Summary

UNDP’s Crisis Prevention & Recovery Programme in Georgia promotes peaceful conflict transformation while addressing the socio-economic needs of conflict-affected communities. 

As a trusted international partner, UNDP leads peace- and confidence-building efforts, offering direct support to affected communities and strategic advice and coordination to the host government, donors, and implementing partners. Recognising the disproportionate impact of conflict on women and girls, we integrate gender-responsive strategies into all aspects of peacebuilding and recovery.

Additionally, UNDP hosts a sub-regional Peace and Development Programme that strengthens political analysis, crisis preparedness, and peacebuilding initiatives across three UN Country Teams in the South Caucasus. This programme is led by a Regional Peace and Development Advisor and supported by National Peace and Development Advisors in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

In-depth

Decades of conflict in Georgia, including armed conflicts in the 1990s and 2008, have left deep divisions between communities, two breakaway regions, and over 295,000 internally displaced persons with more than half of them women. [Source: GEOSTAT] 

Rebuilding trust and addressing the needs of conflict-affected people are vital to advancing reconciliation and peaceful conflict transformation.

UNDP’s impartiality and credibility enable us to serve as a reliable partner for all stakeholders and communities, ensuring that no one is left behind in this challenging process. We provide inclusive humanitarian and recovery aid, promote confidence-building, and support long-term peacebuilding efforts addressing the needs of diverse disadvantaged groups.

People remain at the heart of our work. We focus on rebuilding lives and fostering opportunities for conflict-affected communities through improved access to education, employment, and economic development.