The Board of Directors of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) approved several development projects submitted by UN and international, public institutions and NGOs, during the semi-annual meeting held today.
The meeting was chaired by HRH Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz, President of AGFUND, in which AGFUND\u2019s achievements as well as financial and technical reports, were presented.
The board highly valued developmental achievements accomplished by the winner projects of the Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development 2021 entitled \u201cClimate Action\u201d the 13th goal of the SDGs.
The board also approved 13 development projects that include \u201cEnsure Access to Life-saving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Za\u2019atari Refugee Camp, Jordan\u201d, \u201cSkills for Life & Work for Youth in Yemen\u201d, \u201cA Promising Future For Egypt Youth\u201d, \u201cSustainable Access to Drinking tap-water and Community Empowerment in the Slums of Bangladesh\u201d, \u201cEmpowering Women in Balkh Province of Afghanistan\u201d, \u201cImproving Food Security and Incomes and Reducing Chronic Malnutrition in Rhino Refugee Settlement and Host Communities in West Nile, Uganda\u201d, \u201cSystems Strengthening for Sustainable Urban WASH Services in Ethiopia\u201d, \u201cEmpowering and Capacity Building of People with Disabilities project in the Arab World to secure their full Participation in a Good Implementation of the CRPD and the SDGs 2030\u201d that will be implemented in GCC countries, Egypt and Lebanon, \u201cTraining and Capacity Development Center (TCDC) in Early Childhood Development in the Arab World\u201d \u201d, \u201cActivating the role of Arab NGOs in Limiting Climate Change and Adapting to its Repercussions in the Arab World\u201d , \u201cPromoting E-litigation and Mobile Courts in the Sultanate of Oman\u201d , \u201cDeveloping the Skills of Primary Care Providers Across all Primary Health Care Centers in Saudi Arabia\u201d, and \u201cSAUT Early Childhood Program in Saudi Arabia\u201d.
The Board members also praised the visits of the AGFUND delegation headed by HRH Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz to Jordan, the kingdom of Bahrain and Sultanate of Oman to have a look on the ongoing AGFUND\u2019s projects and patronaging the Arab Open University graduation ceremonies, in addition to listening directly the success stories of the beneficiaries from projects funded by AGFUND.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By\/Ahmed Fawzy The Board of Directors of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) approved several development projects submitted by UN and international, public institutions and NGOs, during the semi-annual meeting held today.The meeting was chaired by HRH Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz, President of AGFUND, in which AGFUND\u2019s achievements as well …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":192325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"\n