Horn of Africa: UN Ethiopia Head
Dr. Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov joins a session with Hanna Tetteh, DCO Director Oscar Fernandez-Taranco & fellow RCs in Horn of Africa. They emphasize the need for action on climate change, given its urgent implications for peace and security in the region.

📢 We are excited to share the UN Office on Drugs & Crime in Uganda first newsletter!

In 2023, we actively engaged in initiatives aimed at bolstering Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice, and efforts to Prevent & Counter Violent Extremism in 🇺🇬.

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“For this program to succeed we need to follow a result based management approach and we must plan,”

this was said during a presentation on the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) framework at the #UNJAYPUganda workshop.

The key framework steps include.......

Gathering with United Nations Coordinators in Africa, 🇺🇳 deputy chief Amina J Mohammed stressed the importance of fast-tracking the #GlobalGoals in the region: '...we have to do that with youth. We have to do that with women.'

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DayTwo: National Orientaion of the Uganda UN Joint Adolescents and Youth Programme #UNJAYPUganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development

Mr. Nasiib Kaleebu M&E Officer at the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator sharing with participants the best ways to indentify and report results.

#SDGs

📣 #Uganda 🇺🇬 to Introduce National Children Play Day!

' #UgPlayDay is a collaborative effort spearheaded by Government of Uganda & supported by international organizations like Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF Uganda, @LEGOFoundation & Plan International Uganda.'

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“Delighted to celebrate the inaugural World Creativity & Innovation Day 2024 by bringing together young creatives, innovators & entrepreneurs to connect, create & build capacity for UG's thriving creative economy.”

-Sheila Ngatia, Deputy Resident Representative UN Development

Premier, RT. HON. NABBANJA ROBINAH,has been elected to the bureau of the 10TH Africa Regional Forum on SDG that has been going on in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia fm 23rd - 25th. She will represent the East African region. Congratulations are in order for madam PM! ⁦Office of the Prime Minister - Uganda⁩

UNHCR, supported by IKEA Foundation launched a tractor service in Bidibidi & Rhino Refugee Settlements to enhance large-scale farming, benefiting both refugees & host communities.

🚜 2 agricultural tractors donated by IKEA Foundation 🤝

👨‍🔧 2 operators & 2 turn men trained.

'It always gives me great pleasure to engage young people, innovators, creatives and entrepreneurs. In Uganda we have talented young people who can shine, who can make it. We need to support them together.”

- Hon. Hon Dr Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi. Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs

518 cases of #Leprosy were reported in #Uganda in 2022. WHO Uganda supports Government of Uganda's TB & leprosy control program by providing essential anti-leprosy drugs and training health workers in leprosy screening, diagnosis and management. #worldhealthday2024

#DYK Uganda pioneered the first-ever field epidemiology training for animal health practitioners in Africa!🌍

Since inception, 117 trainees from animal, human & wildlife have been trained on disease detection & rapid response to emerging health issues

#WorldVeterinaryDay

Exciting News! 🥳

UNICEF is proud to be part of the Uganda United Nations Joint Adolescent and Youth Programme- #UNJAYP , working towards empowering adolescents & youth to realize their full potential.

#YouthEmpowerment #InvestInUGchildren #UNJAYP Uganda

Ongoing at Imperial Golf View Hotel, Entebbe is Day 1 of the Uganda United Nations Joint Adolescent and Youth Programme (UNJAYP) orientation meeting!

UNJAYP aims to help adolescents and youth across 8 Ugandan districts reach their full potential.
#UNJAYPUganda

Speaking at the #UNJAYPUganda orientation workshop, Ms. Gift Malunga Country Representative UNFPA, expressed her delight in being part of the activity. She commended the Government of Uganda for its commitment to adolescent and youth well-being and...

🚀 Hon Dr Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi., Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, has committed to supporting the #UNJAYPUganda programme and anticipates a swift rollout. “Let's make it happen!”💪✨. He said this during the National Orientation for the A&Y Programme in Entebbe.

This morning UNFPA Uganda joins 12 other UN agencies at the national orientation of the Uganda @UN Joint Adolescents and Youth programme #UNYJP . Launched in 2023, the programme aims at enabling adolescents and youth (10 – 30 years) to realise their full potential to achieve #SDG

#Happeningnow ! We are building bridges & connecting dots! Our 53 Resident Coordinators in #Africa are engaging with UN Sustainable Development Group 🇺🇳 Regional Directors on deploying regional UN expertise at the country level to fast track #SDG accelerators at scale & with a sense of urgency!