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The legislative elections were held on February 6 peacefully in this country known as a bastion of stability and democratic governance in Africa. Since 2008, UNDP has supported the modernization and consolidation of electoral system through its support of the National Electoral Commission.
UNDP has mobilized 700,000 USD from the Spanish Cooperation, which has given continuity to the activities of the regional project to support the public administration reform , contributing to the consolidation of the National System of Identification and Authenticity Civil (SNIAC). This project which aims to strengthen the infrastructural support of SINIAC, has contributed to the acquisition of equipment for three databases containing biometric information.
As a prelude, the UNDP has supported the organization of the first voter registration in Cape Verde using the biometric information. The project contributed also for capacity development by training, approximately 600 trainers and operators kits census at a national level and had as well conduct an extensive information and education campaign in order to sensitized people to realize their participation' s right. The project has also created an integrated database containing biometric information for the election, as well for civil and border services.
Capeverdean diaspora has been the subject of special attention. Whith UNDP, the country has implemented a strategy census of its population living abroad, through funds raised from Government of Luxembourg, and reaching more than 30,000 people before the election period.
Cape Verde has few natural resources, with a population of 500,000 people distributed in 4000Km2, and a cultivable area of 10%. However, since January 2008, the country was graduated from the category of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for Middle Income Countries (MICs). This important step recognizes the success of an independent country since 1975 including the choice of development based on human capital, services, new information technologies, tourism, agriculture and fisheries, among others, which have significant reduction of poverty (49% of the population in 1989 to 26.6% in 2007), growth of real GDP per capita (from 902 USD in 1990 to $ 3,306 in 2008), and a significant improvement living conditions of the population. These achievements and successes are attributed to a harmonious political and economic governance, with political stability and, in a context of sustainable peace, because of social and economic development a priority in the national agenda of development.
In this context, UNDP plays a catalytic role in cooperation with national agencies within the UN system, particularly the strengthening of national institutions, through the component e-governance "of its Governance program.
General features during the The Social Good Summit Geneva 2017.
The Social Good Summit Geneva was launched in 2016. The event brings together every year, high level decisions makers - entrepreneurs, investors and international organizations - to forge partnerships and broaden financing for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It showcases innovative entrepreneurs working on solutions for the achievement of the SDGs, shares knowledge on innovative financing mechanisms for SDGs implementation and promotes networking and collaboration across sectors.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 05: Actress and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton attends the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Inaugural Global Goals Gala: A Night for Change at Phillips in Manhattan on December 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Actress and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh, Actress and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton, Executive Producer, author, and host Padma Lakshmi, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, and Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme attend the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Inaugural Global Goals Gala: A Night for Change at Phillips in Manhattan on December 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
The Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) - Main Report of the 2022 Pakistan Floods has been prepared under the leadership of the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives through its Flood Coordination Cell, supported by the Asian Development Bank, the European Union, the United Nations agencies with technical facilitation by the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank.
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In March 2020, over 330 students, women champions, government officials, NGO members and community members from around Kampot and Kep gathered in an effort to plant 3,000 mangroves and conserve Cambodia’s coastline. Shoes were abandoned on the sideline as people waded into the mud and shallows – the mission was much more important than worrying about dirty feet.
The local activity took place as part of a larger mangrove planting and marine exhibition under ActionAid Cambodia’s 100,000 Mangroves campaign, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the project ‘Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems in Cambodia’. The campaign aims to plant 100,000 mangroves in eight community fisheries by May 2020 and raise awareness of the importance of marine ecosystems.
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New York, 7 June 2018 - UNDP Executive Board connects live with Senegal to hear about the country’s groundbreaking PUDC programme.
The Maria Sharapova Foundation, together with UNDP, supports seven youth projects in areas of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine affected by the Chernobyl accident.
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Recently I visited Tajikistan and Afghanistan for UNDP, capturing efforts on both sides of the border to enhance mutually improved living conditions.
Under the wing of Beyond Borders Media - www.beyondbordersmedia.com we produced a short video documentary on UNDPs efforts on both sides of the border.
The Maria Sharapova Foundation, together with UNDP, supports seven youth projects in areas of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine affected by the Chernobyl accident.
Read more about Maria Sharapova’s youth projects in Chernobyl affected areas
Her only regret? ” I wish the options available today were available earlier , I would never have made my son give up school to help me with manual scavenging,” she says. Her aim now is to champion the cause of other former manual scavengers and their families and make sure they know they have a brighter future ahead.
[Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
In 2011 Baadam Bai says, she won her biggest battle yet. While her community had been allocated 32 acres of land to cultivate after they had quit manual scavenging, they faced many problems. “The upper caste villagers would release their cattle to trample our crop, trying to destroy our hard work so we would break and return to our traditional roles “, she says. Teaming up with fellow women champions and other volunteers, she lodged a complaint with the police and the intimidation stopped.[Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
Forty year old Tasleem Bi is a Dalit Muslim from Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh. As a young child, she worked as a manual scavenger protecting her parents’ jagir or the right to collect waste from a certain number of houses in the village. It was a “right” zealously guarded by her community since they had no other way to earn a living. When she got married, she spent INR 20,000 to buy the “right” to clean 50 homes in her village from her brother and her nephew. [Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]