UN Millennium Project

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The Millennium Project

Contributors:

	· Task Forces
	· Secretariat Team
	· UN Experts Group

Statements of Support:

	· by Heads of State
	· by International Organizations
	· by Civil Society and Academia

Arlene Mitchel

Arlene Mitchell is the Chief of the School Feeding Support Unit of the World Food Program and has nearly 30 years of experience in international program development and management, including assignments working and living in Niger, Mauritania, Ukraine and Russia. Before assuming this position, Ms. Mitchell was the Chief of Career Development and Training in the World Food Programme's Human Resources Division. In that position, she launched both the Career Development program and WFP's largest training effort ever: Security Awareness Training for all World Food Programme (WFP) staff worldwide. Ms. Mitchell has also served as Director of the Development Resources Division in the International Cooperation and Development section of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service.

As of Jan 1, 2007, the advisory work formerly carried out by the Millennium Project secretariat team is being continued by an MDG Support team integrated under the United Nations Development Program.

Please visit MDG Support to get the latest information.

Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
"Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

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