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Japan strengthens peace and conflict management training provided by Ethiopia

The Ethiopia International Peace Support Training Institute (IPSTI) has inaugurated a new building that will help expand access to learning opportunities around peace and conflict management.

Durable Solutions Strategy for Internal Displacement

from the three UN agencies met in the capital Addis Ababa this week to launch the new national strategy which aims to strengthen government-led development and peacebuilding efforts alongside meeting immediate needs. They include the UN Assistant Secretary-Generals Ugochi Daniels (IOM), Shoko Noda (UNDP) and Raouf Mazou (UNHCR).

Climate Change and Navigating Business Challenges

The adverse effects of climate change, coupled with the low adaptive capacity of the country, affect multiple sectors of the economy. The impact is particularly felt in the agriculture sector and food security, affecting the livelihoods of farmers and rural communities as they rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture.

The Government of Canada confirmed today that it is committing CAD14 million (nearly 10.3 million USD) to support the implementation of Ethiopia’s National Demobilization and Reintegration Program (NDRP).

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The Government of Germany is releasing €4 million to the United Nations Development Programme’s multi-partner Peace Support Facility (PSF), which is currently implemented in the Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions. This brings Germany’s total contribution to the PSF to €14.1 million.

The Republic of Korea is contributing US$3 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the demobilisation and reintegration of over 370,000 ex-combatants in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority is now accepting applications to participate in Ethiopia's first Capital Market Regulatory Sandbox.

Shifting to clean cooking technologies is important in reducing health risks and decreasing the high dependency and unsustainable utilization of forest resources in rural areas.

The Kebbele Primary is a rural school in Harar region which has received desktops and some audiovisual materials for e-learning from the regional government. Still, the equipment has largely gone untouched by staff and students. The predicament was access to reliable electricity.

In Ethiopia, ambient air pollution (AAP) and household air pollution (HAP) are significant public health and economic concerns impacting millions of people.

The Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Management project has been implementing in partnership with Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP), Ethiopia Electric Utility (EEU), and Ethio- Engineering Group (EEG). The project is designed to support Ethiopia with the necessary technical and financial assistance to reduce the risks proposed by PCBs to the environment and human health and to meet the 2025 Stockholm Convention deadline.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated discussions to officially bring the ‘timbuktoo initiative’ to Ethiopia.

More than 750 women-led businesses impacted by the conflict in Afar, Amhara, and Tigray will receive support from resources mobilized through a UNDP crowdfunding campaign in partnership with the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs and the Great Ethiopian Run (GER).

The European Union is committing to support the National Rehabilitation Commission’s work for a more prosperous and peaceful Ethiopia. The National Rehabilitation Commission (NRC) was established in November 2022 and is responsible for a DDR programme that seeks to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate an estimated 370,000 ex-combatants in eight regions of the country with the participation of relevant stakeholders.

Peace Support for northern Ethiopia

The UNDP-managed multipartner peace support/stabilisation programme is nestled within Ethiopia’s wider Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF), and is a time-bound, localised, integrated, civilian stabilisation programme delivered at scale and with speed in order to build trust between communities and legitimate authorities, and lay the foundations for recovery, peacebuilding, and development programmes.

UNDP's global Strategic Plan and Ethiopia Country Programme Document

The Strategic Plan describes how UNDP intends to work together with our partners to deliver what’s required of us in these extraordinary times. This bold, ambitious Plan is structured around “3x6x3” – 3 directions of change, 6 signature solutions and 3 enablers – a clear framework for where we need to head. Over the next four years, we will work with countries to expand people’s choices for a fairer, sustainable future.

You can access UNDP's global Strategic Plan (2022-2025) here.

The Ethiopia Country Programme Document (20222-2025) is available here.

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107.6 million

Population (2022/23)

23.5%

Poverty rate (2015/16)

USD 1,549

GNI per capita (2022/23)

0.492

Human Dev. Index (2023/24)

97

percent

of rural households are engaged in agriculture (WB survey 2023)

25

percent

of Ethiopian households are headed by women

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About Ethiopia

107.6 million

Population (2022/23)

23.5%

Poverty rate (2015/16)

USD 1,549

GNI per capita (2022/23)

0.492

Human Dev. Index (2023/24)

97

percent

25

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