Oé-Cusse, Timor-Leste (June 30, 2021): On Monday June 28, 2021, the Regional Secretary for Commerce and Industry of RAEOA Mr. Pedro da Cunha B. da Silva formally opened the Oé-Cusse Incubator Business…  Read more

Today, UNDP and the Conselho de Imprensa de Timor-Leste reaffirmed their commitment to preventing, addressing, and eliminating violence against women and girls in Timor-Leste with the signing of a…  Read more

UNDP in collaboration with the Regional Secretary for Agriculture organized a Farmers Field Day on 9th of June 2021 in Toip-Ana, to celebrate the harvesting of rice grown using the Jajar Legowo 2:1…  Read more

Twenty-two laptops, twenty-two multi-port adaptors, four screens, and two UPS, along with the Microsoft Office package, will be of use for the institution to establish various new IT solutions to…  Read more

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) signed a Letter of Agreement initiating a partnership to…  Read more

120 students from 27 primary, secondary, and vocational schools benefitted from the recently held ICT Bootcamp and Exhibition at the Dominican Café Playground in Pante-Macassar.  Read more

On Wednesday May 19th, 2021 the Palaban Customs Hall in Pante Macassar played host to the launch of the Oé-Cusse Business Incubator (OBI) Competition by the President of the RAEOA-ZEESM-TL H.E.…  Read more

Today, UNDP’s emergency employment initiative for the flood response and recovery ‘Hamutuk Serbi Komunidade’ was officially launched.  Read more

in Oesilo on May 4th, 2021. Fifty-five (55) persons, 28 female and 27 male, attended the OBI socialization workshop at the sub-district office.  Read more

From May 5-7th, 2021, the Dominican Café Playground in Pante-Macassar will be the site of an ICT bootcamp and exhibition for hundreds of primary, secondary, pre-secondary and technical vocational…  Read more

World Press Freedom Day celebrates the important role played by journalists in democratic societies and is a reminder to governments across the globe of the need to promote access to quality…  Read more

The United Nations Development Programme Timor-Leste today virtually met with the leaders from the Special Administrative Region of Oe-Cusse Ambeno (RAEOA) to plan and approve the expansion of…  Read more

Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Asia’s youngest democracy Timor-Leste has begun preparing for its next presidential and parliamentary elections in 2022 and 2023. Although Timor-Leste has…  Read more

Crises such as pandemics and natural disasters can greatly increase communal and familial stress and tension. The emotional and social repercussions of these pressures can worsen the situation of…  Read more

Ministry of Finance Director-General for Management and Mobilization of External Resources Mr. Antonio Freitas and of UNDP Resident Representative Ms. Munkhtuya Altangerel today signed a Government…  Read more

As Timor-Leste implements new movement restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19 in border municipalities, the United Nations Development Programme, General Directorate of Statistics (GDS) and…  Read more

Four UN agencies: UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA and IOM through the generous funding of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Timor-Leste with the State Secretariat for Equality and Inclusion…  Read more

School inspectors in Timor-Leste's semi-autonomous region of Oé-Cusse will begin digitizing school data, after the UNDP handed over six mobile tablets to the Regional Secretary of Education and Social…  Read more

UNDP and Facebook held a half-day training for journalists and editors as part of their efforts to support the news ecosystem in Timor-Leste. During the session, over 40 participants learned about…  Read more

Youth Co:Lab, jointly organized by the UNDP Accelerator Lab Timor-Leste and Recycling Promotion Pilot Project, facilitated a National Youth Forum on Friday. The forum took place at Novo Turismo and…  Read more

Timor-Leste has among the world’s highest percentages of youth population, with almost 75% per cent of the Timorese population under 35 years old. By making demographic and socio-economic data…  Read more

Four UN agencies: UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA and IOM will collaborate in a four-year project to enhance efforts to ensure that all women and girls in Timor-Leste can enjoy their right to live free from…  Read more

Timor-Leste’s emerging and aspiring youth entrepreneurs gathered at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) youth hub Knua Juventude Fila-Liman (KJFL) today to celebrate the launch of the 2020…  Read more

Large sectors of Timor Leste’s population have seen significant declines in income since the implementation of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in April 2020, according to a United…  Read more

School students and teachers in Oé-Cusse will have the opportunity to gain fundamental ICT skills following the official handover of the newly renovated ETARO ICT lab on October 2, 2020.  Read more

Parliament is central to democratic governance and accountability. It is important that people are able to monitor what Parliament, and their representatives, who work for them, are doing. The Uma…  Read more

Ongoing emergency food distribution for Timor Leste's most vulnerable communities continued in September.  Read more

About 20,000 people living in rural and remote parts of Indonesia and Timor-Leste will gain access to clean electricity and clean water from solar power as a result of a US$ 18 million initiative…  Read more

According to a 2019 report issued by World Vision and partners, a “staggering 87.4% children - 612,000 children - experience physical or emotional violence at home in Timor-Leste.” The European Union…  Read more

Thursday September 3rd marked the final day for a training program on data collection through the Municipal Portal facilitated by the Ministry of State Administration (MSA), the European Union (EU)…  Read more

Government representatives from the key ministries joined with NGO representatives to open a large United Nations Development Program-supported project to establish climate-resilient agriculture in…  Read more

Vice-Minister of Education, Mr. Antonio Guterres, visited a newly renovated computer lab at ETARO Masin, Pante-Makasar in Oé-Cusse to observe a ten-day intensive ICT training program for 28 local…  Read more

As confirmed by Minister of Health Doutora Odete Maria Freitas Belo on August 13, UNDP procurement of US$5.7 million of health equipment and medicines to respond to the Covid-19 crisis, and other…  Read more

On Tuesday August 4, the Oecusse Community Tourism Project held a ceremony to award certificates to traditional Tai's waivers in Oecussi. Eleven individual finalists received certificates, food…  Read more

On Friday August 7, the Government of Timor-Leste, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) inaugurated a new community water system in…  Read more

Food baskets have begun arriving to vulnerable households in Baucau Municipality. The food baskets – sourced directly from local farmers and via the government-supported Loja dos Agricultores…  Read more

On Tuesday, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a media training programme to strengthen the ability of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste to…  Read more

Her Excellency Maria José da Fonseca Monteiro de Jesus, Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion, inaugurated today the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative at Bobonaro Municipal Administration Office in…  Read more

On Tuesday, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a new training programme on data collection through the ‘Municipal Portal’ to increase the skills and…  Read more

Timor Leste’s gains as a Covid-19 free country were today consolidated as the UNDP welcomed further shipments of critical medicines and materials to support the Government of Timor Leste and the…  Read more

While Timor Leste has so far avoided a major health crisis from Covid-19, the socio-economic impacts of the response to manage the virus have begun to bite for many of the country’s most…  Read more

Representatives from the European Union (EU), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of State Administration (MSA) met Thursday to sign off on a project document for “Strengthening…  Read more

Increased socio-economic stress and confinement at home is a major risk factor for increased violence against women and girls.  Read more

Timor-Leste has made progress in human development this century, but the benefits of growth have not been shared equally, a new UN report says.  Read more

Dili, June 11, 2020 – Governments must lead the fight against a growing tide of inflammatory and misleading information threatening to worsen the already severe impacts of the virus, according to the…  Read more

The Ambassador of the European Union Mr Andrew Jacobs and UNDP Resident Representative Ms Munkhtuya Altangerel signed an Agreement to launch “Strengthening Integral Local Development by Building the…  Read more

New York - The Spotlight Initiative’s Operational Steering Committee has approved €122 million for new investments across 12 countries and programmes in the Caribbean, Central Asia and Pacific…  Read more

Timor-Leste Accelerator Lab proudly presents its first workshop on green building design challenge Standard Guidelines. The workshop is held in Dili at Timor Plaza (Suai Room) from 16th until 18th…  Read more

The First Youth Co:Lab Timor-Leste National Youth Forum on leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship is happening right now in Dili, Timor-Leste. The event is held from 2nd until 6th December 2019.…  Read more

Kanni Wignaraja is set to assume her role as Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on 1 December 2019. Ms. Wignaraja, who is from Sri…  Read more

In partnership with the Ministry of State Administration and the Municipal Authority of Baucau, on October 24 the United Nations Development Programme, with the generous support of KOICA, launched the…  Read more

DILI, Timor-Leste, 30 September 2019 – Two global initiatives that support innovation by youth - the Generation Unlimited (GenU) Youth Challenge and Youth Co:Lab Innovation Challenge –launched in…  Read more

UNDP and UNICEF, in partnership with the Government of Timor-Leste, are launching the first-ever Accelerator Lab in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has been chosen as one of the global networks of 60…  Read more

7 July 2019, Songdo, Korea – At its 23rd Board Meeting the Green Climate Fund Board has today approved US$$22.4 million for Timor-Leste to advance its adaptation priorities while focusing on more…  Read more

In a partnership with the Ministry of State Administration and the Municipalities of Bobonaro will conduct three days’ workshop from 17 to 19 of June 2019 for reviewing municipal strategic plan of…  Read more

Maliana, 29 October 2018: Implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of State Administration (MSA), a new KOICA-funded initiative ‘Supporting Decentralization of…  Read more

Dili, 21 September 2018: Timor-Leste has seen a slight improvement in its global ranking in the latest Human Development Index (HDI) released this month by the United Nations Development Programme…  Read more

Dili, 09 July 2018: Supported by KOICA in partnership with the Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) a new initiative ‘Strengthening anti-corruption,…  Read more

The United Nations system in Timor-Leste congratulates newly-appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, H.E. Mr. Taur Matan Ruak.  Read more

Dili, 18 June 2018: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Well Told Story strategic communications group will facilitate a series of workshops in Dili this week,…  Read more

Dili, 14 June 2018: Timorese youth ambassador Justaquiu “Jake” Fabiano Lasi will set sail for New York later this month to share messages with civil society and government representatives highlighting…  Read more

Dili, 05 June 2018: Starting today - World Environment Day - communities across Timor-Leste’s 11 municipalities will have a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about the benefits of using energy…  Read more

The UN Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of UNDP together with all members of the UN Country Team in Timor-Leste congratulates the people, Government, all national institutions and…  Read more

Dili, 03 April 2018: Timor-Leste is about to enter a unique 30-40-year demographic opportunity window with the potential for rapid economic and human development gains. While many countries are…  Read more

Dili, 16 March 2018: Today UNDP collaborated with the National Directorate for Disaster Risk Management and Manututo Municipality local authority to hold a tsunami evacuation drill at St. Antonio…  Read more

New York, 06 March 2018: Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me, first of all, to say that this is a particularly important day for me. One of my most important motivations in my political…  Read more

The UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative warmly congratulates the people, Government and candidates of Timor-Leste on the occasion of their parliamentary elections and welcomes the…  Read more

Entitled “10 Solutions to Help Meet the SDGs,” the report describes large-scale projects in ten countries in the region – Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the…  Read more

The Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Cost-sharing Agreement for an amount of 125,000 US Dollars for the…  Read more

The Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development is hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Initiatives. Over 600 international business, government and NGO…  Read more

The new solar energy system at the UN House in Caicoli, Dili, will be launched at ceremony on Monday 24 October at 4.00pm. The system is one of the largest of its kind in Timor-Leste, and will support…  Read more

Bangkok, 24 October 2016 – More than 150 delegates and development experts from 36 countries in Asia and the Pacific convened today in Bangkok to share expertise and ideas on how to integrate the…  Read more

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Human Rights Adviser’s Unit and WHO worked together with the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health (INS) to host a five day…  Read more

Globally acclaimed Danish actor and star of HBO’s Game of Thrones Nikolaj Coster-Waldau kicked off his role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme by refereeing the…  Read more

The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Small Grant Programme (SGP) has started working in Timor-Leste with its fifth operational phase (OP5) since 2012 and it has been implemented for over 4 years in…  Read more

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Japan is signing a cost-sharing agreement to formalize funding support of over US$3.8 million (JPY 388,000,000) for an umbrella…  Read more

Dili, 5 December 2016, The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Republic of Korea is launching a new programme of electoral and legal assistance of over US$3 million on “Electoral and…  Read more

As parts of its efforts to leverage the strengths of some of the world’s leading organizations for the benefit of the people of Oe-Cusse and implementing its innovative ‘Partnering with the Best’…  Read more

This International Women’s Day, the world stands well positioned to move forward on gender equality. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the UN General Assembly last year, asserts…  Read more

A workshop between the officials of the Authority of the Oe-Cusse Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the Special Economic Zones of Social Market Economy (ZEESM) and members of the United Nations…  Read more

UNDP in partnership with the Ministry of State Administration and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment, officially commissioned one of several projects that were implemented in 2015 by…  Read more

This year’s International Day of Families falls at a time of upheaval and tragedy for families around the world. The rise of violent extremism, the effects of forced displacement, extreme weather…  Read more

New York, 1 January 2016 – The new year ushers in the official launch of the bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders last September at the United…  Read more

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kicked off today a two-day interactive conference on innovative thinking. Its objective is to explore how innovation can help address development…  Read more

The Ministry of Social Solidarity and the United Nations Development Programme today, signed a new partnership agreement designed to protect critical infrastructure along the Dili-to-Ainaro…  Read more