Support and Event Programmes

Unodays project will give support (with global spread) to  victims of violence e.g. domestic violence, sexually abused persons etc and scholarships to students from all tiers of education and so organize her events in the following ways:

Support is defined as:

-financing school projects e.g. provision of desks and seats, construction and/or renovation of school buildings, and provision of infrastructures. The extent of these shall be defined by unodays advisory board members from time to time.

-scholarship shall include payment of full tuition, partial tuition, and project and conference fee for students of University or secondary school or pupils of primary schools, and for  victims of child abuse, domestic violence, disable persons as a result of war or other causes.  

Scholarship shall be given under the following criteria:

1. Students that perform best in overall coursework in case of a secondary or primary school. For a University it shall be a student (s) from a faculty or a department that offers courses related to the UN day being celebrated and also host a unodays’ event but in addition shall meet the requirements of a good academic standing as judged by unodays board.

2. School project shall be evaluated by the board and shall be undertaken when all issues surrounding a project has been concluded. On the recommendation of the board and subject to availability of funds, financial support may be given to a school to undertake the construction or renovation of an existing school building or to be directly handled by unodays representatives.

3. Scholarship and other financial support shall be given to the victims of circumstances defined above after their situation would have been evaluated by the unodays board.

Unodays project event shall include the following:

1.       A summary of issues reported over a period of one year from the press cuttings, web links, etc in the blog after being delineated from the contents of news reports over this period. First, bimonthly summaries which will add-up to yearly report that shall be presented at a public gathering.

2.       Event location shall be approved public places, schools, Colleges, and University halls. Location for any of unodays event shall be held when approval has been received from a location provider as listed above.

3.       Speakers at unodays event shall include staff of UNDP officials from any country, lecturers of Universities, head teachers that host an event; student leaders and any public figure deemed suitable by the board during a celebration. Professionals and experts in a field relevant to any of UN day being celebrated. For example UN day for peacekeepers shall hold in a military location and speakers shall be drawn from the military while children day celebration shall hold in a primary or secondary school and the head teacher should speak.

4.       Only members of advisory board or invited guest from UNDP office shall present a summary report.

Note: UN days are many and so not all the days being marked by UN shall be celebrated each year, but the board shall determine which day to be celebrated and shall be guided by the following criteria:

Days that promote the following key areas:  

Peace and social justice  

Education, information and Communication Technologies 

Health 

Governance and  Corruption 

Gender and sexuality

           Security.

Conclusion: This  is subject to review when deemed suitable and at a short notice.