UNDP in Ukraine

[] United Nations Development Programme UNDP in Ukraine Українською Home About UNDP Who we are and What we do About UNDP in Ukraine Within UN System Country Office Staff UN Volunteers Partners and Donors Country Programme Management Contacts Working with us Tenders Vacancies Internship Millennium Development Goals Millennium Development Goals in Ukraine Campaigning for the MDGs MDGs Reference Documents Multimedia News Archive E-Library Video Photo Gallery Vacancies Internship Tenders Publications About UNDP in Ukraine United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in 177 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations. In Ukraine, three development focus areas define the structure of UNDP's assistance activities. These include democratic governance and local development; prosperity, poverty reduction and MDGs and energy and environment . In each of these thematic areas, UNDP ensures balance between policy and advocacy work, capacity building activities and pilot projects. UNDP established its presence in Ukraine in 1993. Helping to develop Ukrainian solutions to reach Ukrainian development goals. Latest News Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:31 Promoting Volunteerism and Development in Artek Youth Camp “Youth is not only the future – it is the present! You are the present. Your children may live in the world you dream about and you can build this world, if you start building it right now!” encouraged international youth delegates of the 3rd session of the General Assembly of the Children League of Nations, 2012 in Ukraine Gemma Marie Carnacete, an international development expert, experienced in primary health care and community mobilization, a former UN Volunteer from the Philippines. Read more... Monday, 23 July 2012 13:01 Anticorruption Civic Expert Assessment: Reality of Today, Prospects for Tomorrow Kyiv - UNDP Ukraine hosted a round table entitled “Anticorruption Civic Expert Assessment: Reality of Today, Prospects for Tomorrow”. More than 30 CSO practitioners, experts of Kyiv-based think-tanks and specialists of the Ministry of Justice and the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers gathered on UNDP grounds to discuss first-hand experiences regarding civic anti-corruption expert assessments, and to venture for a possible roadmap to develop a unified methodology on assessing draft laws, regulations, and ordinances. Read more... Monday, 16 July 2012 14:14 Ukraine Reports on the Human Rights Situation in the Country 12 July 2012, Kyiv – The Draft National Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine, compiled within the framework of the second cycle of preparing for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), was presented by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 12 July 2012. The Report represents the situation with human rights and major achievements that took place in the past 4 years. The Report primarily concentrates on Ukraine’s progress in meeting the recommendations obtained by Ukraine during the first UPR cycle in 2008. Read more... Tuesday, 10 July 2012 14:08 UNDP Supports the Establishment of the National Preventive Mechanism in Ukraine It is no longer a question of “to be or not to be?” when it comes down to the establishment of a National Preventive Mechanism in Ukraine. The question is rather, “how?” and “in what way?” Ukrainian and international experts were trying to give answers to these questions during the training seminar “Establishment of the Effective National Preventive Mechanism in Ukraine”, initiated by the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and supported by the United Nations Development Programme. The training attended almost 30 staff members of the Office of the Ukrainian Ombudsperson. Read more... More Articles... With three MDGs achieved, global partnership for development is key to 2015 success City Master Plans: Unlawful Classifying UNDP, “Coca-Cola” and local community restore natural water spring Young Football Volunteers to promote healthy life styles in southern regions Small cities put solid waste management problems high on Government agenda under UNDP support News Archive... What we do Prosperity, Poverty Reduction and MDGs Democratic Governance Local Development and Human Security Energy and Environment Projects List all Project Delivery Links UNDP Global UNDP Europe and CIS UN Global UN in Ukraine Reports: New Videos: Luhansk NGOs help people with disabilities A Step Ahead: Documentary Film All Rise, Let the Reform Proceed! - Documentary Film Copyright © 2012 UNDP in Ukraine. All Rights Reserved.