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Blue for Good: A Cause-Related Marketing Campaign by UNODC
By: Claudia-Arthur Flatz, UNODC
As part of its efforts to forge partnerships with the private sector, the UNODC Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking has entered into a joint funding and promotional venture with luxury fashion label Beulah London, a socially conscious brand which, through...
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Qatar Olympic Committee and UNODC – broadening horizons and fighting drug abuse through the Global Sport Fund
The GSF exists to create reasonable opportunities for youth between the ages of 11 and 17 years, residing in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and Central Europe, to use sport to help improve physical and mental health, reinforce positive social skills, and shield them from... More
UN, business and other leaders unite to fight corruption in Africa
18 March 2009, Lagos, Nigeria – Nearly 200 business, government and civil society representatives from 19 African countries participating in a pan-Africa business anti-corruption conference in Lagos have declared that business is taking a stand against corruption through collective action. The... More
UNODC and PWC launch global anti-corruption report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) have launched a report entitled ‘Anti-Corruption Policies and Measures of the Fortune Global 500’ in September 2009. More
UNODC and Microsoft - The UNCAC Legal Library and the Knowledge Management Consortium
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is developing a Legal Library to serve as an electronic repository of laws, regulations, administrative practices and cases related to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The Legal Library builds predominantly on information... More
Industry representatives and UNODC set up meeting to discuss apparel and garment industry
UNODC ROSA hosted the meeting of the Core Group of the Apparel and Garment Industry representatives at the UNODC office on 2 September, 2008, New Delhi. The Industry specific core group has been formed out of the Think Tank on Public Private Partnerships to Prevent and Combat Trafficking, which has... More
Cyber Crime Training Programme, organised by Kerala Police, UNODC and Microsoft
A four-day Cyber Crime Training Programme, organised by Kerala Police, Microsoft and UNODC commenced in Thiruvananthapuram on 17 January 2007. Mr. Gary Lewis, Representative ROSA, UNODC inaugurated the programme. Mr. Rajan Joseph, Director Centre for Development of Advanced Computing,... More
Drug abuse prevention in Brazil funded by private sector
The programme, "Drug Abuse Prevention in the Workplace", was developed by the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) in partnership with a Brazilian state agency, the Social Service of the Industry of Rio Grande do Sul (SESI-RS). It is based on a model developed by two other UN agencies, the... More
Korean company partners with UNODC to fight cyber-crime
In 2007, the NHN Corporation of the Republic of Korea made a donation of $500,000 to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to help establish a Virtual Forum against Cyber-crime. This strengthens the Office's work in this area and is the first time that a private company has granted money to... More
Film company donates 5% of opening week box office revenue
As part of the 2007 nationwide film release of sex-trafficking drama, Trade, Roadside Attractions film company announced it would donate 5 per cent of the opening week box-office revenue, divided between UNODC and other organisations participating in the release of the film. More