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	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The UN Development Programme (UNDP) addresses mine action from a development perspective and advocates for the “mainstreaming” of mine action in development planning, programming and budgeting.
		At the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, world leaders put development at the heart of the global agenda by adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
		One added value of UNDP is its ability to offer donors an opportunity to fund mine-action programmes through a multilateral framework, which promotes a coordinated approach and ensures that funding is available to all mine-affected countries, not only those that are at the centre of international attention.
	www.mineaction.org /misc/dynamic_overview.cfm?did=13 (663 words)

	CLE: About: The UN Development Programme in East Timor: Developing a justice system in the world's newest country
		Both the government of East Timor and the UN Development Programme recognize that a well-functioning justice system is critical to successful nation building and, ultimately, human development.
		This led to many of the technology strategies focusing on developing the organizational ability to use technology as a strategic tool to help justice system achieve its objectives (that is, to be effective—accessible, prompt, and fair—and efficient).
		The UN defines human development as the process of expanding people's choices, providing every individual with the opportunity to lead a long and healthy life, to acquire knowledge, and to access resources necessary for a decent standard of living.
	www.cle.bc.ca /CLE/About/Articles/03-cle-easttimor.htm (879 words)

	UNDP Liberia
		For example, under the auspices of the UN Mission in Liberia which is deploying UN peacekeeping troops on a staggered schedule through March 2004, UNDP is providing technical support in the coordination of the disarmament and demobilization of former combatants.
		The UNDP Administrator chairs the UN Development Group offering direct support for the efforts of the UN Mission in Liberia as well as to the National Transitional Government of Liberia to attract and manage financial resources.
		Through its Global Environment Facility Programme, UNDP is supporting the elaboration of a national biodiversity strategy and action plan, and supporting the needed capacity-building and assessment requirements for the three conventions coming out of the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro: biodiversity, desertification and climate change.
	www.lr.undp.org (2316 words)

	UN Foundation: Programs–Environment
		This UN Environment Programme / World Bank program seeks to achieve major increases in energy efficiency investments by domestic financial sectors in Brazil, China and India by fostering the development of energy efficiency investment project packaging capacity, both in existing financial institutions and through the development of new entities.
		The aim of this UN Environment Programme -led effort is to accelerate the market for financing solar home systems in southern India by helping two of India’s largest commercial banks, Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank, develop lending portfolios specifically targeted at financing solar home systems (SHS).
		The REED initiative—with projects in Africa, Brazil, and China —is based on an enterprise development model pioneered by EandCo, a non-profit clean energy investor and is being advanced at the country level in partnership with a diverse group of local NGO’s.
	www.unfoundation.org /programs/environment/climate_grants.asp (1358 words)

	The United Nations Development Programme Country Office Romania
		Founded in November 1965 through a merger of two predecessor programmes for United Nations technical cooperation, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is today the UN's largest source of assistance for development and the main body for coordinating its development work.
		UNDP's programmes may be executed by a government entity, an approach referred to as "national execution," or by another UN agency.
		Romania is one of the pilot countries for the UNDP programme "Partners in Action." This programme mainly aims to encourage partnership with the private sector.
	www.un.ro /undp.html (1223 words)

	UNDP in Cambodia
		UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
		Mass immunisation programmes, improved crop yields, higher youth literacy and HIV/AIDS infection rates on the decrease - these are all advances achieved by joint government, donor and civil society efforts.
		To reduce poverty and improve the delivery of basic social services to those most in need, it is crucial for Cambodia to continue its efforts in improving transparency and accountability of its public administration, as well as strengthening the parliament and the judiciary to effectively balance executive decision-making and monitor policy implementation.
	www.un.org.kh /undp (601 words)

	UNDP Nepal
		Consistent with the His Majesty’s Government’s Ninth Development Plan (1997-2001) and UNDP’s mandate, the Country Cooperation Framework (CCF-1) for Nepal 1997-2001 focussed on four programme area: Decentralized Governance for Participatory Development, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Advancement of Women and Gender Equity and Managing the Environment and Natural Resources.
		The agency has recognized the importance of developing systematic linkages between policy support at the macro level (central agencies); capacity building at the meso level (districts); and direct intervention at the micro level (villages and communities) in achieving maximum impact.
		The overarching objective of the second CCF for Nepal is to contribute to the poverty reduction goals set by the government to reduce poverty to a level of 10 percent of the population by the year 2017.
	www.undp.org.np (499 words)

	UNDP \| United Nations Development Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Business investment in developing countries and regions can drastically improve livelihoods by establishing infrastructure, delivering access to basic necessities and generating local economic development.
		The GSB is designed to assist companies throughout a potential investment cycle, ranging from opportunity identification and business model development through financing and implementation. More...
		Towards the improvement and development of the education sector
	www.undp.org (315 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI) is the Government of Ireland’s programme of assistance to developing countries.
		Ireland’s development cooperation policy and programme reflect longstanding commitment to human rights and fairness in international relations and are inseparable from Irish foreign policy as a whole.
		The Development Cooperation Directorate, a Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs, is responsible for administering the DCI programme.
	home.clara.net /doherty/terry/dev.htm (269 words)

	HIID and UN Development Programme Hold Conference
		It was part of an ongoing cooperative effort between HIID and the UNDP, under which the latter organization has sponsored much research and a number of projects in developing countries on these issues.
		Development specialists primarily concerned about economic development argue that the social agenda must be addressed because sustained economic growth requires educated and healthy human capital.
		Those primarily concerned about political and social development argue that democratic governments must be responsive to the social needs of their populations if they are to survive, and must deal with questions of inequity in the distribution of economic and political power if they are to be legitimate.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1997/11.20/HIIDandUNDevelo.html (719 words)

	UNDP in Timor-Leste (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The course, supported by the United Nations Development Programme ‘Strengthening the Justice System in Timor-Leste' Programme is comprised of general disciplines such as professional ethics, the public service act, formulation and management of procedural acts (notifications, declarations etc) and the draft statute of the court clerks.
		Recognizing this, development partners are continuing to support the process through the Institutional Capacity Development Support (ICDS) programme, which is working with the government, President's Office, Parliament and the Judiciary by providing mentors and advisors in support of their efforts to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development.
		The OCAP programme aims at contributing to the National Development Plan's overriding goal of poverty reduction through the restoration of sustainable livelihood opportunities for the residents of Oecussi district.
	www.undp.east-timor.org (1173 words)

	UNDP Mongolia Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders put development at the heart of the global agenda by adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set clear targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015.
		On the ground in 166 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise awareness and track progress, while it connect countries to the knowledge and resources needed to achieve these goals.
		UNDP Mongolia brings partners -- government, civil society, private sector and donors -- together to identify alternative development solutions to protect past human development achievements and to lay the basis for equitable and sustainable development during the transition to a political democracy and a market economy.
	www.undp.mn (412 words)

	EMERGENCIES UNIT FOR ETHIOPIA (UN-EUE) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
		The Ethiopian Somali Region is one of the least developed parts of the country, making development and change very challenging for the so far unstable regional authority, the central government and the international community.
		The Isa cooperated with the SNM in the war against the Gadabursi in Awdal region, but differences developed between the Isaq and the Isa who were suspected of harbouring a secession tendency- to annex their traditional territory in the disputed Zeila district in the north-west to the neighbouring Djibouti.
		As sources of relief merchandise that are widely traded on both sides of the border and as transit centres for imported goods, they have dramatically developed to become vital political and economic centres for the transnational clans in the region.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /EUE/ethsoml.html (2785 words)

	InfoSurance Links Library
		General statements and definitions of UN Development Programme's work to prevent the use of light weapons in armed conflicts.
		The division helps build capacity for good governance, popular participation, and private and public sector development, and growth with equity, stressing that national priorities are the only viable frame of reference for the national programming of operational activities for development within the UN system.
		Publication provided by the UN Human Development Report Office on democracy as the system of governance most capable of mediating and preventing conflict and of securing and sustaining well-being.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /infosurance/index.cfm?Parent=2646 (676 words)

	UNDP in Trinidad and Tobago
		Companies around the world are recognizing the importance of investing in development to the long-term success of business, and are subsequently making greater efforts to align their businesses with sustainable development and consumer market development.
		More importantly they are recognizing that development impacts their own work as well as address crime, unskilled labor, and critical health issues.
		Despite the recent UN Oil-for-Food incident and attacks in the Trinidad and Tobago's press, UNDP's record around the world, and in Trinidad and Tobago, remains impressive, managing more than 5000 projects efficiently and transparently globally and employing thousand of experts, contractors and consultants globally.
	www.undp.org.tt (1144 words)

	UNDP Romania - Home / News
		It is co-sponsored by GEF and aims at conservation, development and socio-economic problems of the region.
		The programme is being implemented in partnership with the National Agency for Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Cooperatives (NASMEC), Japanese Government and Romanian local authorities.The business incubators will be awarded grants in order to support the creation of new successful businesses.
		Cluster meeting of UN Resident Coordinators/Resident Representatives and the Deputy resident representatives of South Eastern European countries at Crowne Plaza.
	www.undp.ro (730 words)

	UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
		UNDP is a Cosponsor of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
		As a trusted development partner, UNDP advocates for placing HIV/AIDS at the centre of national planning and budgets; helps build national capacity to manage initiatives that include people and institutions not usually involved with public heath; and promotes decentralized responses that support community-level action.
		This booklet describes the human and institutional capacity challenges posed by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, illustrating why the Least Developed Countries are particularly vulnerable and why urgent action is needed.
	www.undp.org /hiv (626 words)

	UNDP Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development network that advocates for change and helps connect countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
		UNDP's main goal is to help developing countries build their national capacity to achieve sustainable human development; that is, to improve people's lives - their work, education, health, surroundings and their use of natural resources on an enduring basis.
		UNDP promotes a people-centred development framework that encourages people to participate in defining their priority needs, proffer solutions to their problems, and make tangible investments in their solution.
	www.undp.org.ng (389 words)

	United Nations Development Programme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the largest multilateral source of grant technical assistance in the world.
		Headquartered in New York City and part of the United Nations, this voluntarily funded organization provides expert advice, training, and limited equipment to developing countries, with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.
		Its former Administrator, Mark Malloch Brown is now Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary General.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme (194 words)

	Panapress Official Website
		Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The UN Development Programme in Zambia on Tuesday called for partnership of the media in the articulation of key issues that stagnate development on the continent, including the devastation of HIV/AIDS which the new UNDP resident representative, Aeneas Chuma, described as the main cause of poverty.
		Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The new UN Resident Coordinator and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Nigeria, Tegegnework Gettu, assumed office in the country 2 September 2003, the UNDP office in Nigeria said in a statement in Lagos Friday.
		Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is to assist Nigeria in producing its tourism development masterplan, according to Franklin Adejuwon, chairman of the National Technical Committee on the Tourism Masterplan.
	www.panapress.com /dossindexlat.asp?code=eng004 (3994 words)

	UNDP The Gambia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
		UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, helping governments and peoples to find their own solutions to global and national development challenges.
		These programme areas are in line with the Gambia Government’s efforts to build a peaceful and prosperous nation as outlined in the national development blueprint Vision 2020, and the second Strategy for Poverty Alleviation Paper SPA II, the equivalent of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, PRSP.
	www.un.gm /undp (283 words)

	UNDP/PAPP
		The United Nation’s Development Programme is the UN's global development network.
		As a partner in the UNDP’s development network, the over-arching mission of the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) is to work on the fulfilment of these goals, especially with respect to the development of the Palestinian people.
		Democratic Governance to develop institutions and processes that are not only reflective of the “will of the people” but are also more responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens, including the poor.
	www.papp.undp.org (419 words)

	UN Human Development Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The UN Human Development Index (HDI) measures poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, and other factors.
		It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare.
		The index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, and has been used since 1993 by the United Nations Development Programme in its annual report.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/un_human_development_index (276 words)

	The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Albania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, expertise, and resources to help people build a better life.
		UNDP's main goal is to help developing countries build their own national capacity to achieve sustainable human development; that is, to improve people's lives on an enduring basis - their work, their education, their health, their surroundings and their use of natural resources.
		UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners raise awareness and track progress, while it connects countries to the knowledge and resources needed to achieve these goals.
	www.undp.org.al (275 words)

	Human Development Reports
		The report acknowledges that the population social welfare has progressed, even though this progress was not of the magnitude that could have been hoped for given the level of economic growth the island...
		Botswana Human Development Report 2005 focuses on the role of science and technology in the development process.
		Journal of Human Development: Alternative economics in action was launched in January 2000 to provide a new perspective on human potential, growth, and markets.
	hdr.undp.org (497 words)

	FAO: SD Dimensions
		From 1995 to 1998, she was Deputy Director of the Office to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNOSO) in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
		She also served as Deputy Director in the Secretariat for the 1990 Regional European Conference on Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment of Norway, and Executive Officer and Senior Executive Officer, Multilateral Department, in the Ministry of Development Cooperation of Norway.
		Ms Ekaas will be remembered with affection by colleagues in FAO and throughout the UN family for her professional qualities, her warm humanity and her sense of humor.
	www.fao.org /sd (690 words)

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