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Lessons Learned Review of UN Support to Core Public Administration Functions in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict 22 May 2013

Rule of Law and Access to Justice in Eastern and Southern Africa 20 May 2013

Oslo Governance Centre 2012 - A Year in Review 30 Apr 2013

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UNDP and Civil Society Organizations: A Practice Note on Engagement

The United Nations Charter gives UNDP a powerful mandate to work with civil society organizations (CSOs). The practice note on engagement provides a new set of principles to guide UNDP engagement with CSOs, and highlights policy and programmatic implications. more

UNDP and Civil Society Organizations: Partners in Development

This publication documents good practices of UNDP/CSO partnerships working in one of the focus areas of UNDP; Democratic Governance, HIV/AIDS, Poverty Reduction, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Energy and Environment and Sustainable development. more

UNDP and Civil Society Organizations: a Toolkit for Strengthening Partnerships

This toolkit provides practical guidance and essential information in forging partnerships with CSOs. It includes examples of innovative country-level mechanisms to build and strengthen collaboration with CSOs. more

UNDP and Electoral Assistance: 10 Years of Experience

The UNDP Electoral Support Retrospective was initiated in 2001 to prepare a comprehensive set of electoral assistance lessons learned and recommendations for UNDP country offices. The project was also designed to suggest practical strategies for UNDP Resident Representatives / UN Resident more

UNDP in Action 2010

This report takes stock of achievements made in 2009/2010 and provides momentum for meeting future demands. In 2009, in many of the countries where it operates, UNDP continued to experience a high demand for development support in its areas of specialization particularly covering poverty more

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Democratic Governance

The response to the recent global economic crisis by many countries around the world, particularly developed nations, has demonstrated that the State has an important role to play in addressing critical challenges. This is also an important lesson for developing countries as public institutions must have the capacity to address these difficulties while at the same time delivering the benefits of human development.

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UNDP has decades of concrete development experience in countries ranging from fragile States to middle-income countries like Brazil and Indonesia. This, combined with our four focus areas, make us uniquely situated and qualified to answer the UN’s call for a better and more sustainable future.

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