Dispatches

Photo credit: Merran Eby By Kestrel DeMarco, MAGG One of the first things people ask me when I tell them about my internship with UNDP is whether I’ll be able to go to Viet Nam. Unfortunately, because of COVID, what would have been a six-month internship based out of Viet Nam has been a six-month […]

Photo credit: Sorn Seang Heng/flickr By Misha Goforth, MIPP I’ve been working with UNDP Cambodia for about 3 months now and it’s hard to believe I am halfway through my posting already. So, as I write my final blog for the dispatch series, I want to talk a bit more broadly about development work and

Photo credit: UN-Habitat Lebanon By Harry Deng, MAGG Not much has changed since my last blog post. I am still working on the Human Rights and Social Inclusion (HRSI) Unit’s strategic plan, as part of the unit’s resource mobilization strategy, and I am still working on the Youth 2030 Cities project. Regarding the HRSI strategic

Photo credit: UN-Habitat By Andrew Horne, MIPP In today’s blog, I will briefly look at some of the work UN-Habitat is doing in relation to both the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, I will be looking at SDG 11 – Make Cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, and I will be

Photo credit: UN-Habitat By Harry Deng, MAGG Since my first blog, there have been quite a few changes to my role within the Human Rights and Social Inclusion Unit of UN-Habitat. While I am still part of the Resource Mobilization team, the Climate Changemakers workstream has been put on pause without a timeline for resumption

Photo credit: Baochinhphu.vn By Joanna Hausen, MIPP There are inevitable risks facing countries due to climate change, and some risks will continue impacting communities despite preventative and mitigative measures or future improvements in policy and technology. Viet Nam is forecasted to face some of the most increased coastal risks in the world and a significant

Photo credit: VNA By Kestrel DeMarco, MAGG In the last couple of months working for the Climate Change and Environment (CCE) unit of UNDP Viet Nam on the “Coastal Resilience Project,” I’ve been assigned a diversity of exciting tasks related to Viet Nam’s national climate change strategy, nature-based solutions, risk databases, and risk-informed development. Along

Photo credit: CDC By Misha Goforth, MIPP Working with the results-based management unit of UNDP Cambodia for the last few months has been a great learning experience and has allowed me to stretch my skills in data management, coordination and analysis. In my last blog, I focused on the importance of results-based management in monitoring

Photo credit: Hieu Tran/Unsplash By Joanna Hausen, MIPP Hello from Kitchener, Ontario! A far throw from Hanoi, Vietnam, where the team I will be working with over the next months is based. Working remotely as a Junior Professional Consultant in climate policy and programme support with the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam seems a

Photo credit: UN-Habitat By Harry Deng, MAGG student As I write this first blog, I am sitting at my desk – an extra desk – in an office in one of those co-working spaces some old co-workers have rented out, and generously agreed to let me use it at no cost to myself. There is

Photo credit: UNDP Viet Nam By Kestrel DeMarco, MAGG A few months ago, I opened my inbox to see the most exciting email of 2021 (so far). I found out I’d be spending six months working as a Junior Professional Consultant for the Climate Change and Environment Unit of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

By: Andrew Horne, MIPP The last year has been challenging for most people, as we adapt to a constantly changing environment in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic. I am no exception, as I completed my Master of International Public Policy degree at BSIA in August, having finished the entire program virtually as a result