UNDP is the UN’s global development network. In Cambodia we support the government and communities to further their own solutions to the challenges of development. The overarching aim of our work is supporting progress towards the Cambodia Millennium Development Goals.

All our activities are done in close collaboration with the Government, other UN agencies and development stakeholders. Partnerships with the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, the European Union, Japan, and Canada are vital for achieving results. To find out more, visit: who we are.

UNDP aims to enhance the government’s ability to deliver public services to the population in an efficient, effective, equitable and accountable manner, to consolidate a participatory democracy with a responsible civil society and to create an enabling environment for inclusive growth, private sector development and sustainable use of natural resources.

Our vision: Cambodians living with dignity in a prosperous society at peace, based on justice, free choices and equitable access to productive resources

UNDP supports the people of Cambodia as they face new challenges towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Critical challenges include: (i) the diversification of growth and the translation of growth into the reduction of poverty and inequalities in rural areas; (ii) sustainable and participatory management of natural resources that represent primary assets for the poor (including oil and gas, arable land, forestry and fisheries) and (iii) strengthening participatory democracy and good governance.

UNDP supports Cambodia in achieving a number of priority goals and targets of the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) in the fields of governance reforms, political processes (support to the National Election Commission and the Parliament), gender equity, environmental sustainability and rural energy, demining, and private sector development.

UNDP operates within the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). In 2006, UNDP signed a new Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) with the Royal Government of Cambodia that covers the areas of state-building and democratic governance, poverty reduction and energy and environment. Since 2002, UNDP has delivered US$388,864,267 of development assistance to Cambodia focusing mainly on recovery and governance.