Core Message

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, expertise, and resources to help people build a better life. At present, UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.

UNDP's main goal is to help developing countries build their own national capacity to achieve sustainable human development; that is, to improve people's lives on an enduring basis - their work, their education, their health, their surroundings and their use of natural resources.

At the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders put development at the heart of the global agenda by adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set clear targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women by 2015. UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners raise awareness and track progress, while it connects countries to the knowledge and resources needed to achieve these goals. Our substantive focus is helping countries build and share solutions to the challenges of:

Democratic Governance 

Poverty Reduction 

Crisis Prevention and Recovery 

Energy and Environment 

HIV/AIDS

Women's Empowerment

UNDP in Kosovo

Since 1999 the United Nations Development Programme has earned a strong reputation as an independent and experienced partner in the effort to rebuild Kosovo. After the initial period of post-war reconstruction it has helped establish and develop local institutions.

Kosovo is now entering a new phase of development. The international community is scaling down its presence, and local authorities are taking on more responsibilities than ever before. The task is a daunting one as the province tries to cope with some of the toughest economic and social conditions in the Western Balkans.  

UNDP is ideally placed to help Kosovo’s people and government face those challenges.

The organisation’s support comes in numerous forms and uses experience gained from developing economies around the world.

UNDP helps to develop and research policies. It provides statistics and advocates solutions for organizations that need them. Programme managers with extensive experience of implementing projects in the field work with all the leading agencies in the region.

UNDP’s primary goal is to reduce poverty by helping to promote economic growth. It also strives to improve the strength of Kosovo’s institutions, enhance people’s everyday security and improve environmental sustainability. These plans are aligned with UNDP’s global mandate for poverty reduction as well as the Millennium Development Goals.

All programmes emphasize the role of partnership, and the use of indigenous expertise where possible to provide solutions that suit Kosovo.