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 Crisis prevention and increased RESILIENCE

 ENVIRONMENT: nature-based solutions for
development

 Clean, affordable ENERGY
 Women’s empowerment and GENDER equality

In all our activities, we encourage the protection of hu-
man rights and the empowerment of women, minorities
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT and the poorest and most vulnerable.
PROGRAMME
The annual Human Development Report, commissioned
UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, help- by UNDP, focuses the global debate on key development
ing to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduc- issues, providing new measurement tools, innovative
tion of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to analysis and often controversial policy proposals. The
develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, global Report’s analytical framework and inclusive ap-
institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to proach carry over into regional, national and local Human
sustain development results. Development Reports, also supported by UNDP.

This is a critical time for the world. At UNDP, we see this UNDP and the UN development system
period as a huge opportunity to advance the global sus- UNDP remains committed to working even more closely
tainable development agenda. In September 2015, world with partners across the UN system. The UNDP Admin-
leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Devel- istrator is the Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Devel-
opment to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that opment Group (UNSDG), which unites the funds, pro-
all people enjoy peace and prosperity. UNDP is working grammes, specialized agencies, departments and offices
to strengthen new frameworks for development, disaster of the UN system that play a role in sustainable devel-
risk reduction and climate change. We support countries› opment. The Administrator also convenes the UNSDG
efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, or Core Group comprised of DESA, FAO, ILO, UNDP, UNFPA,
Global Goals, which will guide global development priori- UNHCR, UNICEF, UN Women, WFP, WHO and the rotating
ties through 2030. chairs of the Regional Economic Commissions.
UNDP’s Strategic Plan (2018-2021) has been designed Created by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
to be responsive to the wide diversity of the countries we and endorsed by the General Assembly, the UNSDG is
serve. The diversity is reflected in three broad develop- the main UNDS internal coordination mechanism at the
ment contexts: global level. It is instrumental in enabling action on the
 Eradicate poverty in all its forms and ground and ensuring that United Nations Country Teams
dimensions (UNCTs) have the support, guidance and impartial over-
sight required as they assist governments to deliver on
 Accelerate structural transformations the 2030 Agenda. As UNSDG Vice-Chair, the UNDP Ad-
 Build resilience to shocks and crises ministrator is responsible for the coordination of UNSDG

To respond to these issues, and better focus its resourc- operational work, including the elaboration of program,
es and expertise to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, UNDP policy and financing instruments and guidance, the func-
has identified a set of approaches that we call our Signa- tioning of the UNSDG Strategic Results Groups, as well
ture Solutions: as day-to-day management of the Resident Coordinator
 Keeping people out of POVERTY system.
 GOVERNANCE for peaceful, just, and inclusive UNDP also administers the UN Capital Development Fund,
societies which helps developing countries grow their economies

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