Business leaders from across Southeast Asia gathered for the launch of the ASEAN Responsible Business Collective, committing to strengthen collaboration, share practical solutions, and support companies in addressing human rights and environmental impacts across their operations and supply chains. (Photo by Bambang Nurjaman/UNDP Indonesia)Jakarta, 9 March ...
UNDP Supports Turkmenistan in Development of a National Artificial intelligence (AI) Strategy for Sustainable Digital TransformationAshgabat, Turkmenistan, 5 March 2026: From 5 to 6 March 2026, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan, is convening a semina...
A focused, risk aligned evaluation agenda to inform decision making across UNDPIsabelle Mercier presents to the UNDP Executive BoardAt its first regular session of 2026, the Executive Board of UNDP approved the Independent Evaluation Office’s (IEO) Multi Year Programme of Work for 2026–2029. The document sets out a focused and strategic evaluation agenda...
Photo: Lviv Regional State AdministrationIn Verkhnia Bilka village, Lviv Oblast, the kindergarten has reopened following a €490 000 renovation financed under the EIB’s Ukraine Early Recovery Programme.Equipped with a heat generator, the facility can now stay warm and remain open even during power and heating disruptions.As the only kindergarten in t...
Findings highlight the expanding footprint of destruction and the increasing complexity in restoring systems essential for economic recovery and social well being.Photo: Christina Pashkina / UNDP UkraineKYIV, 23 February 2026 — Four years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5) rel...
Comprehensive Capacity Building Workshop for Women Journalists on Gender-Sensitive Disaster ReportingUNDP Sri Lanka20 February 2026, COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: South Asian Women in Media - Sri Lanka (SAWM-SL) successfully conducted a comprehensive capacity-building workshop on ‘Gender-sensitive Disaster Reporting’ on February 17, bringing together a s...
Pursat, 18 February 2026 – Participants gathered at the Provincial Department of Health in Pursat for the V-BIOCHAR handover and project closing. Implemented by ADRA Cambodia for the past twelve months, the project combined two natural soil enhancers- vermicompost and biochar- to restore fertility, retain water, and reduce dependency on imported chem...
UN Zambia Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali Delivering her remarks during the launch. UNDP Zambia/Cecilia Mubambe17 February 2026 — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf), today officially re-launched iVerify Zambia 2.0, a national fact-checking and response mechanism designe...
Photo: UNDP KazakhstanThe Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan, convened a strategic session focused on the design of the Akim’s Digital Cabinet, a forward-looking digital tool ai...
Islamabad, 11 February 2026 – Joining Pakistan's Indus AI week, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, and the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA), convened a high-level policy session titled “Sh...
