The UNDAF incorporates a common development strategy for the UN Country Team in Nepal for the next five years. Under it, Nepal would receive a total assistance package of US$ 685 million through 24 individual UN agencies, according to a press statement issued by the UNDP. [break]
The fund would be fundamentally spent on interventions that assist vulnerable groups to enjoy better access to development progress, implement activities that protect Nepal´s development gains to date, and support that facilitate Nepal´s international cooperation.
The strategy has been under preparation for over one year, involving hundreds of local and international subject-experts and officials.
“UN agencies´ assistance to Nepal, especially in the area of social upliftment of backward communities remains important,” the statement quoted NPC Vice Chairperson Deependra Bahadur Kshetry as saying at a signing ceremony on September 6.
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Robert Piper noted that the UNDAF addresses the right issues with a clear sense of purpose, ambition and urgency, setting the stage for a period of renewed collaboration between the United Nations Development Group and the Government of Nepal.
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