Anchored in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and committed to the principles of universality, equality and leaving no one behind, the UNDP vision for the Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 is to help countries achieve sustainable development by eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, accelerating structural transformations for sustainable development and building resilience to crises and shocks.

This Strategic Plan sets out a vision for the evolution of UNDP over the next four years, responding to a changing development landscape and the evolving needs of our partners. Building on our experience to date, it describes how we will support countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals and related agreements. The plan reinforces our commitment to working in partnership with Governments, civil society and the private sector, as a catalyst and facilitator of support from the United Nations System as mandated by the General Assembly. 

The Strategic Plan describes how UNDP will better adapt to the range of country contexts in which we work, framed through:

1. The three broad development settings to which our approach responds;

2. A series of signature solutions that define the core work of UNDP;

3. The two platforms through which we will deliver our work;

   (i) Country support platforms for the Sustainable Development Goals;

   (ii) A global development advisory and implementation services platform;

4. An improved business model to underpin our efforts.