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MAPPING CARE: INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR GEOREFERENCING CARE SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

This document provides an overview of the main applications of the Care Georeferencing Tool developed by the Gender Team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective of this tool is to facilitate the construction of care maps—a key step during the design of comprehensive care policies and systems at the national and local level. More here.

Multiple crises halt progress as 9 out of 10 countries fall backwards in human development, UNDP report warns

The world is lurching from crisis to crisis, trapped in a cycle of firefighting and unable to tackle the roots of the troubles that confront us. Without a sharp change of course, we may be heading towards even more deprivations and injustices, warns the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). More here.

UNDP launches second cohort of Ocean Innovators

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched its second cohort of 10 ocean innovators to tap on new technologies and approaches to end overfishing, and put an end to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices. The innovations are expected to bring economic benefits to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDC) by increasing the access of small scale fishers to technical and financial resources, thereby contributing to Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14 targets 14.4, 14.7 and 14.b). More here.

Second Regular Session of the Executive Board - August 2022

"Every day, catastrophes fill the news. These have always been with us yet are worsening, congealing into an ‘uncertainty complex’ unknown in human history. One where we have political crisis AND the rapid spread of disease AND global economic contagion AND the risk of starvation. All framed by many ominous indications of our collapsing planetary systems." Continue reading here.

Bold and ambitious actions needed to remove barriers limiting access to HIV services

The world is not on track to meet the goal of ending AIDS by 2030, nor the 2025 targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3. The cascading effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and multiple, overlapping crises are contributing to a deadly backsliding and a costly decline in resources for HIV responses. Read more here.

The "flying rivers" protecting the water cycle

The Wampís guard the phenomenon that supplies water to three Andean countries

An Indigenous community with a vision for the future, the Wampís, a collective of 85 Peruvian native communities has a history that spans more than 7,000 years. The Wampís Nation protects the largest tropical forest in the world, and today, after decades of intense fighting to defend the land, they are leading a powerful effort to confront the water crisis by protecting the “flying rivers”.
Read more here.

Dominica | Sowing Seeds of Resilience in Dominica!

Saint Lucia | Merphilus on a Mission of Empowerment

Trinidad and Tobago | appointment of Mr. Gerardo Noto as UNDP Resident Representative ad interim from 1 September 2022

Haiti | A year after the earthquake in Haiti, local communities are building resilience

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