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  • Supporting the SDGs in Conflict-Affected Countries: Operationalizing the Triple Nexus Through a Risk-Informed and Human Security Approach

    Duration: May 2023 - February 2025
    Budget: US$2,451,354
    Implementing Agencies: UNESCWA(lead), League of Arab States

    The past decade has witnessed a rise in conflicts across the Arab region. These conflicts have proven more fluid, protracted, and complex, damaging the region’s rich cultural landscape, while undermining human security and opportunities for sustainable development.
     

     

     

  • Applying the Human Security Approach to Advance an Integrated Response to Health and Migration in the Northern Triangle of Central America and Mexico

    Duration: July 2022 - December 2023
    Budget: US$299,865 (UNTFHS: $299,865)
    Implementing Agencies: PAHO/WHO (lead), IOM

    The programme aims to: (i) improve national, local and inter-country multi-stakeholder coordination on health and migration through the application of the human security approach and the enhancement of capacities of stakeholders on human security in the context of health and migration; (ii) strengthen health information systems by building capacities to generate and integrate health data on migrants and support evidence-based, migrant-inclusive policies and plans; and (iii) employ knowledge obtained from improved data collection systems, as well as established Health and Migration Country Teams (HMCTs) and Health and Migration Working Groups (HMWGs) to promote and mainstream the human security approach in capacity-building activities on health and migration for the region.
     

     

     

  • Facilitating Inclusive Dialogues and Decision-Making to Strengthen Social Cohesion Post-COVID 19​

    Duration: April 2022 - June 2024
    Budget: US$475,000
    Implementing Agencies: OHCHR (lead), UNDP

    The populations of small island states in the Pacific region are highly vulnerable to external shocks, impacting all aspects of their lives and livelihoods as well as prospects for sustainable development.
     

     

     

  • Promoting a Human Security Approach to Disaster Displacement and Environmental Migration Policies Integrating the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Eastern Caribbean​

    Duration: November 2021 - April 2023
    Budget: US$456,092 (UNTFHS: $303,292; Pooled Resources: 152,800)
    Implementing Agencies: IOM(lead), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

    ​Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including the Eastern Caribbean SIDS, are frequently exposed to climate related threats and are especially prone to natural disasters that are up to six times more damaging when compared to developed countries. These recurrent threats, along with other shocks faced by the SIDS, disproportionately impact their development and their attainment of the SDGs, with COVID-19 further amplifying their inability to attain the SDGs. ​​
     

     

     

  • Regional Report on the Attainment of SDGs in Countries Affected by Crisis in the Arab Region

    Duration: November 2019 - July 2022
    Budget: US$375,000
    Implementing Agencies: IOM (lead), UNESCWA, HSU

    Countries in the Arab region have been heavily impacted by conflicts. These conflicts have resulted in tragic loss of life, forced displacement, physical destruction, strained and failing institutions that together result in complex and interconnected insecurities, often spilling into neighbouring countries within and beyond the region. Responding to the urgent challenges faced by countries affected by conflict in the region, the Arab Committee for Sustainable Development requested the League of Arab States through its Department of Sustainable Development and International Cooperation to prepare a regional report on the importance of SDGs and their implementation in conflict affected countries.
     

     

     

  • Advancing Sustainable Development Through Human Security, Climate Resilience and Women’s Empowerment in the Caribbean

    Duration: August 2019 - September 2023
    Budget: US$6,252,405
    Implementing Agencies: UN Women (lead), ILO, UNDP, FAO in partnership with UNFPA, UNICEF, RCO​

    In the Caribbean region, middle-income countries are marked by decreasing aid flows despite lagging economic growth, high and unsustainable levels of debt, increasing poverty and inequality, climate change and disaster risks, and public safety challenges. Women and youth are disproportionately affected by these challenges as a result of low-income levels and high barriers to economic participation that further increase their vulnerabilities to economic, social and environmental shocks. ​
     

     

     
  • AHSI

    Development and Promotion of the African Human Security Index​

    Duration: July 2019 - April 2023
    Budget: US$377,837
    Implementing Agencies: Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU), HSU

    The development of the African Human Security Index (AHSI) represents the first continent-wide human security index to support progress on the implementation of Agenda 2063 and the Silencing the Guns initiative. Such an index will help clarify how diverse issues ranging from poverty in all its forms, to social exclusion, violence and environmental degradation interact and require people-centered, comprehensive and risk-informed responses that support the continent’s goal towards a more inclusive and shared prosperity, in greater peace and resilience.
     

     

     
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    Enhancing Protection and Empowerment of Migrants and Communities Affected by Climate Change and Disasters in the Pacific Region

    Duration: February 2019 - December 2022
    Budget: US$5,308,945
    Implementing Agencies: IOM (lead), ESCAP, ILO, OHCHR

    The small island states of the Pacific region are extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change which increases the risk of flooding, storms, and extreme weather events. Rising sea levels also cause coastal erosion and salinity intrusion destroying the livelihoods of those dependent on agriculture and fishing.
     

     

     
  • A woman stands in a shallow river and leans over as she places stones and shells into a plastic bucket. She is wearing gumboots. There are several other women standing in the river behind her.

    Enhancing Community Resilience and Human Security of Vulnerable Communities in Urban Settings through the Implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

    Duration: September 2016 - December 2019
    Budget: US$1,904,274
    Implementing Agencies: UNISDR(Lead), UNDP

    The programme helps to develop the capacities of local governments and institutions to mitigate disaster-related insecurities in 10 urban communities living in vulnerable conditions in Mauritania and Tunisia.
     

     

     
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    Mainstreaming Human Security in Country Health Plans in Central America and the Dominican Republic

    Duration: December 2015 - December 2018
    Budget: US$538,026
    Implementing Agencies: PAHO/WHO

    The programme aims to mainstream the human security approach in the national health plans of Central America countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) and the Dominican Republic to build the path toward universal access to health and Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
     

     

     
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    Human security in Africa: Assessment and capacity-building to promote sustainable peace and development

    Duration: May 2013 - April 2015
    Budget: US$321,000
    Implementing Agencies: DESA/UNCRD

    With the aim to achieve sustainable peace and development, the programme undertook human security assessments in target African countries (Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda and South Sudan) and conducted seminars and training courses to build the capacity of the participants.
     

     

     
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    Promoting and Developing the Concept of Human Security in Latin America

    Duration: April 2010 - December 2012
    Budget: US$517,121
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP

    The programme brought together security, human rights and human development policymakers and practitioners to discuss substantive and action-oriented agendas related to the advancement of human security. Taking into account the realities of Latin America and the Caribbean region, the programme validated the added value of the human security approach to the region.
     

     

     
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    Enhancing Human Security for Individuals and Communities in Chernobyl-Affected Areas Through Local Information

    Duration: January 2009 - September 2013
    Budget: US$2,610,478
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP, IAEA, WHO, UNICEF

    The programme built the capacities of local communities to rebuild their economies through community-led decision-making and improvements in infrastructure, and by supporting local radiation awareness and risk reduction initiatives for those living in contaminated zones.
     

     

     
  • A group of adults and children walk down a dusty hill covered in rocks. They are carrying personal belongings and large white bags. There are members of the army watching the people as they move down the hill.

    Human security concept in the Arab region

    Duration: June 2007 - June 2010
    Budget: US$220,350
    Implementing Agencies: UNESCO

    In close partnership with the League of Arab States, the programme deepened the understanding and acceptance of the human security approach among policymakers, academics and civil society actors in the region. As part of the programme, five academic papers were prepared by prominent Arab experts who discussed the threats, challenges and opportunities for human security in the region.
     

     

     

  • African Millennium Village Initiatives

    Duration: March 2006 - June 2011
    Budget: US$20,560,747
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP

    The programme contributed to the achievement of the MDGs in some of the poorest regions of sub-Saharan Africa. By supporting multi-sectoral interventions in agriculture, business development, education, health care, and nutrition, the programme highlighted the important contribution of the human security approach to the realization of the MDGs.
     

     

     
  • A woman sits in a hammock and brushes the hair of a young child standing in front of her. Underneath them is a concrete floor. There is a baby doll, bucket and pairs of shoes on the floor.

    Empowerment of Women and Adolescents with Social Risk in Central America

    Duration: July 2005 - December 2007
    Budget: US$1,541,925
    Implementing Agencies: UNIFEM

    To prevent sexual exploitation of vulnerable women and at-risk youth in the border communities of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the programme focused on their economic and social empowerment, bolstered their protection from sexual abuse and violence, and improved their access to quality health care.
     

     

     
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    Report on regional co-operation for human security in Central Asia

    Duration: June 2005 - May 2006
    Budget: US$491,370
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP

    As a follow-up to the regional meeting entitled “Transition and Human Security in Central Asia”, the programme supported the preparation of a report on the importance of regional cooperation for addressing common challenges such as rising poverty, lack of foreign investment, impediments to cross-border trade, and environmental degradation.
     

     

     
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    Reducing the vulnerability of school children to earthquakes in Indonesia, India, Fiji and Uzbekistan

    Duration: December 2004 - December 2009
    Budget: US$935,768
    Implementing Agencies: DESA

    The programme aimed to ensure that children in earthquake prone areas have access to disaster resilient schools, and that communities enhance their capacity to cope with the impact of earthquakes by using schools as disaster mitigation and relief centres.
     

     

     
  • Two men and a woman stand around a wooden table. They are preparing documents and there are several books on their desk. There is a large group of women sitting behind them.

    Energy for poverty reduction in Africa: Energizing community-led rural development using multifunctional platforms in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea and Senegal

    Duration: September 2004 - December 2008
    Budget: US$2,670,777
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP, UNOPS

    Building on past and ongoing multifunctional platform (MFP) initiatives in West Africa, the programme implemented a broad range of activities to improve the capacities of rural communities to operate and manage their energy services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea and Senegal.  
     

     

     
  • A young man sits down next to a young girl, who is holding a first aid kit. They are both wearing red vests. There are three people standing behind them in yellow shirts.

    Every Child Has a Right to Grow Up in a Family Environment: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

    Duration: August 2004 - July 2007
    Budget: US$2,160,000
    Implementing Agencies: UNICEF

    The programme addressed the growing challenges met by parents facing homelessness, unemployment, single parenthood, alcoholism, or drug addiction and their tendency to place their children in State-run institutions. It supported the establishment of family-centred child care and reintegrated at-risk children into full-time family care.
     

     

     

  • Adolescent Girls and HIV/AIDS: Strengthening Responses in South Asia

    Duration: February 2003 - June 2006
    Budget: US$1,030,000
    Implementing Agencies: UNDP

    The programme addressed the dual vulnerabilities of human trafficking and HIV/AIDS facing women and girls in South Asia. The programme, in addition to providing care and support to those who were at risk of human trafficking and HIV/AIDS, assisted in the establishment of cross-border rehabilitation and support networks by Governments, civil society groups and community members.
     

     

     
  • A group of children ride their bikes towards the camera. They are in a large green field. Behind them are trees and a yellow building with a tiled roof.

    The human dignity initiative: Community-based safety nets as tools for human development in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam

    Duration: September 2002 - December 2003
    Budget: US$480,430
    Implementing Agencies: ESCAP

    The programme worked to improve the quality of life in low-income communities by enabling targeted groups to design and implement community-based development strategies. A series of workshops were conducted in each location to train community members, Government officials, local stakeholders, and staff from the supporting organisations.
     

     

     
  • The photo shows an area of land that has been devastated by a natural disaster. Houses have been destroyed and trees are bent over. There is twisted aluminium and stones in the dirt.

    Regional emergency training programme for the Asia Pacific region

    Duration: April 2001 - December 2005
    Budget: US$720,711
    Implementing Agencies: UNHCR

    With the objective to develop the skills and capacities of those responding to and preparing for emergencies in complex environments, the programme established a regional emergency training centre, the eCentre. This platform offered training activities, provided resources, and maintained a network of trained personnel who could share their knowledge and combine their expertise.
     

     

     
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    Strengthening Reproductive Health Services and Information in the South Pacific Islands

    Duration: April 2001 - March 2005
    Budget: US$1,587,833
    Implementing Agencies: UNFPA

    Targeting five priority countries in the South Pacific region (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu), the programme stemmed the growing prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, and unwanted pregnancies by increasing awareness and access to reproductive health care.
     

     

     

  • Localizing the 2030 Agenda: People Connecting Development and Peace​​

    Duration: -
    Budget: US$437,579
    Implementing Agencies: International Peace Institute (IPI) (lead), UN Human Security Unit (HSU)

     

     

     
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