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Opportunities and challenges for gender equality in the COVID-19 recovery
COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of investment in the care economy for successful response, recovery and “building back better” from the pandemic. The report provides evidence on UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) member states´ efforts to secure and expand care-focused investment during the pandemic response
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This assessment was conducted between 18 June 2020 and 3 June 2021 with the objective of analyzing the developments and challenges in the management of biodiversity and protected areas (PAs) in 14 countries that carried out and completed a ECE Environmental Performance Review (EPR) under its 3rd cycle (further 3EPR) since 2014. This includes Albania (2018), Belarus (2016), Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The construction and maintenance of road infrastructure is an important area of most countries’ national economies, but also one of the least digitized sub-sectors. It suffers from the presence of systemic shortcomings including an insufficient level of cooperation, inadequate information management, and limited investment in technology, research and development. These shortcomings often result
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Historically, extractive industries have also been a major driver of economic growth, particularly for now-advanced economies that benefitted during and after the Industrial Revolution. Currently, mineral resource extraction plays a dominant role in the economies of 81 countries that account for a quarter of global GDP, half of the world’s population and nearly 70 per cent of those living in
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This Handbook for national master plans for freight transport and logistics has been elaborated with the aim to showcase the importance of the freight sector for the national economic development, and more importantly to assist national authorities in charge of freight transport and logistics with potential actions in accompanying the sector development to follow a sustainable path in support of
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Данное руководство по подготовке национальных генеральных планов в области грузовых перевозок и логистики было разработано с целью продемонстрировать значение сектора грузовых перевозок для национального экономического развития и, что еще важнее, с целью предоставить национальным органам, отвечающим за грузовые перевозки и логистику, информацию о возможных действиях, направляющих развитие этого
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Le Manuel pour l'élaboration de plans directeurs nationaux sur le transport de marchandises et la logistique a été élaboré en vue de montrer l'importance du secteur du fret pour le développement économique national et, surtout, d'aider les autorités nationales responsables du transport de marchandises et de la logistique à accompagner le développement du secteur sur une voie durable favorable au
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In some countries in the pan-European region, cycling is not viewed as an equal mode of transport and is not fully incorporated into national policies on transport, health and environment, nor, in many cases, is it included in curriculums for future town planners. A systematic plan, adopted internationally, will help national and local stakeholders streamline their efforts to promote cycling in
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At the Fourth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment (Paris, April 2014), member States decided “to initiate the development of a pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion, supported by guidelines and tools to assist in the development of cycling promotion policies at the national level. This new initiative will be undertaken within the framework of THE PEP partnerships”.
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This report captures the collective results of the regional United Nations system in Europe and Central Asia in 2020. In the reporting period, the regional UN entities provided collective support and offered policy guidance and tools to address key sustainable development challenges in the region. Transitioning to the new architecture of the Regional Collaborative Platform, the regional UN system
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The Trans-European North-South Motorway (TEM) Project was initiated to facilitate road traffic in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and to assist with the process of integrating European transport infrastructure systems.
One of the objectives of the Project is to improve the road network’s management. This report aims to provide TEM member countries with up-to-date information about how
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The Trans-European North-South Motorway (TEM) Project was initiated to facilitate road traffic in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and to assist with the process of integrating European transport infrastructure systems.
In order to improve the road network’s management, the Project provides TEM member countries with benchmarking of the current capacities of asset management, with up-to-
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Проведение мероприятий, связанных с правилами в области транспортных средств, показало, что благодаря присоединению к Cоглашению 1998 года уровень безопасности транспортных средств значительно повысится. Однако основным вопросом для многих стран является подготовка к присоединению к Соглашению и его осуществлению, с тем чтобы они могли извлечь пользу из положений, предусматривающих
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The implementation of vehicle regulations related activities demonstrated that, through accession to and implementation of the 1998 Agreement, vehicles safety will be increased considerably. However, the main issue for many countries remains how to prepare for accession and implementation of this Agreement so that they can benefit from its provisions, ensuring that safer and less polluting
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Road transport facts and figures. How healthy and environmentally friendly is our transport today? This eMagazine serves as a joint point of reference for the occasion of the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment in Vienna 17–18 May 2021. The work took place under the auspices of the Bureau of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP), a joint
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Road transport facts and figures. How healthy and environmentally friendly is our transport today? This eMagazine serves as a joint point of reference for the occasion of the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment in Vienna 17–18 May 2021. The work took place under the auspices of the Bureau of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP), a joint
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Road transport facts and figures. How healthy and environmentally friendly is our transport today? This eMagazine serves as a joint point of reference for the occasion of the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment in Vienna 17–18 May 2021. The work took place under the auspices of the Bureau of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP), a joint
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The UNECE region has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the devastating impact on lives and health, countries are suffering heavy socio-economic consequences: GDP in the region is projected to fall by 6-7% in 2020 with significant discrepancies across countries; unemployment has risen significantly despite support measures; trade, transport and mobility across
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The objective of the Collection of good practices and lessons learned on target setting and reporting under the Protocol on Water and Health is to provide concrete advice to countries planning to embark on the process of setting, revising or implementing targets, and reporting on the progress achieved in accordance with the Protocol.
In 2010,