UNDP's response and strategies

During the 2002-2006 period, the Country Programme Document focused on three programme areas, namely poverty eradication, improved governance, and environment and energy. The poverty eradication and governance initiatives supported by UNDP in this programme focused on policy development and greater integration of policy with direct interventions. During this period, UNDP also focused on the need to build government capacity in the areas of project formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. As UNDP supported the formulation of the MDG report and the national human development report (NHDR), the need to enhance communication and advocacy of development strategies and planned outcomes became clear. Two main lessons emerged. First was the need to engage decision-makers and those at the highest levels of government from the inception. That strategy would ensure that global methodologies and development tools were adapted to transform national policy and development processes. Second, policy-level action must be supported by effective interventions at the institutional and community levels.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development

Countries: Jamaica