78. 工发组织与联合国促进性别平等和增强妇女权能署(妇女署)以及粮农组织协作，实施其在中东和北非区域旗舰项目的第二阶段，以支持通过发展创业来增强妇女的经济权能。在该区域包括阿尔及利亚、埃及、摩洛哥和突尼斯在内的七个国家发起了一项关于女企业家获取和使用信息和通信技术的区域调查，并对女企业家进行了对性别问题具有敏感认识的评估。在马里，工发组织与联合国资本发展基金合作，通过采取措施适应社区间冲突风险地区的气候变化，支持农牧业妇女管理与环境退化有关的风险。该项目将通过基于绩效的气候复原力赠款，支持地方政府规划以及适应气候变化的措施和投资。
78. UNIDO collaborated with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and FAO on the implementation of the second phase of its flagship project in the Middle East and North Africa region in support of the economic empowerment of women through entrepreneurship development. A regional survey was launched in seven countries in the region, including Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, on women entrepreneurs’ access to, and use of, information and communications technology and a gender-sensitive assessment of women entrepreneurs. In Mali, UNIDO partnered with the United Nations Capital Development Fund to support agropastoral women in the management of risks linked to environmental degradation through measures to adapt to climate change in areas at risk of intercommunity conflict. The project will support local government planning and climate change adaptation measures and investments through performance-based climate resilience grants.