About UNDP- Kenya

Thematic areas of UNDP-Kenya


UNDP operates projects under the umbrella of five priority areas namely: opportunities, empowerment, enhanced security, sustainability and strategic outreach.Poverty Reduction undertakes projects that directly involve the impoverished groups where employment is created and regular income generation are possible. Empowerment entails, advocacy of human rights, gender, police and judicial reforms. Enhanced Security unit carries out HIV/AIDS , peace and security projects.

Sustainability unit largely addresses the conservation of today's natural resources for future generations to come. The Strategic Outreach unit promotes partnerships for aid and donor coordination as well as advocacy initiatives related to sustainable human development and its mainstreaming into the country's policy, planning and visioning frameworks. It also provides periodic analysis of, and intelligence on socio-economic trends, advocating while promoting a culture of achieving the Millennium Development Goals as a whole.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

When did UNDP begin operations in Kenya?
UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help build a better life. In November 1964, an agreement was signed between the Government of Kenya and the UN System. UNDP was at the time known as the Technical Assistance Board TAB. The resident representative of TAB Mr. B Chidzero signed on behalf of other agencies for the commencement of operations in Kenya.

Country Programme Action Plan

UNDP will contribute to Kenya’s development through four key programmatic component goals: i) help Kenya offer expanded opportunities to its poor; ii) enhance empowerment of Kenya’s citizens through effective participation in decision-making processes; iii) help the Government of Kenya guarantee better levels of security to its people so that their empowerment cannot be compromised by unforeseen threats; iv) ensure the long-term sustainability of the Kenyan nation and build on the three previous goals by reversing the erosion of its resource base. More

UNV-Emergency Volunteer Scheme 2008

UNV in Kenya recently launched the Emergency Volunteer Scheme to support the post election crisis in Kenya. UNV is the UN organization that supports the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals through the promotion of volunteerism, including the mobilization of volunteers.UN Volunteers, managed through UNDP, provide valuable expertise and support to a number of agencies and ministries including the Office of the President, the Ministry of Finance, the NEPAD Secretariat, National Aids Control Council and the Ministry of Planning and National Development. There are currently sixty-one serving UN volunteers in Kenya fourteen international and fifty national specialists.More...


UNDP Flagship report is the Human Development Report

The Human Development Report is an annual global publication that reviews the status and progress on different facets of human development. The first HDR in Kenya was published in 1999 and focused on the themes of gender and poverty. The Human Development Report is devoted to assessing where the greatest problems are, analyzing what needs to be done to reverse these setbacks and offering concrete proposal on how to accelerate progress everywhere towards achieving these goals. Human Development Reports in Kenya are produced by UNDP regularly, providing high quality, long-term insight into thematic or sectoral concerns that are of an overriding nature within the evolving historical context of Kenya.More

 

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