Voter Education as You’ve Never Seen Before -- Get-out-the vote in Indonesia means reaching some unusual target groups
6 April 2009 - Getting out the vote is no easy feat in Indonesia. With more than 170 million eligible voters, half a million polling stations and five million poll workers, innovation in voter education is essential for the April 9 parliamentary elections. Even the most marginalized of sex workers, people with disabilities, first-time voters and elderly shut-ins are sought out in order to receive voter information. The aim is to ensure that voter education messages reach all corners of this massive archipelago.
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Helen Clark unanimously confirmed as new head of UNDP
1 April 2009 - The United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved Helen Clark of New Zealand as the new Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for a term of four years.
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Indonesia Plans Monitoring System on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Poor and Vulnerable
31 March 2009 - Determining the means of tracking and monitoring the impact of the global economic crisis on Indonesia is the focus of a two-day technical meeting that opened in Jakarta today. Mitigating the effects of the crisis on poor people and vulnerable groups requires well-targeted safety net programmes and policies, which in turn, are dependant upon reliable, real-time data. This workshop will take stock of the resources available and examine what is needed to establish such a crisis monitoring system.
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UNDP helps support civic education for marginal groups
30 March 2009 - As Indonesia gears up for the upcoming elections UNDP helps support civic education of marginalized groups such as sex workers and people living with disabilities. UNDP through Multi Donor Programme: Support to Indonesia's Democratic Elections (Elections MDP) is supporting efforts to improve the quality of political participation and foster high voter turnout.
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Indonesia – one step forward to fight global warming with UN-REDD
11 March 2009 - Indonesia has taken a significant step forward when its ‘quick start’ programme proposal to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) was approved by the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board today. The Government of Indonesia, in partnership with UNDP, FAO and UNEP with support from the Government of Norway is now in full swing to start implementation of this quick-start phase.
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The Spanish Government contributes funds through UNDP in support to Indonesia’s 2009 Elections and DPD RI
6 March 2009 - The Government of Spain through the Spanish Agency for International Development (AECID) announced today a contribution through UNDP for the Multi Donor Programme – Support to Indonesia’s Democratic Elections (Elections MDP) and the Parliamentary Reform Initiative and DPD Empowerment – Support to the Indonesian House of Regional Representatives (PRIDE) at a ceremony hosted by Bappenas (National Development Planning Agency) in Jakarta. The ceremony was attended by H.E. Aurora Bernaldez Dicenta, Ambassador of Spain to Indonesia and El-Mostafa Benlamlih, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to Indonesia.
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