UN Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner wrapped up a two-day visit to The Netherlands where he met with senior Dutch officials to discuss their leadership on priority issues such as climate change mitigation and adaptation.
“The Netherlands has been a longstanding partner of UNDP and a champion and leader on sustainable development and climate change,” said Steiner. “We thank them for their increase in funding to UNDP, and we look forward to continuing our productive partnership for many years to come.”
The Netherlands increased their funding for 2018 to 30 million Euros.
While in The Netherlands, Steiner met with senior Dutch officials, including Minister for Development Cooperation and International Trade, Sigrid Kaag, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, Yoka Brandt and the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, Stientje van Veldhoven. He also met with the Development Committee of the Parliament and with leaders in the private sector and financial community.
As one of UNDP’s largest government contributors, The Netherlands is a vital partner in UNDP’s mission to end extreme poverty, reduce inequality, and achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
UNDP’s work and the priorities of the Dutch Government converge in many areas, especially in its shared ambition to help countries reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through strengthening democratic governance and the rule of law, building resilience and preparedness in response to crisis and natural disasters, and supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Dutch support, through UNDP, is making a difference in people’s lives by helping to stabilize societies and rebuild institutions in some of the most challenging development contexts in the world.
The top ten recipients of Dutch funding through UNDP from 2014 to 2017 were Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Sudan, Mali, Kenya, Programme for the Palestinian People, Libya and Ukraine.
Original source: UNDP
Published on 21 November 2018
