SUBMIT YOUR SOLUTIONS TODAY: Calling all Hacktivists!

UNDP is teaming up once again with Dialog along with other partners to bring to you 'HackaDev' hackathon 3.0! The HackaDev will take place on 31 March and 01 April 2017 at the Dialog Axiata PLC Auditorium, Union Place, Colombo 02. Submit your solutions today!

UNDP Sri Lanka Wins 2016 Awards for Excellence in Human Development Reporting

UNDP Sri Lanka was one of the four awardees alongside UNDP Chile, Montenegro and Uganda, to receive the 2016 Awards for Excellence in Human Development Reporting for the 2014 National Human Development Report.

Co-Financed Project looking at Effective Solid Waste Management to Generate Bio Gas Energy
Kaduwela Municipal Council and UNDP kick start Waste to Energy Project

The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) entered into its first Government Co-Financed project with the Kaduwela Municipal Council to effectively manage solid waste in the area to generate bio gas energy.

Your Guide to the Sustainabe Development Goals

All you need to know about the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Development Agenda

Today's Youth, Today's Leaders

“I was not always independent and self-confident. Quite the contrary; I was extremely shy. But now I make a conscious effort to advocate for equality in our society. Someone has to stand up!” says Sumangala, a YLDP Participant from Batticaloa. Read more about her story..

Catch the latest blogs on the UNLOCKED Project!

UNLOCKED is a space for Sri Lankan youth to express their views and opinions on development with the aim of creating positive change in the world. The views expressed in the blogs are solely those of the authors.

We are on Exposure!

Follow us on Exposure and follow our photo stories fro our work in Sri Lanka

EU Support to District Development Programme (EU-SDDP)

The European Union Support to District Development Programme (EU-SDDP) funded by the European Union is a 60-month Programme aimed at assisting Sri Lanka to make a transition from post-conflict assistance to reconstruction and development. UNDP is proud to be one of the six implementing agencies of this Programme.

#YouthNDev: Sri Lanka National Human Development Report 2014 launched!

The Sri Lanka National Human Development Report 2014 on Youth and Development explores the challenges of young people and opportunities for development, in the areas of education, employment, health, political participation and social integration, with gender as a cross-cutting theme. The Report was launched on the 12th of August, 2014, coinciding with the International Youth Day.

Together, communities build back with resilience

AusAID, UNDP and other partners initiated “Strengthening Disaster Management Capacities in Conflict Affected North and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka,” a project to create village resilience development plans for vulnerable communities in Sri Lanka.