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TEDNATI
ONSDEVELOPMENTPROGRAMME(
UNDP)
The United Nati
ons DevelopmentPr ogramme ( UNDP) ,the Unit
ed Nat
ions global
developmentnetwork,isthelar
gestmul t
ilateralsourceofdev elopmentassi
stancein
thewor l
d.TheUNDPi sanExecut i
veBoar dwi t
hint heUni t
edNat i
onsEconomicand
SocialCouncil
.TheUNDPAdmi ni
strat
ori st het hir
dhi ghestranki
ngmemberoft he
Unit
edNat i
onsaftertheUnit
edNationsSecr etary-GeneralandDeputy

Secr etar
y-Gener
al.Headquarter
edi nNew YorkCity,t
heUNDPi sfundedenti
rel
yby
voluntarycontri
buti
onsf rom membernat i
ons.UNDP”sof f
icesandstaffareont he
ground in 166 count r
ies,136 fiel
d of
fi
ces,working wi
th gover
nments and l
ocal
communi t
iestohelpthem fi
ndsoluti
onst
oglobalandnati
onaldev
elopmentchal
l
enges.

TheUNDPExecut iveBoar dismadeupofr epr

esent
ativ
esf r
om 36countriesaroundthe
world,whoserveonar ot
atingbasi s.ThroughitsBureau,consi
sti
ngofr epresent
ati
ves
fr
om f i
ver
egionalgroups,theBoar dov er
seesandsuppor t
stheactiv
iti
esofUNDP.The
Executi
veBoardsecretari
atf aci
l
itatesthewor koftheBoardbyreviewingandedi t
ingal
l
documentati
onforsubmi ssiontot heBoar d.

UNDP Admi nist

rat
or-
TheUNDP Admi ni
stratorhast hedi plomaticr
ankofanUnder -
SecretaryGeneral.Whil
et heAdmi nistr
atori softenref erredt oast hethi
rdhighest
rankingoff
iciali
ntheUN( aftertheUNSecr etaryGeneralandt heUNDeput ySecretary
Gener al
),t
hishasnev erbeenf ormallycodi fi
ed.Inaddit i
ont ohi sr
esponsibi
li
ti
esas
headofUNDP,t heAdmi nistr
atorisalsot heChairoft heUN Dev elopmentGr oup.
t
h
Currentl
y,MrAchi m St
einer(Germany )istheAdmi ni
strat or(17 June2021t o2025)
andMsUshaRaoMonar i(I
ndia)ist
heAssoci ateAdmi ni
str atorofUNDP

TheUnitedNati
onsDev elopmentGr oup(UNDG)wascr eatedbytheSecretaryGenerali
n
197,toimprovetheef f
ectivenessofUNdev elopmentatthecountryl
evel .TheUNDG
bri
ngstoget
hertheoper ati
onalagenciesworkingondevelopment.TheGroupi sChair
ed
bytheAdminist
ratorofUNDP.UNDPal sopr
ov i
destheSecret
ari
attotheGr oup.

FUNCTI
ONS
UNDP l i
nksand coor dinat esglobaland nati
onalef f
or tsto achiev
et hegoalsand
nati
onaldevelopmentpr ioriti
eslai
doutbyhostcount r
ies.Wor l
dleadershavepledged
toachievet
heMi l
lenni
um Dev el
opmentGoals,incl
udi ngt heoverarchi
nggoalofcutti
ng
povert
yinhalfby2015.UNDPal sopubli
shesanannualr eport
,theHumanDev el
opment
Report
, whi
cht akesanin- depthlookataselecteddev elopmentt opicandalsocontai
ns
theHumanDev el
opmentI ndex(HDI),anov er
view ofdev el
opmenti nthecountri
esof
thewor l
d.UNDP’ snetwor kl i
nksandcoordinatesgl obalandnat i
onaleffor
tstoreach

1
t
heseSi
x`Goal
s:

 Democr
ati
cGov
ernance

 Pov
ert
yReduct
ion

 Cr
isi
sPr
event
ionandRecov
ery

 Ener
gyandEnv
ironment

 HI
V\AI
DS

 WomenEmpower
ment

ROLEOFUNDP
UNDPi
sav
eryr
elev
antor
gani
sat
ioni
nrel
ati
ont
odev
elopmentpol
i
cy.Thet
hemat
ic
pr
ior
it
iesof
dev
elopment cooper
ati
on ar
e v
ery much i
n f
ocus i
n UNDP oper
ati
ons:
env
ironment
/cl
i
mat
e,genderequal
i
ty,
andhumanr
ight
sanddemocr
ati
cgov
ernance.43
percentofUNDP’
sbudgetgoest
othear
eaofdemocr
ati
cgov
ernance,whi
chi
ncl
udes
est
abl
i
shi
ngt
her
uleofl
aw,el
ect
ionmoni
tor
ing,pr
omot
ingf
reedebat
eandf
reemedi
a,
i
nst
it
uti
onbui
l
dingandsuppor
tforci
vi
lsoci
ety
.Ingener
al,i
tcanbesai
dthati
nthi
s
ar
eaUNDP del
i
ver
svar
yingdegr
eesofr
esul
tsl
i
nkedt
ohumanr
ight
s.Asr
egar
ds
humanr
ight
s,i
tswor
kispr
imar
il
yai
medatcapaci
tybui
l
dinganddev
elopment
.

Genderequal
i
tyi
sgi
vengr
eatwei
ghtandi
stobei
ntegr
atedi
ntoal
loper
ati
ons,anda
numberofconcr
etemeasur
eshav
ebeent
akent
oensur
ethatgenderequal
i
tyhasmor
e
i
mpact
.Env
ironmentandener
gyi
soneoft
heor
gani
sat
ion’
sfourf
ocusar
easandUNDP
i
ncl
udest
hecl
i
mat
eissuei
nthi
sar
ea.UNDPi
soneoft
heor
igi
nalt
hreei
mpl
ement
ing
agenci
es f
or t
he Gl
obalEnv
ironment Faci
l
ity(
GEF)
,and t
hrough cooper
ati
on
agr
eement
swi
thUNEP,
theUni
tedNat
ionsEnv
ironmentPr
ogr
amme,
ital
sohast
her
ole
ofi
mpl
ement
ingal
argepar
tofUNEPpr
ogr
ammes.

2
Ov
erandabov
ethesei
ssues,
UNDPhasamandat
etowor
konabr
oadf
rontf
orpov
ert
y
r
educt
ion.Thi
smeanst
hatt
heor
gani
sat
ion’
soper
ati
onsal
sor
efl
ectt
heot
herpol
i
cyf
or
gl
obaldev
elopment
,suchaseconomi
cgr
owt
handsoci
aldev
elopmentandsecur
it
y.
Sust
ainabl
e and equi
tabl
e economi
c gr
owt
h and peopl
e’
sinf
luence and sel
f-
det
ermi
nat
ionar
ehi
ghl
i
ght
edaskeyf
act
orsf
orhumandev
elopmentandi
nUNDP’
s
gener
alappr
oacht
opr
omot
ingdev
elopment
.Conf
li
ctmanagementi
soneoft
hef
our
f
ocusar
easandUNDPi
sani
ncr
easi
ngl
yimpor
tantact
ori
nhumani
tar
ianappeal
swi
thi
n
t
hef
ramewor
kofi
tsmandat
eint
hear
eaofcr
isi
smanagementandr
ecov
ery
.Thebr
oad
oper
ati
onsofUNDPcov
eral
ltheMi
l
lenni
um Dev
elopmentGoal
s.I
tsr
epor
ti
ngont
he
pur
sui
toft
heMi
l
lenni
um Dev
elopmentGoal
sisgener
all
yregar
ded assuccessf
ul
gl
obal
l
y.TheannualHumanDev
elopmentRepor
t(HDR)
isoneoft
heor
gani
sat
ion’
s
f
lagshi
psandhi
ghl
i
ght
sbot
heconomi
candnon-
economi
caspect
sofdev
elopment
.
TheHDRanal
ysesi
ncl
udet
hegr
assr
oot
slev
elandcont
ri
but
echi
efl
ytopol
i
cydebat
e
andr
aisi
ngawar
eness.

Ev
aluat
ion
UNDPi
sgi
vengoodassessment
sinsev
eralext
ernalev
aluat
ions.I
ntheev
aluat
ionsof
t
heext
ernalandi
nter
nalef
fect
ivenessofmul
ti
lat
eralor
gani
zat
ionscar
ri
edoutbyt
he
Br
it
isht
hink-
tankODI(
Over
seasDev
elopmentI
nst
it
ute)andDFI
D,t
heUK ai
dbody
,
UNDPget
samongt
hehi
ghestmar
ks–hi
ghert
hant
heWor
ldBank,f
ori
nst
ance.The
st
udyconduct
edbyMOPAN,t
heMul
ti
lat
eralOr
gani
sat
ionPer
for
manceAssessment
Net
wor
k,i
n2007i
ndi
cat
est
hatUNDPmakesaposi
ti
vecont
ri
but
iont
onat
ionalpol
i
cy
di
alogues.Communi
cat
ion wi
th gov
ernment
s can be i
mpr
oved,as can nat
ional
owner
shi
p.Of
tenUNDPhassol
eresponsi
bil
i
tyf
orpr
oject
sinst
eadofi
nvol
vi
ngnat
ional
par
tner
s,especi
all
yconcer
ning capaci
tydev
elopment
.Howev
er,UNDP i
s good at
shar
ing i
nfor
mat
ion and i
n gener
ali
tis bet
tert
han i
nthe pastati
nter
-agency
har
moni
sat
ionandcoor
dinat
ioni
ntheUNsy
stem.Buti
tcoul
dpl
ayamor
epr
oact
ive
r
olei
nthej
ointdi
aloguewi
thot
herai
dact
ors.UNDPal
sohasdi
ff
icul
ti
esi
nal
i
gni
ngi
ts
busi
ness pr
act
ice wi
th nat
ionalpr
ocedur
es,accor
ding t
othe ev
aluat
ions.These
gener
all
yposi
ti
veassessment
scanbecont
rast
edwi
thv
eryr
ecenti
nter
nalev
aluat
ions
pr
esent
ingasomewhatmor
enegat
ivepi
ctur
e.Ani
nter
nalev
aluat
ionofUNDP’
sener
gy

3
andenv
ironmentpr
ogr
ammeshowst
hati
thasbeenr
unonapr
ojectbasi
swi
thdubi
ous
sust
ainabi
l
ityandpoorspi
l
lov
eref
fect
s.Mor
eov
er,t
hest
udyshowst
hatenv
ironment
al
i
ssuesar
epoor
lyi
ntegr
atedi
ntor
egul
arUNDPwor
k.Ani
nter
nalev
aluat
ionofUNDP’
s
Thi
rd Gl
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ati
on Fr
amewor
kal
so poi
ntst
o maj
ordef
ici
enci
esconcer
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ts-
basedmanagement
,moni
tor
ingandov
ersi
ghtandshowst
hatt
heoper
ati
ons
hav
etendedt
obet
oosuppl
y-
dri
ven.
.
TheUNDPsy
stem i
sli
kel
ytosett
het
onef
orot
herf
undsandpr
ogr
ammesi
ntheUN
sy
stem.Theor
gani
sat
ionbal
ancest
wor
oles.Ont
heonehand,
UNDPi
sthel
eadagency
i
nther
efor
m oft
heUN atcount
ryl
evel
,wi
thadi
rect
or,anof
fi
ce,abudgetanda
pr
ogr
amme.Ont
heot
herhand,
iti
sthel
argestact
ori
nthedev
elopmentar
eai
ntheUN
sy
stem wi
thi
tsown,somet
imesov
erl
appi
ng,agendai
nrel
ati
ont
oit
ssi
steragenci
es.
UNDP’
sfut
ureact
ionswi
l
lbecr
uci
alf
ort
heout
comeandassessmentoft
heUN
r
efor
msatcount
ryl
evelandul
ti
mat
elyf
ort
hecr
edi
bil
i
tyofUNDPi
nter
nal
l
yint
heUN
sy
stem andi
nrel
ati
ont
oext
ernal
par
tner
sanddonor
s.