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What UNDP Does in Timor-Leste

	Democratic Governance		Crisis Prevention and Recovery
	Poverty Reduction and Environment		Pro-poor Policies

News and Events .........................

In a ‘Wise” Move Timorese Women Venture into Business after Decades of Conflict
Timor-Leste, 14 July 2008: When Timor-Leste descended into a political crisis in April/May 2006, just five years after the restoration of independence from Indonesia, Mrs. Joaquina Da Silva, a 33 year-old mother of four was among the first group of women displaced from the capital, Dili. She then fled to the safe havens of Baucau which is her ancestral homeland.  >>more

New Zealand to support capacity developmentof civil society organizations and the Provedoria for Human Rights in Timor-Leste
Dili, Timor Leste, 20 June 2008: The head of the New Zealand Agency for International Development(NZAID) in Timor-Leste, Ms. Sarah Wong, has signed an agreement with UNDP Interim Country Director, Ms.Hiroko Takagi, to provide further funds to the UNDP Supporting Civil Society Organisations in Promoting Citizen Participation project.   >>more

BUILDING TRUST IN THE POST CONFLICT PHASE
June 19 2008 As part of their support to the National Recovery Strategy (Hamutuk Hari’i Futuru), the UNDP and the Ministry of Social Solidarity today launched the project “Support to the Trust-Building Pillar of the National Recovery Strategy”. >>more

DEALING WITH THE SCOURGE OF CORRUPTION IN ASIA
June 13 , 2008 Cleaning up the police, health, education and environment sectors should be a top political priority in the Asia-Pacific region, in order to loosen the burden of corruption on the lives of the poor, according to a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report released in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday .>>more

CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE AS A DEVELOPMENT ISSUE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
June 4, 2008 Climate change and its potential impact on development in Timor-Leste will come under the spotlight on 5 June during a joint Government-UNDP event to mark World Environment Day. >>more

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