Rwanda

Welcome to the UNDP Rwanda Website

As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners. UNDP's current priority is to help all countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, including the overarching goal of cutting extreme poverty in half. UNDP, using its worldwide network, is coordinating global and national efforts to reach these Goals.

In Rwanda, UNDP works closely with the Government of Rwanda, as well as development partners, in order to build institutional capacity and effect sustainable development.

UNDP in Rwanda acts as the seat of the Resident Coordinator and performs an important coordinating role with all other UN agencies, including the World Bank and the IMF. UNDP is responsible for collecting and compiling information which contributes to the annual Human Development Report, in which Rwanda most recently was ranked 161 out of 177 countries.

UNDP Programmes in Rwanda support the work of the Government of Rwanda in finding and implementing solutions in the following focus areas:

Throughout these five areas, UNDP advocates for gender equality and the empowerment of women. In all programme areas, a clear and determined focus exists to work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

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In 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit, all 189 world leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration and agreed on a set of common goals for developing countries, known as the Millennium Development Goals. These goals are at the forefront of the global development agenda, and provide a framework for the way forward, with the overarching aim of cutting extreme poverty in half by the year 2015. With the successful achievement of these goals, billions more people can benefit from the global economy, and millions of lives can be saved. UNDP Rwanda holds the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals as the organisation's highest priority.

Read more about UNDP's effort to achieve the MDGs here

Read the United Nations Core Strategy on the MDGs here

Read the MDG Monitor was launched on 1 November in New York here