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Islamabad, May 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has extended additional financial support to UNDP in Pakistan for US$ 1.3 million bringing its total contribution to US$ 6.7 million for community infrastructure restoration and rehabilitation in the crisis affected areas of …
Read More »Dialogue on 18th Constitutional Amendment organised by Higher Education Commission and United Nations Development Programme
Islamabad, April 17, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Inter-University Consortium for Social Sciences and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan organized a dialogue on 18th Constitutional Amendment today at Higher Education Commission in Islamabad. The purpose of the dialogue was two-fold; Firstly, to design an international conference …
Read More »Japan contributes US$2 million for electoral assistance to the Election Commission of Pakistan
Islamabad, March 18, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan signed an agreement today to support the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in carrying out the upcoming elections. The Government of Japan’s assistance, totaling $2 million, will allow the ECP to train …
Read More »European Union donates 40 million Euros for rehabilitation of Refugee Affected and Hosting Areas
Islamabad: The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today signed an agreement on the EU’s contribution of 40 million Euros in support to the Refugee Affected and Hosting Areas (RAHA) Programme in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The RAHA programme was designed to promote regional stability and compensate for social, economic and environmental impacts on Pakistani communities by the presence of more than 3 million Afghans over the past three decades. It also aims at promoting peaceful [...]