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UN in Kazakhstan
UN System specialized agencies, programmes and funds started its work in Kazakhstan shortly after the country’s accession to the United Nations (March 1992). Working within the United Nations System every agency has its own area of expertise, focus and mandate. The heads of these agencies form the UN Country Team (UNCT) led by the Resident Coordinator. The UNCT, drawing on the collective strengths of all agencies, funds and programmes, aims to make a strategic contribution to the achievement of national development priorities.
The UN Country Team is represented by following organizations that are resident in Kazakhstan:
ExCom agencies: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), sub regional office of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Regional representations for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The offices of United Nations Department for Public Information (UNDPI), World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), UN Volunteers (UNV), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Work of agencies, programmes and funds at the country level is guided by the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). UNDAF is a strategic programme document that describes the collective response of the UN system to national development priorities and needs within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other international development commitments. It is based on five inter-related programming principles: human rights based approach; gender equality; environmental sustainability; results based management and capacity development. ExCom agencies, UNDP, UNICEF and UNFPA, based on the UNDAF outcomes, develop and sign their Country Programme Action Plans with the Government of Kazakhstan.
In Kazakhstan UNDAF for 2005-2009 was successfully completed and UNDAF for 2010-2015 has just started. The overall goal of the UNDAF 2010-2015 is to assist Kazakhstan in achieving its national competitiveness agenda with a focus on human development for all. The new programme covers 3 strategic areas of cooperation:
Economic and Social Well-Being for all, with particular attention to vulnerable groups, including women, children, migrants, refugees, youth and aged people, and people with disabilities
Environmental Sustainability
Effective Governance, including deepened institutional capacities, civil society and media empowerment, and stronger attention to human rights.
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