Who we are
Our mission.
UNDP works in more than 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME- SOUTH AFRICA
Leaving No South African Behind!
South Africa and UNDP in action
Integrated development solutions driven by country priorities and UNDP’s new Strategic Plan.
Our Strategic Plan 2022-2025 introduces the evolution of #NextGenUNDP into #FutureSmartUNDP. More than a mantra, it is our new benchmark for success in the future of development. Building on UNDP’s 50 years of expertise across 170 countries, this new approach allows us to focus and prioritize where country demands are greatest. By working together in this way, we aim to expand people’s choices for a fairer, sustainable future, with people and planet in balance.
Our work
See how our integrated signature solutions – powered by digitalization, innovation and development financing – are accelerating impact and scale in South Africa.
Inclusive, just and sustainable economic growth
We promote an integrated approach that tackles the connected issues of multidimensional poverty, inequality and exclusion, and sustainability, while enhancing knowledge, skills and production technologies to enlarge peoples’ choices, reduce risks and sustain development gains. Our goal is to strengthen capacities and provide an enabling environment for access to opportunities, focusing on the most vulnerable and excluded population groups – in ways that are sustainable from economic, social and environmental standpoints.
Effective, efficient and transformative governance
We support the peaceful resolution of conflicts, promote the rule of law and access to justice, citizen security and human rights. We assist governments in strengthening their public institutions, help countries reduce corruption and support inclusive participation to ensure that no one is left behind.
Climate change and greening South Africa’s economy
We support to the South African on climate change and disaster resilience is shaped by three important global agreements: the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. UNDP works with countries to help them reduce greenhouse gases and advance a long-term goal of zero-carbon development.
Gender and Women's Empowerment
Gender equality, centered on human rights, is both a development goal on its own and a critical factor for achieving sustainable development. It underlies one of the guiding principles of the 2030 Agenda for Development – the concept of 'leaving no one behind'. UNDP supports partners to eliminate gender inequalities through targeted, gender-focused programmes and by working to ensure that all development efforts take into account the experiences, needs, and contributions of women. By removing structural barriers to gender equality and promoting women’s participation in the decisions that affect their lives, success in eradicating poverty and inequality, building resilience to disasters, climate change, and conflict, and driving sustainable development can be achieved.
Our Impact
GENDER AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
Gender equality, centered on human rights, is both a development goal on its own and a critical factor for achieving sustainable development. It underlies one of the guiding principles of the 2030 Agenda for Development – the concept of 'leaving no one behind.
UNDP supports partners to eliminate gender inequalities through targeted, gender-focused programmes and by working to ensure that all development efforts take into account the experiences, needs, and contributions of women. By removing structural barriers to gender equality and promoting women’s participation in the decisions that affect their lives, success in eradicating poverty and inequality, building resilience to disasters, climate change, and conflict, and driving sustainable development can be achieved.
UNDP believes that the gender inequalities and discriminatory attitudes and practices that hold women back must be confronted and eliminated, if we are to leave no one behind. In these efforts, UNDP works with governments and key UN partners, including UN Women, UNFPA, and UNICEF, as well as with civil society organizations, foundations, academia and the private sector.
To assist South Africa’s realization of the constitutional value, UNDP supports the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and development aligned with other gender equality initiatives like Beijing Declaration (1995), Convention on all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW, 1979), and National Strategic Plan for Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (2019).
LEAPFROGGING SOUTH AFRICA’S MARKETS TO HIGH-EFFICIENCY LED LIGHTING AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS
The Leapfrogging South Africa’s markets to high-efficiency LED lighting and high-efficiency distribution transformers project is designed to advance the country’s transition towards a low-carbon economy through the adoption of high-energy efficiency technology. The project aims to achieve this energy efficiency potential and curtail consumption of (coal-fired) electricity and associated global environmental impact from appliances and equipment. The transition to an economy using high-efficiency lighting and distribution transformers is hindered by the persistence of barriers and challenges that limit the market penetration of high-efficiency lighting and distribution transformers.
Expand the availability of high-quality household appliances (specifically high-efficiency lighting), high-efficiency distribution transformers, as well as open, accurate market information via national standards, product labelling, testing and certification, and promotional outreach.
IMPROVING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK
The project seeks to expand representation of globally important terrestrial habitats by establishing new PAs covering 197,000 ha. The current Protected Area estate does not effectively represent the full range of globally important species and habitats in the three biodiversity hotspots in South Africa (Succulent Karoo, Cape Floral Kingdom and Maputaland Pondoland Albany Hotspot); and as a result, key critical biodiversity areas within these remain under protected and are at risk of loss or degradation of habitat from several factors. Traditional PA expansion through land purchase is no longer cost effective given the shrinking budgets of conservation agencies. Hence, the project focuses on using low cost mechanisms for land acquisition and management in order to rapidly expand the PA network to secure globally important biodiversity. The project utilizes contractual and stewardship arrangements with private and communal landowners, as well as transfers and formalization of conservation tenure of state land to rapidly expand the PA network. This is done both at a site level, and also across the PA network. A major focus is ensuring appropriate, cost-effective and efficient co-management of the low cost PA expansion areas, as well as ensuring these areas are fully integrated into the state PA network.
The project also seeks to ensure that the current protected area estate is effectively managed in order not to reverse current conservation gains. Management effectiveness will be increased on 1,100,000 ha through integrated management planning, monitoring, evaluation and improved PA buffer zone interventions. Last but not least, the project seeks to ensure financial sustainability of the PA estatethrough reducing costs of expansion, improving cost efficiencies within PA management agencies, including improving the resilience of existing income streams, financial governance, and strengthening benefit-sharing arrangements.
Project Rationale
GEF V Biodiversity
Focal Area Objective: Improve Sustainability of Protected Area Systems
This project has been designed with a comprehensive combination of interventions at three scales: national PA system, agency, and site.
Sout Africa at a Glance 61.93 million
POPULATION
64.13 Life Expentance at birth.
.709 Human Development Index
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