The project aims to enhance and strengthen knowledge, policy development and national capacities of developing countries and countries with economies in transition to improve their policies and programmes supporting the growth of micro-, small-, and medium-enterprises (MSMEs) in order to promote productive activities, job creation, income generation and entrepreneurship especially among socially disadvantaged groups including women, youth, and to effectively contribute to the achievement of…
Enhancing national capacities for unleashing full potentials of micro-, small- and medium-enterprises (MSMEs) in achieving sustainable development goals in developing countries
Recipients: Kenya, Tanzania, Gambia, Brazil, Peru, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Fiji
Partners: UNDP, UNIDO, UNCTAD, WB, UNGC, ICC, ADB, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Ford Foundation, UNF, Gates Foundation
Donors: China
Status: Closed
Strengthening capacity of developing countries to achieve sustainable agriculture through the transfer of Juncao Technology and analysing and disseminating best practices and lessons learned for alleviating poverty, and promoting productive employment
Despite progress in reducing both the number of undernourished persons and the prevalence of undernourishment in recent decades, people living in rural areas have been left behind, with many continuing to face grinding poverty and hunger. In particular, smallholder farmers in remote and mountainous areas, drought and desertification- affected regions and small island developing states encounter constant challenges for growing crops, putting them at risk of poverty and hunger. The socio-…
Recipients: Madagascar, Tanzania, Central African Republic, China, Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea
Partners: National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU)
Donors: China
Status: Active
Developing institutional capacities for digital data management and cooperation to advance progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals
Data and related issues and developments in the public sector have become increasingly important in terms of government analysis and operations, academic research, and real-world applicability and acceptance. Data are now integral to every sector and function of government—as essential as physical assets and human resources. Much of the operational activity in government is now data-driven, and many Governments would find it difficult, if not impossible, to function effectively without data…
Recipients: Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Egypt, Morocco, Namibia, Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa
Partners: UN ECA, UNCTAD, UN RCO, ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNITAR.
Donors: China
Status: Active