Norway first donor to support Indonesian aid management initiative
13 November 2009 - As the first contributor to the Transitional Multi Donor Fund today, the Government of Norway marked its strong support Indonesia’s effort to improve the management of international development assistance. Through a Multi Donor Programme, facilitated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Indonesia is establishing the structures, systems and national capacity to enhance the national ownership and effectiveness of all international aid.
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UNDP boosts recovery in earthquake hit Padang
4 November 2009 - As people in earthquake-hit West Sumatra look to rebuild their lives, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) boosted its recovery support here this week, bringing in more heavy equipment to remove badly damaged homes, schools, mosques, and by fielding experts to work alongside government to reduce the impact of future earthquakes.
“There are thousands of teetering buildings that pose a threat to people living and working nearby,” UNDP Country Director Håkan Björkman said. “Our experts are assisting the Public Works Department to survey these and coordinate teams to safely demolish some of the ones that are simply wreaked,” he said. “The clean-up job is massive - we estimate around 1.5 million cubic meters, or 375,000 small truckloads, of rubble needs removing,” he said. “To make a bigger dent in this massive job we’ve hired more bulldozers, trucks and other heavy equipment to start work this week,” he said.
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UNDP supports Indonesia in Strengthening Access to Justice through pioneering Strategy
16 October 2009 - Today the Government of Indonesia launched an ambitious and action-oriented National Strategy on Access to Justice. Supported by the United Nations Development Programme, this strategy aims at improving the protection of people’s rights across Indonesia, with special emphasis given to legal empowerment of poor people and marginalised groups. The strategy puts forward a set of policy recommendations relating to eight themes that extensive surveys have shown link directly to the needs of vulnerable groups. These are: Legal and Judicial Reform, Legal Aid, Local Governance, Land and Natural Resources, Women, Children, Labour and Poor and Disadvantaged Groups.
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UNDP supports Government’s very early recovery efforts for Sumatra earthquakes
15 October 2009 - While the humanitarian response is full on, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working closely with the Government of Indonesia to initiate recovery efforts for earthquake-affected areas of Sumatra. This very early recovery support aims at getting things back to normal in ways that will prevent such a disaster from happening again.
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Local Planning and Performance Evaluation Places People at the Centre in Progressing Towards the MDGs and Human Development in Indonesia
14 October 2009 - The UNDP and the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) co-organized a Policy Seminar: Strengthening Development Planning and Performance Evaluation in Support of Local Government Practice on 13-14 October in Jakarta. Discussion focused on the value of Human Development (HD)/Millennium Development Goal (MDG) frameworks for planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluating development. Existent and future application of these tools was reviewed for strengthening local development practices leading towards accelerated MDG achievement and promoted human development in Indonesia.
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