Welcome to UNDP Timor-Leste

The United Nations Development Programme is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. On the ground in 166 countries, the UNDP works with governments, institutions and citizens on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.

What UNDP Does in Timor-Leste

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

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

President Ramos-Horta's statement on Poverty and the MDGs in Timor-Leste
New York, 25 September 2008

President Ramos-Horta's statement at the UN General Assembly
New York, 25 September 2008

New training plan to benefit key political party members
August 15, 2008 Senior representatives of every political party in Timor-Leste will benefitfroma six-week training course in Basic Finance Skills organized by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) in collaboration with the UNDP Support to the Timorese Electoral Cycle Project.

Economic expertise to be shared with the goverment of Timor-Leste
August 15, 2008 The economic situation in Timor-Leste, progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and job creation prospects are the basis of high-level discussions held by Dr. Hafiz Ahmed Pasha, who is concluding a one-week visit to the country. He arrived on 10 August 2008 .

UNDP supports training course on democratic governance
July 30, 2008 Building on its involvement in the area of democratic governance in Timor-Leste, UNDP organized a one-day training on the country’s legal framework for political parties, which benefited 60 representatives of various political parties and coalitions, including 15 women politicians.

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.