UNICEF India to roll out five-year plan, says Hyun Hee Ban
The Hindu
Programme to include social policy as a priority across all sectors
UNICEF India is designing an ambitious and innovative five-year country programme that has social policy as a priority across all sectors, Hyun Hee Ban, Chief of Social Policy, Monitoring, and Evaluation, UNICEF India, has said.
Talking to The Hindu on a visit to the State along with K.L. Rao, Chief, Social Policy, UNICEF Office for Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Ms. Ban said UNICEF wanted to talk with all stakeholders and get insights on how what could be done better in the new environment after COVID-19 and where climate change was a major priority while designing the new country programme.
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