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UNDP Saudi Arabia Report 2022 - 2023
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UNDP Saudi Arabia Report 2022 - 2023

This present report provides an overview of the key results and impacts of the strong partnership, which has been forged and maintained for nearly five decades, between UNDP Country Office, Saudi Arabia, and the Government of Saudi Arabia.

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Women in Water Webinar

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (MEWA) are organizing a virtual webinar on 30th of October to discuss women’s Leadership Role in Water Sustainability.

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Stories
Ministry of Economy and Planning, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and UNDP call for promoting cooperation among the Global South

The Ministry of Economy and Planning, in partnership with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), held a session at the Future Investment Initiative Institute (FII)-7 conference

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MoMRAH and UNDP
Empowering Sustainable Urbanization: MoMRAH and UNDP Join Hands in Saudi Arabia

A great partnership was solidified between the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing and the United Nations Development Programme. Represented H.E. Mr. Majid Al-Hogail and by Ms. Nahid Hussein respectively.

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Nazaha and UNDP Continue Engagement on Anti- Corruption

UNDP has recently provided support to the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for developing a framework to organize the first ministerial meeting of the Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Agencies in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

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Wednesday, August 13, 2023: At the offices of the SFDA CEO. H.E Dr. Hisham Aljadhey and UNDP Resident Representative Ms. Nahid Hussein signed the new project to scale up the partnership to implement the SFDA Fourth Strategic Plan. Photo credit UNDP KSA Country Office, 2023
SFDA and UNDP Scale-up Partnership to New Frontiers

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) and UNDP agreed to scale up their partnership to new frontiers. The SFDA CEO, His Excellency Dr. Hisham Saad Aljadhey, and UNDP Resident Representative Ms. Nahid Hussein signed the new collaboration project for 2024-2026 for USD 13.3 million

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Blogs
Online services reduce CO2 emissions from Saudi cars with some 0.77 million tons annually

During the COVID19 pandemic our behaviour have changed. As we were prevented from requesting government services at physical services centers, we were requested to complete these online.

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Press Release
SDGs advocacy and implementation to the non-profit sector

Advocacy is critical for building momentum and commitment to the SDGs' achievement.

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Blog
Food For Thought: Why Is Food Waste a Challenge In Saudi Arabia?

Can you guess what has the highest percentage of waste in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? No, it is not plastic nor paper but food waste.

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Press Releases
Wide inequalities in people’s well-being cast a shadow on sustained human development progress

According to the latest Human Development Index, people living in the very high human development countries can expect to live 19 years longer..

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