We are pleased to share the UNDP South Africa 2021 Annual Report!

UNDP South Africa, in partnership with various key actors and stakeholders, delivered a portfolio of interventions to respond to the country’s most pressing development challenges, including youth unemployment, the digital divide, citizens’ democratic participation, social cohesion, climate change impacts, and services delivery to the population. Additionally, UNDP also prioritised the South African Government's response to the impact of COVID-19 by contributing financial, technical and policy advisory support, as well as driving innovation and gender mainstreaming across all programmes for impactful delivery towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

The report captures key UNDP contributions such as the support to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in several activities aimed at promoting electoral integrity and improving confidence in local government elections in preparation for hosting the 2021 South African Local Government Elections, advancing inclusive growth through youth employment and entrepreneurship promotion activities by securing mobilizing millions of rands in grant funding for food waste innovations, delivering training for small business owners. Furthermore, the report highlights some key results in strengthening South Africa’s climate governance and democratization, which required a more advanced and ambitious implementation of the country‘s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of the Paris Agreement.