UN - PBILD’s Vlasina Lake Housewives take Gold Medal at Nis Ethno Food Fair
January 27, 2012
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To spur economic development in two of south Serbia’s most under-developed municipalities, the United Nations PBILD programme, in co-operation with the municipalities of Crna Trava and Vlasotince and a generous USD 50,000 from Norway and USD 3,500 municipalities cost sharing, launched a project to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship some four months ago.
January 25, 2012
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Od 1. januara 2012 godine, zajednički program Ujedinjenih nacija na jugu Srbije “Održanje mira i inkluzivni lokalni razvoj”, PBILD produžio je aktivnosti na komponenti Upravljanje migracijama, zahvaljujući donaciji Švajcarske kancelarije za saradnju (SDC) u Srbiji u narednih godinu dana
January 23, 2012
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Grants valued in total half a million USD have been awarded for the accepted project on rural tourism development. Funding for the projects is provided by the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund of the Kingdom of Spain.
December 22, 2011
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The Conference titled “Women’s Empowerment Principles: Equality Means Business – Serbian Companies Leading the Way”, supported by the United Nation Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Global Compact, will take place on March 7th 2012.
December 19, 2011
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The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has published the third publication "Women and Men in the Republic of Serbia" (2011) with the support of UN Women (UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women). Public promotion of the publication took place on December 12 at the Danas Conference Center in New Belgrade. The speakers were Mr. Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Ambassador of Norway, Ms. Asya Varbanova, Head of the UN Women office in Serbia and Mr. Dragan Vukmirovic, Director of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
December 9, 2011
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Corruption afflicts all countries, undermining social progress and breeding inequality and injustice.
When desperately needed development funds are stolen by corrupt individuals and institutions, poor and vulnerable people are robbed of the education, health care and other essential services.
December 7, 2011
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The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has published the third publication “Women and Men in the Republic of Serbia” (2011), with the support of UN Women (UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women).
December 5, 2011
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The trend of corruption among doctors is declining; among the police remains mostly unchanged, while an increase is recorded among public administration officials. Approximately 39% of citizens of the Republic of Serbia has had indirect experience with corruption, 11% of citizens reported their personal involvement in corruption, while 37% of respondents say that the bribe was requested, are just some of the results of the 4th round of the research Serbia Corruption Benchmarking Survey conducted by TNS Medium Gallup within the UNDP project Enhancing Anti-Corruption Efforts in Serbia.
November 29, 2011
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UN Women and the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality organized a workshop on gender equality and gender based discrimination for local Gender Equality Mechanisms and local Legal Aid Offices, on 28- 29 November 2011 in Belgrade.
November 25, 2011
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United Nations, New York, 23 November 2011 — To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, and in tribute to grassroots activists around the world who are at the forefront of the efforts to end the pandemic of violence, the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) today announced its new global Call for Proposals to support country-level programmes to end violence against women and girls.
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