United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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. It is 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 its wide range of partners.

World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the overarching goal of reducing poverty in half by 2015. UNDP's network links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these Goals. UNDP focuses on helping countries to build and share solutions to the challenges of Democratic Governance, Poverty Reduction, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Energy and Environment and HIV/AIDS. UNDP helps developing countries attract and use aid effectively. In all its activities, it encourages the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women.

Contact
United Nations Development Programme
UN House
P.O. Box 107, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 977-1-5523200,
Fax: 977-1-5523991/5523986
web: www.undp.org.np