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An overview of constitutional rights and freedoms

The “Constitutional Rights and Freedoms from the Perspective of the Millennium Development Goals” meeting organized by UNDP and the Ankara Bar Association in the context of 10th December United Nations Human Rights Day will take place on 10th December 2007 in Ankara.

Award goes to Southeastern Anatolia

The 2006 Successful Exporters Awards were presented at the 10th Foreign Trade Week organized by the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade on 31 October 2007 in Ankara.

Different approach to sustainable development

The winners of the “Sustainable Development Short Movie and Documentary Contest” have met with the audience.

UNDP and TOBB awarded 10 projects

The Millennium Development Goals Award ceremony organized by UNDP and Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) in order to choose the 10 best projects that contribute to the localizing of the Millennium Development Goals was held on 13 November 2007 in Istanbul.

CSR Report launched

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Turkey Baseline Report prepared by the Corporate Social Responsibility Association was launched on 23 October 2007 in Ankara with the participation of the representatives of media agencies, governmental institutions, private sector companies, NGOs, World Bank and the General Secretariat for EU Affairs.

UNDP's project office opened in Istanbul

UNDP Turkey’s new Istanbul Project Office opened on 13 November 2007 in cooperation with Beşiktaş Municipality.

35 leading companies join Global Compact

The Global Leaders Meeting organized by Turkish Quality Association (Kalder) and Koç Holding in the context of the 16th Quality Congress was held on 12 November 2007 in Istanbul.

Kemal Derviş attends Southeast Anatolia meeting in Ankara

In the context of the Southeastern Anatolian Project Entrepreneurs Support Centres Project (GAP GIDEM) financed by the European Commission and implemented jointly by United Nations Development Programme and Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration, a Southeastern Anatolian Project Region Meeting and Panel will be organised on 12 November 2007 at the Swiss Hotel.

The UN, Google and Cisco unveil online resource in the fight to decrease global poverty

The United Nations, Google and Cisco today unveiled a pioneering online site that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015, a global campaign known as the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs.

Local administration build on capacity

Turkey’s local administration reforms in the EU process were discussed at a two-day international conference in Ankara.

Women's rights seminar

Global and national experiences in women’s rights were discussed in Ankara at a seminar for Senior Inspectors of the Ministry of Interior on 18-19 October 2007.

International Black Sea Day celebrated

The 11th International Black Sea Action Day was celebrated on 31 October 2007 in İstanbul.

International Conference on Local Administration Reform in Turkey

Annual Global Compact National Network Meeting

II. International Clustering Conference in Istanbul

The II. International Clustering Conference “Clusters 2007” will be held on 25-26 October 2007 in İstanbul.

The Youth Development Awards Ceremony

Youth development awards honour initiatives of youth NGOs

UNDP Turkey, which has been working on a National Human Development Report on Youth throughout 2007 in cooperation with the youth NGOs, will pay tribute to its partners by awarding their best-practices in the area of youth work on 4 October in Ankara.

Kemal Derviş's message on the World Poverty Eradication Day

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2007: Message from the Administrator of UNDP.

Ronaldo and Zidane thank you for eradicating poverty in UNDP spot

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) seeks to galvanize global efforts against poverty by launching a new TV spot directed by world renowned film director Wim Wenders, starring UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors Zinédine Zidane and Ronaldo.

MDG Journalism Awards

The “Latin America and MDG 2007 Journalism Awards” contest – organized by UNDP and the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency – that seeks Latin america’s best news articles on the Millennium Development Goals and that aims to encourage the regional media finalized on 28 September 2007 with seven winners.