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ARTICLES UNDP Signs Agreement with Abdulrahim AlKooheji Foundation to Support Youth Marking the beginning of a promising partnership, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement with the Abdulrahim AlKooheji Foundation to collaborate towards building the capacities of Bahraini youth as agents of change in promoting the Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), centered around UNDP’s flagship initiative, the Youth Leadership Programme (YLP).Read more ARTICLES Launching the Youth Leadership Programme 7: Creating Change from Inside Out In partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sport Affairs, UNDP Bahrain and the YLP Bahrain Community is thrilled to announce the seventh edition of the Youth Leadership Programme for the year 2021 (YLP7).Read more PRESS RELEASES 2020 Youth Leadership Programme 6: Outcomes and Lessons Learnt The Youth Leadership Programme (YLP), a regional programme by UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States, was launched in 2015 to build a region-wide dynamic network working at the intersection of youth, innovation, and sustainable development. Starting with a regional forum in Amman, gathering 40 young participants from 18 Arab countries, YLP has evolved every year, engaging over 20,000 youth participants and supporting 7,000+ projects.Read more PRESS RELEASES The Investment Case for Non-Communicable Diseases in the Kingdom of Bahrain The Report on the investment case for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) was developed jointly by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Interagency Task Force (UNIATF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Gulf Health Council (GHC), and the Ministry of Health in Bahrain.Read more Articles COVID-19 Socio-Economic Impact Assessment in Bahrain After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and under the lead of the UN Resident Coordinator and the United Nations Development Programme in Bahrain, the United Nations in Bahrain finalized the “UN COVID-19 socio-economic response and recovery framework for Bahrain”. Soon after the Government sought UNDP’s support to lead a COVID-19 Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SEIA).Read more PRESS RELEASES UNDP Bahrain and the University of Bahrain join forces to promote discussions on the links between the COVID-19 pandemic and the SDGs In partnership with the University of Bahrain (UOB) and in collaboration with other UN agencies, UNDP Bahrain organized a webinar series under the main theme of the SDGs and COVID-19.Read more PRESS RELEASES Outcomes of UNDP’s partnership with BIPA to promote innovation in Public Administration As part of the ongoing cooperation between UNDP and the Bahrain Institute for Public Administration (BIPA), a joint project on public sector innovation was launched in early 2019.Read more Arab Human Development Report 2016: Youth and the prospects for human development in changing reality
The report examines challenges and opportunities facing youth in the Arab region, especially since 2011, and seeks to provide an overview on youth in the region and stimulate a broad dialogue between youth and key stakeholders on the future of development in the region, focusing on the role of youth as critical partners at this very point in time.
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