UNDP Suriname

UNDP workshop to improve results based management in development projects

From the 14 to the 17 of May, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Suriname with the support of the Regional Service Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean organized a training workshop on Results Based Management, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Results.

The training underlines the commitment of UNDP in Suriname to improve its performance in achieving development results and to develop staff’s and counterpart’s knowledge in the proper use of the results-based management approach to programming.

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GEF/SGP to support the establishment of the first biodiversity training school in Suriname

The Global Environmental Facility/ Small Grants Programme will support for the next two years the Panda Foundation to establish the first biodiversity training school in Suriname. GEF/SGP will grant the Foundation with 50,000 USD to conserve the traditional Maroon knowledge regarding biodiversity, nature and culture in Brokopondo Lake and to continue its work at Tonka Island.

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GEF/SGP presents its national strategy to support communities on climate change challenges

On the 28 of March, the Global Environment Facility/Small Grants Programme (GEF/SGP) presented the national strategy for the Small Island Developing States Community-based Adaptation Programme. The strategy is to reduce vulnerability and increase the adaptive capacity of communities in Suriname to manage the risks of climate change.
Through this initiative Suriname, as part of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), will participate in a special programme for community based adaptation on climate change challenges funded by the Australian Overseas Development Aid.

The Community-based Adaptation strategy was approved last year and will be implemented from 2012 to 2016. The current funding for the strategy is 170,000 USD. The GEF/SGP will be responsible for managing the funds and reviewing the community projects eligible for these special grants.

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United Nations and the Government of Suriname sign their cooperation agreement for the next four years

On the 15th of February, the United Nations and the Government of Suriname signed the development assistance framework by which the international organization will support the Government’s Ontwikkelingsplan 2012-2016, and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. This framework marks a new chapter of the UN-Government of Suriname partnership and covers a period that represents the final four years before the MDG deadline of 2015.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Lackin, the UN Resident Coordinator, Marcia de Castro, and the heads of UN agencies, attended the ceremony and signed the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) that will drive the work of the UN resident and nonresident agencies in Suriname for the next four years.

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UN House Suriname

United Nations Development Programme
UN House
Heerenstraat 17
Paramaribo, Suriname
Phone # 597-421417
Fax # 597-425136
Website: www.undpsuriname.org
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UNDP Suriname

Slideshowlogogsf If you are 18 years and over, have a creative mind and care about the environment, you can now participate in the regional competition to design the new logo of the Guiana Shield Facility (GSF). The GSF is a multi-donor funding facility, which aims to support the conservation and sustainable development of the unique ecosystems of the bio-diverse Guiana Shield eco-region.

Through this competition, the United Nations Development Programme invites all interested persons aged 18 years and over to submit designs to the Guiana Shield Facility (GSF) logo competition. The regional competition will solicit designs from the following countries: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.

Forestweb A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) mission visited Suriname from the 26 - 27th of April to discuss with the Government and UNDP Suriname arrangements for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Suriname.
The mission is framed within the context of the Surinamese Government’s Readiness Preparation Proposal for the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and its participation in the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD Programme).

On 13 February, UNDP Guyana, the European Union and the Government of the Netherlands launched the Guiana Shield Facility Project in Georgetown. The European Union and Government of the Netherlands have financed the project in equal contribution amounts to the overall sum of 3 million Euros.
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First Caribbean Human Development Report shows paradox of high violent crime rates, but relative trust in the police

CHDR Cover Thumb Violent crime in the Caribbean can be overcome if a right mix of policies and programmes is carried out to prevent violence, according to the first Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) the 8th of February 2012.

The Report entitled Human Development and the Shift to Better Citizen Security reviews the current state of crime as well as the national and regional policies and programmes to address crime in seven English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Violent crime is a major challenge to human development in the Caribbean.
The Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reviews the current state of crime in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, as well as the current policies and programmes to address crime. The Report will offer a set of recommendations to reduce and prevent violent crime while advancing human development.