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‘’ We hope that one day sustainable
development would no longer be
work-in-progress but a mindset.’’
Frode Mauring
United Nations Resident Coordinator a.i. and the
United Nations Development Programme Resident
Representative a.i. to the United Arab Emirates
INTRODUCTION
The United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) is dedicated to improving the lives of
people worldwide helping countries make sure
their people thrive in safe and healthy communities.
The work that UNDP and partners do
towards that end is diverse, and the results speak
for themselves. UNDP, operating in nearly 170
countries and territories, aims to eradicate
poverty, reduce exclusion and inequalities
around the world and achieve sustainable
development. It does so through aiding
countries in developing policies, partnership
abilities, leadership skills, and capacity building.
UNDP also plays a major role in the implementation
of the UN Global Goals for Sustainable
Development (SDGs), the universal agenda
adopted by world leaders since 2015 to end
poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle
climate change by 2030.
UNDP has been present in the UAE since 1977.
Our country office works closely with the
government and other counterparts to achieve
the UAE Vision 2021. Our mandate involves clean
energy, gender equality, good governance, and
human development with special focus on youth
and women empowerment. UNDP, represented
by its country office in UAE, has actively
participated in several major conferences that
brought together local and regional leaders.
These events focused, variously, on climate
change, human development, humanitarianism,
and more. We are always eager to join hands
with the government, the civil society as well as
the private sector to promote economic
development in the Northern Emirates, promote
employment opportunities for women, and
come up with policies for SME development and
sustainable employment especially for nationals
in the knowledge economy.