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GENDER
Of the 17 Arab states covered by UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab
States, the UAE ranks highest in gender equality. That’s no small
feat in a traditionally male-dominated region. UAE has moved a
long way in empowering women. UNDP has helped maintain that
standard with the knowledge that empowerment begins with
education.
Emirati women have been able to realize their full potential
through UN-hosted workshops on leadership and gender
perspective. As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting women, UNDP has worked closely with the
General Women’s Union, organising a series of workshops like: “Gender and Elections”, “Gender Audit of
Higher Education Policies in UAE”, and the “Our publications including the gender gap report and the
gender mainstreaming booklet helped shed light in places where limited access and opportunities to
women have prevailed. UNDP participated in the Women Empowerment Panel of the UN Global Compact
Anniversary, presenting UNDP’s engagement on Gender and Women’s empowerment, as well as the
hurdles and opportunities of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPS) in the UAE.
UNDP Country office extends hands to the General Women’s Union, the Gender Balance Council, Nama
Women Advancement Establishment and other local counterparts in the UAE with the aim to support
women be more employable, empowered and eventually resilient.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Clean energy adoption and greenhouse gas reduction have been at the top of the agenda for both UNDP
and UAE government.
In 2011, UNDP and DEWA have partnered to establish the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (‘Dubai
Carbon’) as a new centre for achieving low-carbon, climate resilience development goals in the UAE. UNDP
along with DEWA and Dubai Carbon proudly sponsors important publications in this field like the annual
State of Green Economy and the State of Energy reports.
In 2016, the Government of Dubai sought to partner with
UNDP to jointly design and launch a new World Green
Economy Organization (WGEO) to be based in Dubai. The
WGEO will pioneer a new way of promoting the green
economy by bringing together governments, the private
sector, foundations, UN system, the banking system and
civil society, working together to achieve green economy
goals. When fully operational in 2019, WGEO will serve as
a mechanism for generating new solutions to climate
change, sustainable energy, water and other environmental challenges in developing
countries, and supporting international cooperation between member states in areas of
innovation, technology and finance.
GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The services rendered by UNDP in UAE focuses on
improving the efficiency of public sector, promoting good
governance with broader public participation, strengthening
the national legislative institutions, advocating
gender mainstreaming, and facilitating integration into
global market, all with the intended objective of elevating
human development, as stipulated in the SDGs. There are
plenty of misconceptions over what sustainable development
means and we’re working to change that.
UNDP firmly believes in the power of cooperation and partnerships in working towards the
Sustainable Development Goals. These two values have been reflected in our efforts to promote
sustainable practices and knowledge within the public and private sectors. UNDP in the UAE
works for the improvement of government institutions’ responsiveness and for the modernisation
of the public administration at national and local levels. This allows to enhance ac¬countability,
transparency and efficiency of public institutions in the country.