UNDP Ethiopia

Read UNDP's country programme document for Ethiopia (2021-2025)

 

Campaigns

Rebuild Her Business

The Rebuild HER Business campaign seeks to raise US$500,000 to support 1,000 women who are striving to rebuild their businesses following the impacts of conflict.
The campaign is part of UNDP’s peace support programme that provides support to recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction efforts in Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions.  

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Press Release
Germany partners with UNDP to support peace in northern Ethiopia

The Government of Germany and UNDP-Ethiopia have signed a financing agreement for ten million and one hundred thousand Euros to be used for peace support and stabilisation programmes in Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. The purpose of these programmes is to deliver a peace dividend quickly to conflict-impacted populations in these three regions, to help them return to normal life and, by so doing, support peacebuilding.

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News
Moving from Managing Crisis to Managing Risks

UNDP has partnered with the Government of Ethiopia and the European Union (EU) to kick off an interdisciplinary learning event on Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation into Development. The event is taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 3-6 October 2023, and is financially supported through the EU’s “Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance and Recovery Capacities project’, which is a component of the Intra-African Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Programme funded under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF).

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Press Release
EU+ commit support for Ethiopia's National Dialogue

The European Union, several EU Member States bilaterally, as well as Norway, have today jointly provided 7 million Euros to support the work of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission (ENDC). The funds are channeled and will be managed through a UNDP multi-partner fund.

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Upcoming Event

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The 2023 edition of the African Economic Conference (AEC), jointly organized by African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will be held in Addis Ababa and in hybrid format from 16 – 18 November 2023.

The theme of this year’s conference is “The Imperatives for Sustainable Industrial Development in Africa” and will provide a platform for established academics and young researchers to present their solution-oriented research to policymakers and decision-makers.

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UNDP's global Strategic Plan 2022-2025

The Strategic Plan describes how UNDP intends to work together with our partners to deliver what’s required of us in these extraordinary times. This bold, ambitious Plan is structured around “3x6x3” – 3 directions of change, 6 signature solutions and 3 enablers – a clear framework for where we need to head. Over the next four years, we will work with countries to expand people’s choices for a fairer, sustainable future. Helping to get us back on track to deliver on the SDGs. You can also access UNDP's global Strategic Plan 2022-2025 here. 

About Ethiopia

101.9 million

Population (2020/21)

23.5%

Poverty rate (2015/16)

USD 1,091.8

GNI per capita (2020/21)

0.485

Human Dev. Index (2019)

72.9

percent

of employment is accounted for by the Agriculture Sector (2013)

25

percent

of Ethiopian households are headed by women

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