First Year at BCPR
It has been just over a year since I began my tenure as Director of UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR). During this time, global attention on response to both armed conflict and natural disasters has increased steadily. BCPR worked to keep up with a constant stream of new developments and the growing demands of our Country Offices (COs). Read more...

Post-disaster Recovery in Iran
On 26 December 2003, a devastating earthquake struck Iran’s southeastern city of Bam, claiming more than 30,000 lives and causing immense destruction to houses, infrastructure and livelihoods. In the aftermath, rehabilitation of survivors and reconstruction of infrastructure was a complex task. Read more...

Promoting Conflict Prevention with Dialogue
The United Nation’s experience in peace building has shown that democratic governance is central to lasting peace. Participatory, accountable and transparent institutions and processes are vital to the peaceful and lasting management of internal disputes and tensions. As such, the need for multi-stakeholder consensus on critical issues has never been greater and, increasingly, leaders are turning to dialogue as an important tool to strengthen governance and consolidate peace. Read more...

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Survivors of the Tsunami: A New UNDP Book -- One year has passed since the Indian Ocean Tsunami on 26 December 2004. The magnitude of the disaster was unprecedented and so was the scale of generosity of international society. In total, $13.6 billion has been pledged. Read more...

A New Support Network for Democratic Dialogue -- In December 2005, practitioners met in Buenos Aires, Argentina to launch UNDP’s Regional Support Network for Democratic Dialogue Processes. The new mechanism, which benefits from the support of Canada and Spain, will provide technical assistance to national processes supported by UNDP’s Country Offices (COs) in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Read more...

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Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention and Transformation, 6-8 March 2006, Istanbul The workshop Building National Capacities for Conflict Prevention and Transformation took place on 6-8 March 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey. Hosted by UNDP and the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA), with the assistance of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the governments of Canada, Denmark, and Sweden, and the Folke Bernadotte Academy of Sweden, this meeting was an opportunity to review the progress achieved by the Joint UNDP-DPA Programme initiated in 2003. Learn more...