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Kuwait Fund and UNDP join forces to support the most vulnerable people in countries affected by crisis

Kuwait City / New York- The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (Kuwait Fund) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed today a new partnership agreement to scale up support for countries and communities affected by crisis and seeking to build resilience in the context of growing humanitarian and development challenges

Joint efforts to focus on humanitarian-development-peace nexus

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Eco-Cities Towards the achievement of KNDP

In Kuwait, focusing on cities is an effective way to pursue environmental sustainability. Currently, the consumptions of water and energy, and the production of waste per capita in Kuwait are among the highest in the world. According to the current projection, the Ministry of Electricity and Water estimates that water demand could increase by 50 per cent between 2015 and 2030

Virtual workshop for supporting volunteering during COVID-19 Crisis

A volunteering workshop to support and advance volunteer work in Kuwait has taken place

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SDG 5 and Kuwaiti Women leaders

Under the patronage of Kuwait's Minister of Economic Affairs Maryam Al-Ageel,
UNDP Kuwait celebrated Kuwaiti women's Day and highlighted the achievements of Kuwaiti women. And the first phase of the SDG5 Project.
The celebration took place in Symphony Hotel on 16th of May 2019.

Watch SDG 5 and Kuwaiti Women leaders video

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System noise: hiding in plain sight

Behavioural science (BeSci) has gained huge momentum over the past decade across the spectrum of sustainable development challenges. From a vast array of BeSci experiments conducted by UNDP Country Offices around the world, we have learned a great deal about where and how behavioural approaches can add most value. Increasingly, we are using BeSci not as a stand-alone solution or an end in itself, but as one of several complementary approaches to navigating the complexity that is sustainable development.

Call for Applications Knowledge Week in Kuwait #KWinKW

In partnership with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), and the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (GSSCPD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is hosting the Knowledge Week in Kuwait, on 6-10 October 2024. This event aims to drive conversations that leverage the Global Knowledge Index (GKI) insights to address developmental challenges and support Kuwait’s transition towards a knowledge-based economy in line with its third National Development Plan. The Knowledge Week was previously hosted in Egypt and Jordan and has been instrumental in fostering dialogue between youth and policymakers, focusing on the critical insights of the GKI. With that, UNDP and its partners are opening the opportunity to youth living in Kuwait to partake in these dialogues and contribute the Kuwait's development agenda and drive its transition to a knowledge-based economy.

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