Eritrea promotes workplace safety, hygiene, and safe re-opening of Government offices and businesses during COVID-19 BY UNDP ERITREA The National Confederation of Eritrean Workers (NCEW) has introduced simple and effective hand-washing stands. This ensures workplace safety and wellbeing whilst also promoting local innovation and job creation in Eritrea.
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Strengthening Eritrea’s National Statistics and Macroeconomic Statistics Systems (SENSS) BY TESFANEWS* The European Union Delegation to Eritrea and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed yesterday (29) a 5.75 million Euro Contribution Agreement for implementing the four-year project to Strengthening the National Statistics and Macroeconomic Statistics Systems (SENSS) of Eritrea.
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Community involvement is the hallmark of Eritrea’s fight against COVID-19 BY UNDP ERITREA The COVID-19 has so far defied logic by voraciously impacting poor and rich countries with equal measure. But in Eritrea, only 39 infections and zero deaths have been reported so far. This may be largely due to the country harnessing its social […]
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Nine Agro-meteorology experts and extension officers from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Eritrea, travelled to Bangladesh from 12-23 May 2017 for a study visit. BY UNDEP ERITREA Nine Agro-meteorology experts and extension officers from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Eritrea, travelled to Bangladesh from 12-23 May 2017 for a study visit. The visit was to […]
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BY UNDP ERITREA The Africa Supreme Audit Institute (AFROSAI) convened a weeklong workshop on financial, performance and compliance audits at the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) in Eritrea. The aim of the workshop, which was held from 22 to 26 May 2017, was to equip Eritrea auditors with relevant skills in compliance to the […]
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By TesfaNews A UNDP funded project aimed at powering four key government ministries with a solar photovoltaic system has been a success. GSOL Energy Global, the company that installed the solar panels, has handed over the solar powered systems to each respective ministries.
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BY EMBASSY MEDIA Ms. Christine Umutoni, the UN Resident / Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Eritrea, on a visit to the UK, led a discussion forum hosted by the Embassy of the State of Eritrea to the United Kingdom & Ireland under the theme “Delivering Together for Eritrea’s Development & Self-Reliance“.
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By UNDP Eritrea, Qhubeka, a NGO based in South Africa, distributed 708 bicycles to Eritrean students, through the Qhubeka scholar mobility project. The 708 was an addition to 220 bicycles distributed via the same initiative in 2015. Excited students from various schools, parents, guardians and officials from the Government and the UN convened at the […]
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