PIA Press Release
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Representatives of UN state members to visit Albay
LEGAZPI CITY – Representatives of the United Nations member states are set to visit the province of Albay to witness first hand operations and programs of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), and World Food Programme (WFP).
UNDP country director Renaud Meyer, in a letter addressed to Albay Governor Joey Salceda said that the Philippines has been chosen as the site of 2011 joint field visit of the executive boards of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNPF, Unicef, and WFP because of the innovative development and humanitarian initiative undertaken in the country.
The visit is to enable the executive board members to understand the contribution of UN agencies are making and the challenges faced in assisting the country in attaining national objectives, in the context of sustaining development, the Millennium Development Goals and other internally agreed goals.
The delegation will spend one full week in the Philippines late this month and part of their itinerary is a three-day visit to UNDP project sites in this city and surrounding municipalities for March 29-31.
The project UNDP-Albay Strengthening the Philippine’s Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change has been chosen to showcase the results of UNDP programs in partnership with the local government.
