ADB to Help Improve Rural Water Supply, Sanitation in Kyrgyz Republic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a
$27.4 million financing package to provide safe and reliable water supply and
sanitation services to more than 64,000...
IRENA Facilitates Investment and Renewable Projects on Ground in Africa
Boosting renewable energy projects on the
ground requires scaling up investment. IRENA’s state-of-the-art analysis of
enabling policy frameworks and finance mechanisms channel public and private
investment in...
Africa-Europe Alliance: Two new financial guarantees under the EU External Investment Plan
Today in the margins of the 2019 Africa
Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, the European Commission signed
two guarantee agreements with two Member States' development...
UNIDO Project in Kyrgyzstan named “Project of the Year”
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) received
the “Project of the Year” award for its activities related to “Linking the
tourism industry to productive activities...
UNIDO and Morocco’s MASEN to strengthen cooperation to deploy renewable energy technologies
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO) and the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy of the Kingdom of
Morocco (MASEN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Health spending set to outpace GDP growth to 2030
Health expenditure will outpace GDP growth over
the next 15 years in almost every OECD country, according to new OECD
forecasts. Health spending per capita will...
EU delivers on stronger European Border and Coast Guard to support Member States
Today, the Council has
officially adopted the Commission's proposal to reinforce the European Border
and Coast Guard. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency will have...
EU-Singapore agreement to enter into force on 21 November 2019
EU Member States today endorsed the trade
agreement between the EU and Singapore. This means the agreement will enter
into force as soon as 21 November.
President...
IRENA Concludes its Eighteenth Council
High-level representatives from 124 member countries attended the 18th
meeting of the IRENA Council, held on November 5 and 6, 2019, in Abu Dhabi, to
review...
Building Emerging Technology Governance Key to Realizing Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
Governments and companies around the world are investing heavily in
emerging technologies to boost growth. The Middle East and North Africa region
could see approximately $400...