UNDP Eritrea News & Press Releases

April 08, 2013: News Release: Commemoration of the Rwanda Genocide

April 05, 2013: News Flash: UN calls for accelerated action with 1,000 days to go on Millennium Development Goals

March 28, 2013: The UN and Government of the State of Eritrea endorse the implementation plans of Strategic Partnership Cooperation Framework

March 28, 2013: UN System in Eritrea commemorates International Day for Women

February 12, 2013: The UN Country Team in Eritrea holds donor briefing on the newly signed cooperation framework

February 02, 2013: Press Release: Achieving sustainable growth at core of renewed UNDP support for Eritrea

January 29, 2013: Press Release: The Strategic Partnership Cooperation Framework (SPCF) signed on January 28, 2013

December 7, 2012: Eritrea commemorates United Nations Day

December 2, 2012: Eritrea Commemorates World HIV/Aids Day

October 18, 2012: The World Food Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty commemorated in Eritrea

December 9, 2011: Senafe Hospital Lot 1 Construction Completed

December 2, 2011: World HIV and AIDS Day 2011 under the theme “Getting to Zero”

November 30, 2011: UNDP Eritrea Representatives Participate in 17th Global Climate Change Conference

October 17, 2011: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP)

September 11, 2011: Construction of Micro-Dams/Cisterns and Water Supply Schemes Completed

August 15, 2011: Eritrea Participats in the MDGs Acceleration Framework workshop in Johannesburg

May 05, 2011: UNDP launches pro-poor initiative to boost job creation in Africa.

United Nations Development Programme

In its Global Cooperation Framework, UNDP provides a range of services to governments and to United Nations country teams in the areas of Democratic Governance, Poverty Reduction Strategies, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Environment and Sustainable Energy and HIV/AIDS.

These are geared to engage in global advocacy and analysis to generate knowledge, alliance building and promotion of enabling frameworks on key issues, policy advice and support for national capacity building, and knowledge networking and sharing of good practices.

United Nations Development Programme in Eritrea

In line with the Eritrea's development priorities, UNDP aligns its work along with a selected number of service lines. The areas addressed are tailored to meet some of the challenges raised in Development Plan.

The UNDP's activities in Eritrea are divided into five categories called Practice Areas, each of which are subdivided into a number of Service Lines.