Berlin A new UN e-Learning initiative, launched in Berlin in early December 2008, will offer developing countries opportunities to draw upon a rich array of training and capacity-building resources

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Sixteen UN agencies, meeting at a forum organized by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) during the 14th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training in Berlin, agreed to establish UNeLearn – a UN-wide network on technology supported learning to share information and expertise, and to collaborate on the sustained deployment of e-Learning.

The UNeLearn network will provide targeted training and outreach to help UN country teams implement common programmes of work in over 160 developing countries.

The initiative, inspired by the UN "Delivering as One" concept, aims to maximize coherence and effectiveness among UN projects at the country-level as part of efforts to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).