In commemoration of World Health Day , WHO in cooperation with the United Nations Information Centre in Tripoli, hosted an award ceremony for schoolchildren who partook in the annual WHO sponsored art competition for students between the ages of 7 and 18.
Project Signing - National Economic Development Board
16/04/2008
UNDP Libya is proud to announce that it has signed a US$1.86m project with the National Economic Development Board, aimed at supporting the management, coordination, and implementation of the National Development Programme for 2008 to 2012.
UNDP Libya aims to provide the EDB with assistance capacity building of relevant staff, providing quality tested policy advisory services, and building in-house knowledge through the provision of highly skilled international expertise.
At a time when Libya is enjoying a period of economic vibrancy unsurpassed in its recent history, UNDP is helping its national counterparts realise their incredible potential, and is strengthening its long term commitment towards the economic and social development of the Great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
World Health Day - World Health Day and Climate Change
13/04/2008
In 2008, World Health Day focuses on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change. WHO selected this theme in recognition that climate change is posing ever growing threats to global public health security.
In Libya, the United Nations has committed itself to working with its local counterparts in the public and private sectors to ensure that more attention is given to the health detriments of climate change, while also advocating for better personal health management.
Below, are links to the WHO Fact File on Health and Climate Change, as well a transcript of the speech given by Mr Brian Gleeson, UN Resident Coordinator in Libya on the occasion of World Health Day. 10 Fast Facts about Health and Climate Change
At a time when Libya is enjoying a period of economic vibrancy unsurpassed in its recent history, UNDP is helping its national counterparts realise their incredible potential, and is strengthening its long term commitment towards the economic and social development of the Great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
National Environment Day - Yes For Environment Friendly Industry
10/04/2008
On 10th April, Libya celebrated its Environment Day. UNDP was invited as one of the Libyan government’s committed partners to partake in the event in Misrata, at the Higher Institute of Industry. The message for this year’s Environment Day was a commitment by all concerned parties to push for greener development under the banner of “Yes For Environment Friendly Industry”. The celebration programme involved awareness raising lectures that addressed the effects of industry on environment.
Brian Gleeson, UNDP Libya RR, used the opportunity to highlight the successful relationship that Libya enjoys with its government counterparts in the field of environment, while also emphasising the potential of Corporate Social Responsibility in addressing the pressing issue of environmental conservation in Libya. Mr Gleeson went on to underline the importance of “greater dialogue [between] the local community, the commercial sector, and the government” in managing environmental conservation and industrial development.
Mr. Brian Gleeson as Resident Representative
31/01/2008
UNDP Libya is proud to announce the arrival of Mr Brian Gleeson as its Resident Representative. A lifelong public servant, Mr Gleeson worked with the Australian government for over thirty years, reaching the exalted heights of Deputy Minister. With a strong background in financial management and human resources, Mr Gleeson decided to join the UN in 1996, as part of Kofi Annan’s management reform team. After a short stint with the World Health Organisation in 1998, he moved to UNDP to work with the incumbent Administrator, Mark Malloch Brown in 1999.
A firm believer in mobility and learning, Mr Gleeson has held four different — and rewarding — posts during his eight years with UNDP. Over the course of his UN career, Mr Gleeson has worked with over 5000 staffers and visited nearly 80 country offices.
While this will be his first field posting, Mr Gleeson is excited by the amount of potential that Libya offers in terms of achieving sustainable development. With a determination to bring “Libyan answers for Libyan questions”, Mr Gleeson is hoping to use his experience to ensure that the UN’s vast capacities will be used to the full in bringing funding and technical expertise into the country.
So certain that Libya is moving in the right direction, and so honoured to be here, Mr Gleeson has brought his Egyptian wife and five year old son, Jusef, with him to the country. “I had opportunities to go to other offices, but this is where I want to be, and this is where I want my son to grow up.”
Msalata – A Step in the Right Direction
06/11/2007
UNDP, in association with the Libyan Environment General Authority (EGA), recently hosted a successful three-day workshop in Tripoli on Protected Area Management (PAM). Attended by personnel from the government and private sectors, as well as members of the local media, the workshop provided UNDP and EGA with an opportunity to identify, for the first time, all the relevant stakeholders in Libya.
The first such workshop of its kind in the country, the event gave interested parties an opportunity to share the challenges and successes they had all been through. Through training provided by UNDP’s SURF, it also exposed the attendees to the experiences of Jordan in Protected Area Management, a country similar to northern Libya in terms of both climate and landscape.
The first two days of the workshop were spent in Tripoli in good-natured and heated debate, with short presentations, and question & answer sessions. The third and final day however was spent in the field. The participants took a two hour bus drive to Msalata, a Protected Area location in Western Libya, famous for the UNESCO Heritage Leptis Magna ruins, which lies within its confines.
The Msalata Park Authorities were happy to show the participants around the forested and hilly region that lies off Libya’s Mediterranean coast, content in the knowledge that their work is being recognised both locally and abroad. While still a nascent programme by international standards, the local authorities have high hopes for the future.
An undoubted success, the workshop has increased UNDP’s visibility within the local environmental sector, and generated opportunities for engaging with private enterprises, many of whom expressed an interest in partnering with the Protected Area initiative.
Following up on the workshop, UNDP and EGA have produced a set of recommendations that will be incorporated into a consensual action plan for a comprehensive National Protected Area Management strategy.
For further information on this or any Environement related project, please contact Mr Abdelmenam Mohamed of UNDP
Arab Women Creating the Future
04/11/2007
UNDP Libya is honoured to host, in cooperation with the Watassemo Charity Society, a three day sub-regional workshop for Women’s Rights’ Institutions (WRI) and HIV/AIDS. This workshop, entitled ‘Arab Women Creating the Future’, is part of a UNDP’s HIV/AIDS Regional programme for Arab States (HARPAS) initiative undertaken in partnership with UNFPA and Japan’s Women’s Development Fund.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Libya this week in the final leg of his three country trip of Africa to address the crisis in Darfur. Following a meeting with the Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi, the Secretary General released a statement in Tripoli setting out a series of measures required to address the conflict that has engulfed Darfur since 2003, killing over 200,000 people and driving an additional 2.2 million from their homes.
Eighteen months ago I took part in the United Nations Volunteer programme, joining the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR is the UN agency dedicated to protecting and caring for refugees worldwide.
UNDP Libya aims to provide the EDB with assistance capacity building of relevant staff, providing quality tested policy advisory services, and building in-house knowledge through the provision of highly skilled international expertise.
On 10th April, Libya celebrated its Environment Day. UNDP was invited as one of the Libyan government’s committed partners to partake in the event in Misrata, at the Higher Institute of Industry. The message for this year’s Environment Day was a commitment by all concerned parties to push for greener development under the banner of “Yes For Environment Friendly Industry”. The celebration programme involved awareness raising lectures that addressed the effects of industry on environment.
Brian Gleeson, UNDP Libya RR, used the opportunity to highlight the successful relationship that Libya enjoys with its government counterparts in the field of environment, while also emphasising the potential of Corporate Social Responsibility in addressing the pressing issue of environmental conservation in Libya. Mr Gleeson went on to underline the importance of “greater dialogue [between] the local community, the commercial sector, and the government” in managing environmental conservation and industrial development.
With a strong background in financial management and human resources, Mr Gleeson decided to join the UN in 1996, as part of Kofi Annan’s management reform team. After a short stint with the World Health Organisation in 1998, he moved to UNDP to work with the incumbent Administrator, Mark Malloch Brown in 1999.
relevant stakeholders in Libya.
participants took a two hour bus drive to Msalata, a Protected Area location in Western Libya, famous for the UNESCO Heritage Leptis Magna ruins, which lies within its confines.
of whom expressed an interest in partnering with the Protected Area initiative. 
