Running against Poverty: OFID sponsors Vienna City Marathon

OFID and the organizers of this year’s Vienna City Marathon, at a joint press conference on March 27 at the institution’s headquarters in Vienna, pledged to intensify their support for the global fight against poverty.
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UNIDO Director-General visits OFID

The Director-General of the Vienna, Austria-based United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), HE Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, paid an official visit to OFID, February 21, 2008. Yumkella was at the head of a seven-member delegation received by OFID Director-General Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish.
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UN declares 2008 International Year of Sanitation

Noteworthy efforts have been made by governments, NGOs and other stakeholders toward achieving the MDGs. However, progress in the area of sanitation has lagged far behind other sectors, turning it into one of the most urgent humanitarian issues of the day.
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OFID and World Bank join forces to spur development in Arab countries

OFID and the World Bank Group have agreed to work together more closely to advance development in the Arab World, following preliminary discussions to explore potential areas of cooperation between the two institutions.
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OPEC Fund Scholarship Award 2008

The application deadline for the OFID Annual Scholarship Award is now closed. The winner will be announced in due course.