Empowering Indigenous Peoples in Asia through Communication

M. Meier / United Nations Development Programme , 2008

The paper comes to the conclusion that there is significant potential in Asia for innovative Indigenous media and ICT applications, which remains largely untapped. It introduces examples from Asian co...

Gender Responsive E-governance: Exploring the Transformative Potential

N. Hijab / United Nations Development Programme , 2008

E-governance refers to the use of old and new technologies to enhance government efficiency, transparency, accountability, and service and information delivery, as well as fostering citizen participat...

Handbook on Gender in Parliament (Indonesia)

S Irianto / United Nations Development Programme , 2012

Indonesia has a strong commitment towards gender mainstreaming, as committed in the Human Development Goals and Beijing Declaration. It enables the Indonesian Parliament to have more women representat...

Taking stock of Durban: review of key outcomes and the road ahead

C. Carpenter / United Nations Development Programme , 2012

The Durban Climate Conference in December 2011 represented a significant step forward for the United Nations climate change process. Although its outcomes continue to be debated, the Durban Conference...

Screening tools and guidelines to support the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into development assistance

Anne Olhoff;Caroline Schaer / United Nations Development Programme , 2010

Commissioned by the UNDP, the purpose of this report is to take stock of the numerous climate risk screening tools and mainstreaming guidelines, and present their relative strengths and weaknesses. It...

Gender, climate change and community based adaptation planning

K. Vincent;L. Wanjiru;A. Aubry / United Nations Development Programme , 2010

This guidebook for designing and implementing gender-sensitive community-based adaptation (CBA) projects has been produced by the UNDP. It draws on the experiences of the UNDP-Global Environment Facil...

Leading resilient development - grassroots practices & innovations

United Nations Development Programme , 2011

This publication—firmly grounded in the research and practices of its contributors— is a practical source document of ideas for readers studying and working on resilience issues. In presenting a set o...

From transition to transformation: sustainable and inclusive development in Europe and Central Asia

United Nations Development Programme , 2012

A new report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, a...

2010-2011 Annual Performance Report of UNDP supported GEF financed projects

United Nations Development Programme , 2012

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have published this annual report on joint projects financed during 2011 on ecosystems and biodiversity preservation, gree...

UNDP climate change country profile: Trinidad and Tobago

C. McSweeny / United Nations Development Programme , 2008

A profile of the nation of Trinidad and Tobago compiled for the UNDP. It includes an overview of the island's present climate and how it is anticipated to alter in the face of climate change. The arti...