project. The platform is aimed at engaging citizens in the decision-making process.

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UNDP Jordan moving towards environmental sustainability

UNDP Jordan office was selected to participate in a national initiative supported by the Ministry of Environment in 2019 aimed at applying Sustainable Facility Management Guidelines (SFMG) in 16 facilities across Jordan (government buildings, NGOs, and industrial facilities).

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Folding Challenges Into Paper Planes and Catching flights at the Accelerator Lab's Brown Bag!

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Mapping the Tourism Services, Skills, Assets, and Stories of Madaba Governorate.
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Mapping the tourism services, skills, assets, and stories in Madaba governorate in 2023 in a collaborative effort with the German Jordanian University (GJU) to serve as a reference for anyone looking to contribute to the development of the tourism sector in Jordan.

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Heart of Amman Coffee Table

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Seeds of Impact

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The Establishment of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Units in Northern Jordan Municipalities and Development of Gender Sensitive Action Plans

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Gender Equality and Climate Change in Jordan - Exploratory Gender Analysis
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“Climate change is not gender neutral and neither should climate action be”.

Women not only have a role to play in tackling the climate change threats but also their knowledge, experiences and views can better guide the actions adopted. Excluding women from the process and overlooking their needs, interests and creativity isolates fifty percent of the world and marginalize potential innovative solutions that can generate more environmental justice while bridging gender gaps and overcoming gender specific barriers.

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Multiple crises halt progress as 9 out of 10 countries fall backwards in human development, UNDP report warns

The world is lurching from crisis to crisis, trapped in a cycle of firefighting and unable to tackle the roots of the troubles that confront us. Without a sharp change of course, we may be heading towards even more deprivations and injustices, warns the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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What we do

Established in 1976; the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is one of the United Nations Agencies working in Jordan and is the main convener of sustainable development. As part of the global development system; UNDP Jordan upholds a vision focusing on the achievements of Sustainable Human Development in Jordan, ending poverty and reducing inequalities. UNDP is at the heart of the UN’s work on sustainable development and a leader for the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals.

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Ministry of Environment, UNDP Organised Stockholm+50 National Consulation Workshop in Aqaba

Aqaba Stockholm+50 national Consulation workshop   Amman, Jordan, 19 April 2022, The United Nations Development Programme, in cooperation with the...

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With support of Government of Sweden, Kenya Ministry of Environment, UNDP Inaugurated Stockholm+50 First National Consultation Workshop

During the Stockholm +50 consultations inauguration   Amma, Jordan, 28 March 2022, The Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development ...

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About Jordan

10.14

million

population

97.3

percent

school enrollment primary

3

metric tons

CO2 emissions (per capita)

62.3

percent

individuals using the Internet

0.729

Human development index

14.4

percent

living below the poverty line

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