A three year project has been launched to strengthen Ethiopia’s capacity to implement the Nagoya Protocol, a landmark international treaty under the Convention on Biological Diversity and has been ratified by 100 countries so far.   The 28 million USD UNDP-GEF global Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) project will...

Ethiopia’s Simien Mountain National Park, known for its rare species of animals and bio-diversity, is thriving again and it has now been removed from the List of World Heritage in danger.   The park was registered in 1978,  the first natural World Heritage Site for the country, but faced various challenges in the...

UNDP Ethiopia has finalized preparations to launch the second phase of the Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) to be implemented from July 2017 till end of 2020.   Partners and stakeholders from government, private sector, development partners and UN agencies provided inputs to enrich the new program...

  UNDP-Japan partnership supported a post-conflict recovery training for civilians, police and military with the potential to be deployed for Peace Keeping Operations and other multinational efforts to promote peace and security. The training on post-conflict recovery is regarded as a building block in the...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Ethiopia to roll out support for a new five-year governance and democratic participation programme. The programme, costing an estimated USD 40 million, is expected to further advance good governance and deeply embed...

UNDP and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC) have signed an agreement on a five-year climate change project. The project, financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with USD 10,239,450, while UNDP has contributed USD 500,000, is expected to enhance the planning, implementation and...

UNDP and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries signed a programme for a three-year livestock programme that seeks to transform the sector. FAO and ILRI will play a key role in supporting the implementation of the livestock programme.

The Government of Ethiopia and UNDP signed an agreement on a five-year project that will help enhance the implementation of the country’s strategy to build a climate resilient green economy (CRGE). The USD 16,727,000 project has received USD 6,277,000 from the Global Environment Fund (GEF) and USD 200,000 from UNDP while the Government of Ethiopia has contributed USD 10 million in kind...

Ethiopia today held its national launch of the UNDP flagship Human Development Report in the presence of H.E Dr. Yinager Dessie Commissioner of the National Planning Commission, diplomatic corps, development partners, civil society, private sector and the UN.   The report, under the theme ‘Human Development for...

UNDP’s Ethiopia and China explore collaborations to promote South-South and Trilateral Cooperation UNDP Resident Representative in China, Mr. Nicholas Rosellini, completed a two-day visit in Ethiopia where he explored future areas of collaborations to help Ethiopia around South-South cooperation. Mr. Nicholas Rosellini...

Addis Ababa, 22 February 2017 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Ethiopia have officially launched a new intervention that will enhance the linkage between urban waste management and greening six cities around the country.  “Ethiopian cities have faced critical challenges in...

The two day national consultation was facilitated by UNDP given its partnership with the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia that falls within its democratic governance portfolio. UNDP’s governance portfolio in Ethiopia focuses on four strategic pillars: strengthening transparency, accountability and integrity systems; consolidation of the democratization process and human rights; building national capacities for social cohesion, conflict prevention, management and peace-building; and advancing local governance and decentralized service delivery.

Local enterprises working on the production and selling of rural energy technologies (RETs) are receiving training through the UNDP supported entrepreneurship development programme, which has trained over 30,000 current and aspiring entrepreneurs since its launch in 2013.

5 December 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A local school for children from economically vulnerable families hosted this year’s International Volunteer Day (IVD) in Ethiopia. Representatives of the volunteer involving organizations, Government, youth-led volunteer associations and volunteers joined the young students...

Key stakeholders from the public sector, academia and civil society organisations from across the regions have taken part in a series of sensitisation workshops on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workshops (held from November to December 2016) were organised by the UN in collaboration with the National Planning Commission and took place in Hawassa, Mekelle and Dire Dawa, drawing participants from nearby regions.

Sweden has signed an agreement with UNDP pledging US$ 5 million to support Ethiopia’s forest sector development programme. Ethiopia’s climate resilient green economy, set to be achieved by 2025, is closely tied to the country’s ability to strengthen the capacity of local institutions and communities. UNDP has been...

Addis Ababa, 13 October 2016 - "Despite commendable progress, disparities and inequality between male and female still persist to-date," UNDP Ethiopia Resident Representative underlined at the launch of the 2016 African Human Development Report.   According to the report, gender inequality is costing sub-Saharan...

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark met with local peace committee elders in the Ethio-Kenyan border town of Moyale to commend their work and also highlight the UN’s commitment to support efforts aimed at bringing about peace and sustainable development to the cross border region.    The UN, in partnership with the...

The government of Japan has provided US$1.4 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a new intervention that seeks to enhance the livelihoods of host communities in the Gambela region of Ethiopia and strengthen peaceful co-existence with refugees. The intervention builds on existing disaster...

State ministers and other senior government officials are taking part in an intensive executive training workshop around the theme accelerating economic development and transformation organized by UNDP in collaboration with Ethiopia Ministry of Public Service and Human Resource Development. UNDP has brought on...

26 April 2016, Addis Ababa - There is really no scarcity of global resources to meet development goals, State Minister Dr. Abraham Tekeste of Ethiopia’s National Planning Commission (NPC) boldly noted to participants attending a national consultation workshop on the rollout of the Sustainable Development Goals...

Senior government officials from various ministries and agencies are taking part in a two-day intensive training on climate resilient green growth development. The training is organized by the United Nations Development Programme as part of its advanced leadership programme and in collaboration with the Ministry of...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today signed USD 200 thousand agreement with the Ethiopian Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC)to continue supporting the center’s training and capacity development initiatives around peacekeeping.   The government of Japan has supported the PSTC since 2013,...

Ethiopia held a validation workshop for a cutting-edge UNRED + study that seeks to bring to light the country’s forest ecosystem’s contribution to the national income. The UNREDD + targeted support through UNDP and UNEP, which took a year to complete, came about in response to a direct request for assistance...

A high level Ethiopian government delegation is now back in the country following a successful experience and knowledge sharing visit to South Korea and China. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UNREDD facilitated the visit by the high level delegation, which was led by the Minister of Environment,...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4 January 2016 — Ethiopia has outlined its latest progress and challenges on its efforts to address the country’s vulnerability to climate change.   The comprehensive multi-sector update is part of Ethiopia’s second national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

2 billion people lifted out of low human development, in last 25 years, now focus on work is needed to galvanize progress, alerts the 2015 Human Development Report. Addis Ababa, 14 December 2015 —Fast technological progress, deepening globalization, aging societies and environmental challenges are rapidly transforming...

Moyale, Kenya - The governments of Ethiopia and Kenya, in partnership with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations today launched an innovative, comprehensive and integrated cross-border initiative to foster peace and sustainable development in the northern Marsabit county of Kenya and the southern Borana Zone in Ethiopia.

In late October 2015, a total of 12,000 smallholder farmers in four regions started to benefit from Ethiopia’s first weather index insurance claims payment to cover the loss for this year’s crop failure due to El Nino. The weather index insurance claims paid out 2.6 million ET birr covering a total of around the...

UNDP partnered with UNDESA and Ethiopia’s National Planning Commission to familiarise participants from various public sectors with the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action, which was agreed upon at the end of the third financing for development conference hosted by...

United Nations Secretary General Ban Kii-moon visited a UNDP supported entrepreneurship development project that trains and equips Ethiopian women and female youth from vulnerable backgrounds to access the export market in traditional hand-weaving, spinning, embroidery, crotchet, and hand-knitting, as well as...

  UNDP has launched its flagship National Human Development Report (NHDR) for Ethiopia which computes region-specific human development indices and explores issues that could help in Accelerating Inclusive Growth for Sustainable Human Development in Ethiopia. The report examines development trajectories over a ten...

Smoke rose high from the lush compound of the Ethiopia's Botanical Gardens as Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen walked away having lit the torch that would burn down around 6.1 tons of illegal trafficked ivory. According to the deputy prime minister, the move to counter the blackmarket trading of ivory and...

The 2015 UNDP Entrepreneurship Award presented over $61,000 to seven winning Ethiopian Entrepreneurs and two runners up during a ceremony held at Sheraton Addis in the presence of His Excellency Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.