UNDP Armenia (United Nations Development Programme, Armenia)

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. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

UNDP Country Office in Armenia was established in 1993. The total volume of UNDP programme since its inception to date is US$69 million, which includes UNDP core resources and donor cost-sharing. UNDP's Mandate is poverty reduction and its priorities are expressed through the Millennium Development Goals approved by the World leaders in 2000. As in other countries, UNDP in Armenia supports the government to accomplish the millennial development agenda and reach the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015.

The UNDP focus is helping Armenia build and share solutions to the challenges of:
- Achieving the MDGs and reducing human poverty
- Fostering democratic governance
- Managing energy and environment for sustainable development
- Supporting crisis prevention and recovery

UNDP helps developing countries attract and use aid effectively. In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women.