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UNDP Belize’s Core Business I. Capacity Development §Support to national/local capacities for HD and MDGs §National ownership II. HD Concepts and Advocacy §Human Development Reports III. Coordination §Aid management §Efficiency/effectiveness of the UN system at country level §South-South solutions UNDP – United Nations Development Program MDG – Millennium Development Goal UN – United Nations HD – Human Development

I. Capacity Development UNDP supports Belize in developing national and local capacities for human development and achievement of the MDGs via four main areas, and attention to cross-cutting themes like gender, HIV/AIDS*, and capacity development: §Poverty Reduction and Achievement of the MDGs - The countdown to 2015 §Democratic Governance - Providing an enabling environment §Crisis Prevention and Recovery - Building back better §Environment and Sustainable Development - Adapting to a new reality *HIV/AIDS – Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Core Focus Area: Poverty Reduction and Achievement of MDGs Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a global partnership for development

Core Focus Area: Poverty Reduction and Achievement of MDGs Project (MDG 6): HIV and Health Systems Strengthening (HSS), “Accelerating the Pace: Reaching Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations with Critical Services” (Global Fund Round 9 Grant*, 2010 -2015 § Reduce the sexual transmission of HIV among MARPs: young people, MSM, FSW § Improve the quality of life of PWH and children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in Belize and Stann Creek Districts § Improve the coverage and quality of the continuum of care for HIV infected and affected populations § Management, capacity building, data collection and management MSM – Men who have Sex with Men MARPs – Most at Risk Populations FSW – Female Sex Workers PWH – People with HIV/AIDS

Core Focus Area: Poverty Reduction and Achievement of MDGs Project (MDG 7): MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF) § § Focused on achieving MDG 7 Target 7 c: water and sanitation indicators Building from the MAF pilot (Belize is one of the 10 pilots worldwide), water governance project: • Strengthen the Capacity of Water Boards (supply side) • Promote Governance Practices for local ownership of water systems and sanitation services (demand side) § § MDG report Scorecard and Outlook Report 2010 • Section 1: MDG Progress at a Glance • Section 2: Macro Economy and Policy Overview • Section 3: The Belize MDG Scorecard • Section 4: The Outlook for Achieving the MDGS by 2015 A previous project has been to Assess Financial and Economic Crisis (FEC) Impacts on Belize’s Urban Poor MAF – Millennium Acceleration Framework

Core Focus Area: Democratic Governance Project: Support Restore Belize Initiative, 2011 § § Create a UN / UNDP fund (Government of Japan, UN Trust Fund for Human Security, BCPR, and donor conference) Provide support to human security efforts of the government Project: Capacity Development for Citizen Security, 2011 § § Create joint partnerships (local / regional / global media organization with experience in investigative journalism Support investigative journalism capacities, with a focus on urban crime and transparency BCPR – Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Core Focus Area: Democratic Governance Project: Gender equality and women empowerment, 2011 § Build partnerships to promote political empowerment of women § Support initiatives promoting increase of number of women in the house of representatives by 2013 § Promote political parties commitment and legal quota for women in parliament* Project: Support to aid coordination by Ministry of Economic Development , 2010 -2011 Previous projects include: Up-scaling Local Governance Capacities, Decentralization Dialogue, and Pro-poor Rural Financial Services

Core Focus Area: Crisis Prevention and Recovery Project: Crisis Prevention § Support Belize for strengthening of its disaster co-ordination framework, and § Strengthening of national capacities, for effective disaster preparedness, risk reduction and emergency response • Increased capacity of state actors and communities to implement effective risk reduction and response measures • Natural Disaster Management Authority strengthened to fully integrate and implement hazard mitigation policies and strategies • National and International partnerships in the area of risk and risk management are fully functional.

Core Focus Area: Environment and Sustainable Development Project: Agriculture Enterprise Development for Rural Belize (AEDRB), 2008 -2010 § Use of agriculture as a PR strategy • • § Employment Competitiveness Creation of SME in the value chain from production to consumption in the agricultural system of Belize • • • Farm productivity Post harvest losses and adding value to products Market access by small farmers Project: Belize National Human Development Report (NHDR) “Think Change”, 2010 SME – Small and Medium Enterprise

Core Focus Area: Environment and Sustainable Development Project: Third National Communications (TNC), Belize, Self Assessment Exercise (Conservation Covenant CC Project Preparation Grant PPG) Project: Protected Areas (PAs) (Fisheries and Forestry Departments) § § Formalize the national PAs Act Implement the PAs System Plan Project: Strengthening National Capacities for Operationalization, Consolidation, and Sustainability of Belize’s Protected Areas System, National Protected Areas System (NPAS), 2007 -2011 Project: Integrating Protected Areas and Landscape Management in the Golden Stream Watershed (GSW) 2006 -2010 § § Complementary set of management plans for GSW’s 4 PAs Lessons learned are replicated in other PAs

Core Focus Area: Environment and Sustainable Development Project: National Capacity Self Assessment 2 (NCSA 2) § § § Capacity development, Ministry of Natural Resources Restructuring support, to execute the Ministry’s mandate Strengthening capacities for coordinating multi-sectoral environmental policies to achieve 3 Rio conventions: • • • Convention on Biological Diversity – CBD Convention to Combat Desertification – CCD Framework Convention on Climate Change - FCCC Project: Terminal Phaseout Management Plan (TPMP) § § § Consumption reduction Reduction of ozone emissions particularly HFC Strengthening implementation of pollution regulations HFC – hydrofluorocarbon

Core Focus Area: Environment and Sustainable Development Project: Supporting the registering of Belize Solid Waste Facility as a CDM Project through UNDP’s MDG Carbon Facility § Register Belize solid waste facility Project: Belize Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Initiative § Sound chemicals management, consistent with SAICM (UNDP/UNEP) Project: Sustainable Land Management (SLM) § § Tackle land degradation* 5 pilots in Hummingbird region, with national scope CDM – Clean Development Mechanism UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme

II. Human Development Concepts and Advocacy UNDP Belize contributes to research, technical assistance, and promotion of human development: §Human Development Reports • Global • Regional • National United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) HDI – Human Development Index

III. Coordination UNDP Belize supports §Aid management §Efficiency/effectiveness of the UN system at country level §South-South solutions The UN Resident Coordinator, also UNDP Resident Representative is supported by the UNDP Belize Office in his Coordination activities in the country.

Thank you for your attention Contact Information: UNDP Belize 3 rd Floor, Lawrence Nicholas Building Complex P. O. Box 53, Belmopan, Cayo District Belize, Central America Phone: (501) 822 -2688 / 0467 / 2635 / 4228 Fax: (501) 822 -3364 Email: undp. belize@undp. org Example of chart placement