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India-UN Development Partnership Fund approves new Initiatives in Response to COVID-19
21 July 2020. The India-UN Development Partnership Fund, managed by UNOSSC, is working rapidly to support projects to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Areas of focus for the projects include increasing national healthcare capacities, reducing risk of transmission,...
South-South Cooperation during COVID-19: India-UN Partnership Development Fund procures medical equipment for Antigua and Barbuda
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund has provided five ventilators to the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, enabling the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment to equip a specially designed infectious disease and isolation centre developed in response to...
COVID-19 Global South Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Program – Deadline 28 June 2020
IDRC and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) are contributing up to CA$10 million towards a COVID-19 Global South Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Program. The Program aims to support multidisciplinary research to deepen...
UNIDO Global Call: Innovative Ideas & Technologies vs. COVID-19 & Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic will have far-reaching and long-term effects on populations and economies worldwide. Besides its immediate impact on health, the socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic are likely to be felt by economic actors over the world, and the...