Issue: 49
At the meeting, world leaders agreed to the Copenhagen Accord, a political declaration on climate change, covering most of the major areas that have been under negotiation in UNFCCC sessions since 2005. The Accord provides political guidance and direction to the negotiations under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol, and contains some operational elements that are effective immediately.
According to the Copenhagen Accord, industrialised countries will commit to submit 2020 targets for quantified economy-wide emissions by 31 January 2010. To ensure transparency in figures, a number of developing countries, including major emerging economies, agreed to communicate their efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions every two years, also listing their voluntary pledges before the 31 January 2010 deadline.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the climate change deal and said "The Copenhagen Accord may not be everything that everyone hoped for, but this decision of the Conference of Parties is a beginning, an essential beginning." He said results have been made on all four of the benchmarks for success that he laid out during the special leaders' summit on climate change held in New York in September.
According to Ban Ki-moon "All countries have agreed to work towards a common long-term goal to limit the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius; many governments have made important commitments to reduce or limit emissions; countries have achieved significant progress on preserving forests; and have agreed to provide comprehensive support to the most vulnerable to cope with climate change."
The Secretary-General said these commitments have been backed up by $30 billion of pledges for short-term adaptation and mitigation measures for poorer countries, and further commitments to raise $100 billion by 2020 to achieve those goals.
The deal also provides a mechanism for drawing the many nationally announced climate goals into an international deal. Through an annex, developed countries would choose to list their greenhouse gas reduction targets and financing offers, and developing countries would register mitigation and adaptation projects that could be monitored or reviewed.
Ban Ki-moon also acknowledged that progress needs to be made in turning the Copenhagen Accord into a legally binding treaty, and said he would work closely with world leaders to make that happen.
The Copenhagen Green Climate Fund, aimed at helping poor countries adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change, will be launched as soon as possible so it can start providing assistance to those in need and kick-start clean energy projects.
There is still work to be done
Current mitigation commitments offered by countries fail to meet scientific targets. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that industrialized countries must cut emissions by 25 to 40 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020, and global emissions must be halved by 2050 to avoid the worst effects of global warming.
"We still face serious consequences. So while I am satisfied we have a deal here in Copenhagen, I am aware that it is just the beginning. It will take more than this to definitively tackle climate change, but it is a step in the right direction" the Secretary General said.
The actual negotiations involved the active participation of 28 heads of State representing key countries or groups of countries. The Accord was recognized by consensus and creates a procedure for individual countries to associate with the agreement.
UN Assistant Secretary-General Robert Orr explained that while some delegates consider that the Accord has many flaws, countries overwhelmingly believed that it would advance the climate change negotiations.
Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), said the deal was perhaps not the big breakthrough some had hoped for, but neither was it a breakdown, which at times seemed a possibility. "The litmus test of developed countries' ambitions will, in a sense, come immediately. If the funds promised in the Accord start flowing swiftly and to the levels announced, then a new international climate change policy may have been born."
Steiner stressed that the final deal represented a compromise of differing national and economic interests among States large and small, rich and poor. “Trying to take over 190 countries through the same door towards a more cooperative global warming policy has proved challenging but ultimately possible and do-able. Time will be the true judge as to whether 19 December 2009 was indeed an historic date for accelerating a response to combating dangerous climate change and for more sustainable management of economically important ecosystems, such as forests.”
In order to step up action on the development and transfer of technology, governments intend to establish a new technology mechanism to accelerate development and transfer in support of action on adaptation and mitigation.
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer remarked “We now have a package to work with and begin immediate action, however, we need to be clear that it is a letter of intent and is not precise about what needs to be done in legal terms. So the challenge is now to turn what we have agreed politically in Copenhagen into something real, measurable and verifiable."
The next annual UN Climate Change Conference will take place towards the end of 2010 in Mexico City, preceded by a major two week negotiating session in Bonn, Germany, scheduled 31 May to 11 June.
Turkey at Copenhagen
During the COP 15, a side event was organized by the Turkish Government to introduce the draft National Climate Change Strategy of Turkey on 14 December 2009.
The side event hosted a presentation by project representatives from the UNDP Turkey Office titled “Joint efforts of Turkish Government and UNDP for combating Climate Change”. Joint presentations were also made by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Automotive Manufacturers Association, as well as from the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD), the UK-Turkish Environment Society and the Turkish Business Council of Sustainable Development joint presentations. A representative from the national carbon project developers further shared their views on the carbon asset project development potentials and capabilities of Turkey.
The joint efforts of the Turkish government and UNDP concerning mitigation and adaptation to climate change were shared with an audience consisting of representatives from national environmental NGOs, the Youth for Climate Initiative, business representatives, international agencies and institutions.
In the scope of draft National Climate Change Strategy of Turkey, mitigation in the fields of energy, transportation, industry, waste, land-use, agriculture and forestry, along with adaptation in the areas of technology development, technology transfer, finance, education, capacity development and institutional infrastructure were among the short, medium and long term objectives that were discussed.
Speaking at the Joint High-level segment to present Turkey’s national statement, President Abdullah Gül explained that Turkey’s location in the eastern Mediterranean region makes it likely that the country will be affected by the adverse impacts of climate change. Gül said “Turkey is a case in point which must receive technology and financial support to realize its national mitigation and adaptation objectives. In addition, we’ve taken various important measures with a view to combating climate change. We’ve promoted renewable energy and energy efficiency including enacting the necessary legislations. Our aims are to make full use of hydro, wind, solar, geothermal powers of Turkey”.
Following a study tour to Spain organized by a UN Programme not only is Nuran Özyılmaz, a small restaurant owner in the remote city of Kars, planning to add paella to her previously traditional menu but dairy farmer İlhan Koçulu has already contacted the mayor of a small town in Spain to exchange ideas about dairy farming and ecological agriculture.
The study tour began in Madrid and continued to world famous city of Granada, the popular ski resort Sierra Nevada, the beautiful port city Malaga and the historical city of Segovia. These cities were chosen by the Joint Programme because of their impressive developments in nature and culture tourism over the last couple of decades. Participants included, Deputy Governor of Kars, Sarıkamış District Governor and Mayor, Kars Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism, experts from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, members of the UN Joint Programme team and entrepreneurs from Kars.
Nuran Özyılmaz, also known locally as Nuran Teyze (aunt Nuran), serves delicious examples of local cuisine, such as the famous Kars goose in her restaurant. In her first trip abroad, Nuran Teyze had the opportunity to grasp the direct impact of the principles of safeguarding and preservation on the Madrid's tourism sector and overall economy. She concluded that the harmonious combination of past and present is the key to Spain’s tourism success and gathered ideas of how to utilize these principles in Kars.
After seeing Spain for the first time since 1990, İlhan Koçulu a dairy farmer who is interested in ecological farming, remarked that a carefully planned and implemented tourism strategy is crucial to building a region’s potential. He also stressed that visiting Spain with the local authorities of Kars, created a platform for stronger and more genuine communication and interaction between the public and private sector. Koçulu said “UN Joint Programme’s targets and strategy is totally clear and solid for me now. Moreover, I re-established my faith in myself and Kars.”
The study tour in Spain has widened entrepreneur and restaurant owner Göksel Kaygısız’s vision in running his 35 year-old family restaurant. Kaygısız explained he was most impressed with the Spanish approach to safeguarding and preserving both tangible and intangible heritage sites and structures. While visiting Granada’s world famous Al-Hamra Palace, he was fascinated by the cleaning of the palace walls which was done by hand. The gentle and detailed care given to this palace reminded him of the historical stone buildings in Kars that have been neglected. Now, on behalf of the sector specific organisation established by hotel and restaurant owners in Kars (KARSOD), Kaygısız plans to prepare a report with his observations and share it with the Mayor of Kars.
On the agenda of the study tour, were meetings with representatives of the tourism sector and local governments, as well as training sessions with experts. The participants were given the opportunity to observe the practical applications of the Spanish tourism strategy in different cities and towns, as well as share important experiences with individuals in the Spanish tourism sector and with local government representatives. Part of the UN Joint Programme’s mission in the Spanish study tour was to improve the knowledge and experience of representatives from Kars’ public sector, the Ministry of Culture and local stakeholders who are also potential members of the Kars Tourism Governance Organization (TGO). During the study tour, Spanish authorities and representatives from the Spanish tourism sector presented comprehensive information about successful TGO examples in Spain and how national strategies and local priorities can be evaluated in this context.
Immediately following the study tour in Spain, the Joint Programme team travelled to Kars, and held a meeting with the Kars local media on 23 December to present a summary of all Joint Programme activities during 2009. Upcoming activities for 2010 were also shared in this meeting In addition; the participants of the study tour shared their experiences first hand.
The UN Joint Programme “Alliances for Culture Tourism in Kars” strives to improve the tourism sector in Kars and create new employment opportunities. Capacity building and training programmes in the tourism and service sector in Kars have reached a wide range of audiences in the first week of October to help construct local prospects for cultural and economic growth. Local men and women from Taşbaşı, Çanaksu, Boğatepe, Doğruyol and Hamamlı villages gathered to learn about possibilities of House Pensioning in the area.
The programme aims to mobilize the culture sector in Turkey’s Eastern Anatolia resulting in increased incomes for the people of Kars and, thus, contributing to the realization of poverty reduction at a localized level. In specific, the joint programme will develop the cultural tourism sector in Kars contributing to social cohesion by recognizing pluralism and by reducing income disparities between people of Kars and the rest of the country.
In his message for the International Day for South-South Cooperation, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the countries of the South to deepen their cooperation and urged countries of the North to support their efforts.
Ban Ki-moon drew attention to the fact that many countries of the South have increasingly strong institutional, technical and financial capacities and said “South-South financial flows have been critical in warding off some of the impacts of the global economic crisis”. Despite these developments, developing countries still feel the burden of hunger, job losses, AIDS and other fallouts caused by the global crisis, thus increased commitment is needed to realize the great potential of South-South and triangular cooperation.
A pivotal country within the South-South Cooperation, Turkey is becoming an important actor in shaping the global development agenda to eradicate poverty and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Turkey not only caught the developing country standards in development aid, but also became frequently referred to among the emerging donor countries. Through the South-South Cooperation project, UNDP aims to strengthen Turkey’s role in international development cooperation by developing the capacity of the Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TIKA) with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. UNDP provides assistance to TIKA in preparing and managing Turkey’s development assistance programmes, in order to increase the effectiveness of Turkish Official Development Assistance (ODA) in line with the Paris Declaration Principles. Turkey’s ODA contribution is approximately 0.1% of its Gross National Income (GNI) rising from $601 million in 2006 to $780 million in 2008 and it is determined to be more engaged in international development assistance. The total net development assistance amount for 2008 was USD 1,576.75 million. Turkey's 2008 total development assistance increased by 30% in comparison to 2007. All of the total ODA amount of USD 780.36 million, realised in 2008 was in the form of grants, with USD 735.74 million representing bilateral aid and USD 44.62 million representing multilateral aid delivered via international organisations.
The country’s ODA has a special focus on the global commitment to the MDGs, with a particular emphasis on the Least Developed Countries (LDC). While the main geographical focus is currently on the Caucuses, Central Asia, Balkans and the Middle East, TIKA would like to scale up support to other regions, particularly in Africa. The country has been responding to humanitarian crisis situations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Sudan by implementing projects in education, health, economic and social infrastructure, commerce, industry and communication. TIKA’s Agricultural Cooperation and Training Programme for East and West African Countries project for instance, includes practical training by Turkish experts provided to locals in each host country. The project will continue through 2010.
Two international conferences have also been organized jointly by the UNDP and TIKA since the project’s inception to form platforms as a means of sharing experiences and best practices. At the International Conference on Women and Democratic Governance held in 2008, government and NGO representatives, academicians and experts from all over the world discussed ways of empowering women to increase their participation in politics. More recently, the “e-Transformation in Public Administration from e-Government to e-Governance” conference created a common platform to explore collaboration potentials where practical experiences on e-government project implementations were exchanged. The conference took place in December in Antalya, and was attended by more than 300 senior government officials from Turkey and along with more than 40 country representatives. Seven UNDP Country Offices (CO) with strong e-Governance portfolios from the region, were also present.
Another key operation within the South South Cooperation project is the establishment of a talent bank of experts from different ministries within the Turkish Government, including the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, to provide technical assistance to other countries within the framework of the development work that TIKA is undertaking. Experts in various fields are registered in a database and interlinked through international communication networks. These networks enable capacity development by allowing for experts to share their experiences and knowledge with their peers.
With the implementation of the “South-South Cooperation” project, Turkey’s contribution to the achievement of the MDGs in developing countries will be strengthened through the sharing of its experience and “best practices” as an emerging donor.
Since its establishment in 1975 as part of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA), the South-South Cooperation (then called Technical co-operation among developing countries or TCDC) has advanced trade and opened new avenues for economic growth and is a critically important dimension as a means of building communication, and of promoting wider and more effective co-operation among developing countries. Although the South-South Cooperation is thriving, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon cautioned that it is not a substitute for North-South cooperation and pointed the need to establish more North-South partnerships.
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To reduce poverty in 14 selected villages, infrastructure works which began in 2007 have been finalized while awareness raising activities and training programmes have reached 1589 people by the end of 2009. The waste problem, identified as the most disturbing issue by the villagers, was resolved with the construction of advanced sewage systems. An average of ten thousand people now benefit from the approximately 81 thousand meters long sewage pipeline. Locals who previously were uninformed about the support provided in their villages, are now more aware of the support services through regular updates received at arranged meetings, from various publications and through the establishment of a new website.
With the construction of a new sewage system, important improvements in health and hygiene have been observed. Since its construction, the risk of children getting diseases such as diarrhea, jaundice and malaria from various dangerous streams has showed an obvious decline. Settlements in the villages have slowly started moving towards areas with sewage systems. To ensure its sustainability, villagers were given training to protect and maintain the newly established system.
The infrastructure works completed by the winner of a national tender, were continuously monitored and controlled by the Sivas Erzincan Development Project (SEDP)’s civil engineer and necessary maintenance and repair works were carried out by the project two years following the systems’ construction.
The local population was informed
The local population was informed about the support provided in the scope of public sector support measures in the context of the Sivas Erzincan Development Project (SEDP) through numerous means. At meetings held in 50 villages, 1222 people were updated about project benefits. All activities carried out by the SEDP until 2008, were gathered in a handbook which was distributed to the local press, local administrations, mukhtars’ offices and relevant institutions The Project Management Unit offered consultations regarding investments that could be made in the scope of both the SEDP and by other institutions and organizations and provided detailed information to visitors who stopped by the project offices. To encourage participation, all SEDP activities were announced on local television channels, radio stations as well as newspapers.
Local administrations, companies submitting procurement proposals and beneficiaries are also able to access general information about the project, tender announcements, general announcements and news through the website www.sekp.org. While users can submit their opinions and suggestions on a log book located on the site, a forum enables project employees to exchange information online. Activity and evaluation reports along with activities carried out by project employees are stored in a database.
By the end of 2009, such efforts led to project activities exceeding expectations by reaching more people than was initially targeted. SEDP thus became one of the most popular projects in the rural areas of Sivas and Erzincan.
Run by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), the SEDP is one of the largest internationally funded development projects aspiring to reach targets outlined in the National Development Strategy (NDRS) of Turkey. The project is funded by the Turkish Government, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).
The UNDP provides technical assistance for the project which aims to increase agricultural productivity and income levels of rural poor in less-developed parts of Sivas and Erzincan by expanding employment opportunities and fostering individual as well as collective entrepreneurship of small farmers. Such improvements in the living conditions of rural poor women and men are expected to decrease the pressures of migration in rural parts of Sivas and Erzincan and overcome rural poverty on a sustainable basis by ensuring the preservation of the provinces’ natural resources.
In the scope of the project, various training programmes for capacity building have been implemented. One such programme specifically targeted women educating them on mother-child health care, food safety and proper care and feeding of infants. Another training programme for students was organized to teach them about nutrition at school age and protection from infectious disease.
The SEDP was declared effective in January 2005 for a period of seven years. The loan closing date is 30 September 2012.
Although equality of rights for women is a basic principle of the United Nations, Turkey still has a long path ahead to ensure equal rights for women. In keeping with the spirit of the CEDAW Convention, the UN acknowledged the important progress achieved so far, reminded Turkey of the long path ahead towards the fulfillment of the obligations set forth in the Convention and also drew the attention to the fact that, 30 years since its adoption, the overall objective of eliminating all forms of discrimination against women is still a priority for governments and civil society worldwide.
Turkey ratified the Convention on 20 December 1985 and its Optional Protocol in 2002, providing women with the right to submit individual complaints. Important progresses have been achieved since then. In particular, the Turkish Civil Code and the Turkish Constitution were revised in order to include the principle of non discrimination between men and women and to achieve true equality within family life. The criminalization of rape within marriage harassment in the work place the inclusion of the crime of trafficking in human beings in the Turkish Penal code in 2002 have also been landmark developments. Despite the results achieved, some areas can be improved to achieve full implementation of CEDAW, in particular violence against women; women participation in labour as well as in political and public life and mechanisms against domestic violence. Women shelter houses are not enough and women labour participation rates have been declining for the last 20 years.
“Achieving gender equality and empowering women is a goal in itself. It is also a condition for building healthier, better educated, and more peaceful and prosperous societies. When women are fully empowered and engaged, all of society benefits. Gender equality is also one of the areas in which the synergy among United Nations agencies can work at its best” stated Maurizio Busatti, co-chair person of the United Nation Gender Thematic Group. The United Nations have been supporting the Government of Turkey towards the achievement of gender equality through a broad array of projects and in particular trough the The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 1979, with the aim of providing the basis for realizing equality between women and men through. The Convention ensures women's equal access to, and equal opportunities in, political and public life - including the right to vote to stand for election - as well as education, health and employment. States parties agree to take all appropriate measures, including legislation and temporary special measures, so that women can enjoy all their human rights and fundamental freedoms. With 186 States that have ratified or acceded to the Convention the CEDAW is one of the most widely accepted human right instruments. State parties are legally bound to put its provisions into practice. They are also committed to submit national reports, at least every four years, on measures they have taken to comply with their treaty obligations.
Published as part of UNDP’s 2009 global Human Development Report, the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) pointed to the inequality between men and women in Turkey with a bleak series of figures in the areas of participation in politics and income levels. According to the GEM, which is based on 2007 data, women in Turkey only make up 9% of the seats in parliament and 4% of the jobs in ministries.
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The first project activity titled "International Review of Best Practice Cluster Support Programmes" is expected to begin within the next few months. Through conducting international benchmarking studies, provision of training, organization of field studies and study visits, the project will facilitate enhancement of the MoIT’s capacity in development and implementation of a cluster support programme, and development of monitoring and evaluation tools will enable the Ministry to assess the impact of cluster support on competitiveness, innovative capacity, empowerment of women entrepreneurs and labour force, and the protection of environment and sustainable development.
Clusters are groups of collaborating and competing independent companies and associated institutions that are geographically concentrated in one or several regions and are specialised in a particular field, linked by common technologies and skills.
Currently, both the Ninth National Development Plan and the 2009 Annual Programme highlight the importance of clusters in boosting the competitiveness of the national economy. Measure 110 of the 2009 Annual Programme indicates that “National clustering support policy and mechanism will be developed” by using the outputs of the EU-funded project on “Development of a National Clustering Policy for Turkey.” The Ministry of Industry and Trade has been identified as the organization in charge of fulfilment of Measure 110 of the 2009 Annual Programme.
UNDP will provide support to the MoIT in three main areas: designing a cluster support programme, complete with a competitive and transparent cluster selection process by developing required documentation such as application manuals, evaluation guidelines, and an advanced draft of the secondary (or tertiary) legislation; improving the institutional capacity of the MoIT through establishing the required skills and capabilities at the Ministry by developing and delivering training programmes for staff members while promoting equal participation of women and men; and designing the monitoring and evaluation tools to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the cluster support programme, as well as its socio-economic impact in the long-term.
The Cluster Support Programme for MoIT is run in partnership with UNDP will end in December 2010.
Drawing positive links between migration and development, the first Migration for Development Virtual Fair, also known as M4D Virtual Fair, took place from November 2-3, 2009. Unlike the conventional ‘fair’, this took place in a cyber setting in which people from all over the globe were able to participate. The fair was organized by the Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) which is a strategic partnership between United Nations and European Commission, and provides an online platform for virtual tourists to view online exhibitions and post questions to key figures from international organizations and civil societies.
The virtual fair provides its tourists with an exhibition consisting of over 50 civil society led initiatives about the constructive influences of migration on development that are taking place in 60 different countries. The virtual exhibition also enables users to directly share their own migration and development (M&D) initiatives by allowing them to post their projects as a part of the exhibition. Through this, a global platform is created in which global projects on M&D are shared, by providing real examples of the positive relation between migration and development. There is also a ‘resources’ section at the virtual fair which allows users to access and share various resources about migration and development including presentations, conference notes and reports. Interaction is further promoted through M4D TV, a daily blog and a quiz. Participants are able to use M4D TV to watch videos of key figures from international organizations and civil societies as well as post questions directly to them. The daily blog is also a site for interaction as users are allowed to post comments, discussions and debates relating to migration and development may take place.
The Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) is the organizer of the Migration for Development Virtual Fair. JMDI is a 3-year programme implemented by UNDP, UNHCR, UNFPA, ILO and IOM with a budget of €15 million to support civil society organizations and local authorities seeking to contribute to linking migration and development. The JMDI aims to do this through three main exercises: setting up and reinforcing networks of actors working on migration and development; identifying good practice in this field and sharing information on what actually works at the local and international level; supporting policy-making on migration and development. Under this framework, the Migration for Development Virtual Fair acts as a site for the effective exercising of these aims.
The full potential of migration as an avenue for human development is also quintessential to UNDP’s 2009 Global Human Development Report. 'Overcoming barriers: human mobility and development' argues that migration can benefit all concerned—from the migrant families to source and destination communities. The report thus, lays out a core package of reforms, six ‘pillars’ that call for opening existing entry channels for more workers, ensuring basic human rights for migrants, lowering the transaction costs of migration, finding collaborative solutions that benefit both destination communities and migrants, easing restrictions on internal migration, and finally, adding migration as a component for origin countries’ development strategies.
For the first time, Ronaldo and Zidane will be on the same side in the 7th match that will recall the urgency of working together to address global poverty.
“No one is a spectator in the struggle to end poverty,” said Ronaldo, who now plays for Corinthians in Brazil. “It is only through working together, on the same team, that we will achieve the Millennium Development Goals.”
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development targets that 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations agreed to achieve by the year 2015. They include reducing extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, and fighting disease epidemics such as HIV/AIDS.
Zinedine Zidane, who retired from active football in 2006 but who continues to play in the annual Match Against Poverty, echoes Ronaldo’s thoughts. “We must score the eight goals through commitment, willpower and teamwork” he said.
UNDP Administrator, Helen Clark, said this year’s Match takes on special importance as it comes five years before the MDG deadline. “The MDGs are enormously important targets, the achievement of which would mean a huge improvement to peoples’ lives,” she said. “Achieving them will require strong partnerships; enough dedicated resources; unwavering political leadership; and a long-term strategy to ensure that how we develop and grow is sustainable in every sense.”
Luis Filipe Vieira, chairman of the SLBenfica Football Club and President of Benfica Foundation, said “The Club is happy to be associated with UNDP for such an event; football is a great way to get people together for a good cause”. Half the proceeds from the Match will go to the SLBenfica Foundation, targeted at social development projects in Lusophone Africa. The remaining funds will be managed by UNDP to benefit development projects.
Proceeds from previous six matches have benefited anti-poverty initiatives ranging from support to female entrepreneurs to the construction of sports centres for street children and the disadvantaged. Funds have gone to support projects throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Match will take place at the Estàdio da Luz, Lisbon on 25 January 2010. The price of the tickets will be of 10€. Tickets can be purchased on the usual places in Lisbon for SL Benfica matches and through the club´s website after December 21 2009.