Do borders keep communities safe, or do they inhibit movement and ideas? This issue of Voyages, a bi-monthly journal of inspiration from a changing Eurasia, looks at boundaries and how people are transcending them.
The Aid for Trade project supported the creation of 4,000 new jobs and US$560 million in export contracts the past 4 years alone. After 10 years, we look at some lessons on trade in Central Asia.
Biogas is making inroads into Serbia’s energy market with a five-year US $3 million project.
A new EU €2 million grant supports a UNDP programme enabling Afghan women to graduate from universities in neighbouring Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Agi Veres joins UNDP's Istanbul Regional Hub as Deputy Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Via Dinarica connects villages, communities and people with new opportunities – a uniting force twenty years after the war.
Eurasia doesn't get the spotlight it deserves - so we created a journal of our own
Why do stories from our region often go unreported? Maybe it's because countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have had a legacy of equality, job security and functioning safety nets. But there are many stories to be told, which is why we created Voyages - a bi-monthly visual journal.
Current issue (#3): Boundaries
Issue #1: Shifting Landscapes
Issue #2: At work
#HearMeToo: Activists in Central Asia break ground in the fight against violence
Three women activists are part of a growing movement to counter violence against women and girls in Central Asia, where the problem remains largely unaddressed. Read the feature.
Watch their stories: Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Uzbekistan
Outspoken
"They erase us, like we don't exist." Watch a powerful series of video testimonies that explores what it is like to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) in the Western Balkans. Read the blog behind the stories.
Across the Western Balkans, LGBTI people are fighting for their rights to lead a normal life. More information can be found in the biggest study to date.
I am Fatmira
Fatmira Dajlani is a fierce woman, an activist and a mother who is working to improve the lives of those around her.
What does it mean to be Roma? We visited Albania to take you on a 360 journey into her Füshe-Krüje community, through her eyes.
Watch the film. Read the story.
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About Europe and Central Asia
35%
are excluded from society
19%
of youth are unemployed
1.4 million
are living with HIV
88%
of primary energy supply is from fossil fuels
