This year’s theme for the Social Good Summit 2021 will be ‘Lɛ wi fɛn idia pan Agrikɔlchɔ fɔ mɛk Salone Food ɛn ɛnvironmɛnt sikur’ (Let us Innovate in Agriculture for Food Security & Sustainable Environment in Sierra Leone).
With funding from UNDP, National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has deployed some 402 mobilisers and supervisors in Western Area Rural and Urban Districts over 60 days, preparing communities for mass COVID-19 vaccination at ward level.
Recent joint mission to the Jendema Border led by UNDP Deputy Resident Representative- Rokya Ye Dieng and Mano River Union (MRU) Secretary General-Madinah Wesseh found some of our trainees have formed business groups that are leaping into various business ideas.
Blessed with a youthful population, with 7 in 10 citizens being below the age of 35, the impact is not only on young people who do not have qualifications, but increasingly, unemployment is common amongst those with diplomas and graduate level qualifications.
The Gender Equality Seal incentivizes UNDP Country Offices to integrate gender equality into all aspects of their development work.
Translated into 5 main Sierra Leone languages, the Disaster Risk Reduction Dictionary is an effective tool to support communities during disasters.
UNDP Sierra Leone 2018 Annual Report
In this report, we share with you some key outcomes from our work in achieveing the Sustainable Development Goals in Sierra Leone together with the Government and the poeple of Sierra Leone. These achievements are and our work in general is made possible with the generous support of our development partners/donors across the world. Thank you!
UNDP's Country Programme for Sierra Leone: 2020 to 2023
The UNDP Executive Board approved the Sierra Leone’s 4-year Country Programme Document (CPD) on the 4th September 2020. The CPD is a core strategic document that guides UNDP’s development assistance to the Government of Sierra Leone (GOSL).
The CPD will focus on enhancing the ability of state institutions to deliver services to citizens using a coordinated and sustainable approach in various areas, including democratic institutions, sustainable environment, inclusive growth and assisting in the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The CPD is UNDP’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), jointly developed with the UN Country Team (UNCT) and the Government of Sierra Leone.
The UNSDCF is the collective contribution of the UNCT to Sierra Leone’s Mid-Term National Development Plan (MT-NDP) which also guides the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sierra Leone.
At the beginning of the year 2020, UNDP launched the Country Programme for Sierra Leone. Watch the video.
Launch of Accelerator Labs, Sierra Leone
In 2019, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched 60 Accelerator Labs in an initial 78 countries as "a response to what we see happening in the UNDP's development environment. While development investments are making progress, the progress is not at a fast enough speed. These labs are teams of ethnographers, entrepreneurs, engineers, designers that we are bringing into UNDP to work with our experts on biodiversity and gender equality and poverty reduction. We are marrying a capability in social innovation with development expertise. We are hoping this creates new momentum to break through on some of the really difficult challenges, like growing inequality and climate change". Gina Lucarelli, team leader of the Accelerator Lab network at UNDP. Read more about the Lab's launch in Sierra Leone here.
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About Sierra Leone
7,092,113 million
Population
56.8%
Income poverty rate
1,670 USD
GNI per capita
0.452
Human Dev. Index
