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December 2008
Lighting up Lesotho
Bringing light to thousands of
households in remote areas of Lesotho whose hopes of being connected
to the national electricity grid is remote and may only be
attainable many years from now.
December 2008
UNV inspiration in
Action - A personal story
A personal story from one of the UNV
volunteers contributing to development in Lesotho - featuring
Janiche Lachhman working for WFP.
1 Dec 2008
WAD and awareness raising on key AIDS
challenges in Lesotho
The entire UN family contributed to
and participated in the commemorations of World Aids Day 2008 in
Lesotho. With the third highest prevalence rate (23.2% among the
adult population), this day was used for widespread dissemination of
critical information to help reverse the spread of AIDS.
November -
December 2008
Review legislation of Human Rights Commission
UNDP Lesotho, in collaboration with
the Regional Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),
conducted a two-day training session on National Human Rights
Institutions for the Government’s Inter-sectoral Committee on Human
Rights.
28 November 2008
UN in Lesotho embarks on Delivering as One
In an effort to make greater progress towards implementing UN
Reform, the UN Country Team in Lesotho undertook to embark on a
self-starter “Delivering as One” (DaO) process starting in 2009.
21 November 2008
Establishment of Technical Committee for
National M&E
To support the effective functioning
of the National Monitoring and Evaluation System (NMES), a National
Technical Committee has been formed. This committee plays an
advisory role and also guides preparation, review and dissemination
of performance reports and evaluation findings at all levels of the
economy.
15 November 2008
Youth Business Fair
Unveiling the nations Hidden energy
and gaining a critical mass of human capital for effective action
against poverty. Providing enterprise development opportunities for
the young men and women of Lesotho is an exciting and fruitful
endeavor.
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November 2008
All Leaders Forum on AIDS
All Leaders Forum on AIDS where critical results of a number of
studies related to the epidemic where presented and discussed with
religious leaders, traditional leaders from different districts
including rural areas, leaders from CSOs and FBOs, leaders from
Government and opposition parties and leaders from development
partners.
7 November 2008
UN staff DevInfo
training
As part of the overall effort to
implement the DevInfo system as the foundation for a National
Monitoring Evaluation System for Lesotho, UN staff as well as
Government staff are trained on the usage of the system.
27 October 2008
Managing Intra-party and inter-party conflict
As an integral part of the mediation
efforts of the disputed allocation of Lesotho
Parliament’s proportional representation (PR) seats, UNDP supported
the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in organising a two-day
event in which all parties (ruling party as well as the opposition
parties) came together to discuss how to best manage intra-party and
inter-party conflict in Lesotho.
26 September 2008
Political developments in Lesotho
Regional peace and conflict mediation
efforts offer the best hopes for sustainable peace and political
stability in trouble spots across the globe and should, as such, be
encouraged and supported.
August 2008
Climate Change
Adaptation in UNDP Lesotho
Did you know that one kw/h can boil 70 cups of tea, allow one to
listen to 40 hours of music on a CD player, or operate an oil-heater
for 20 min? UNDP Lesotho knows!
8 August 2008
Building capacity of
Solar Energy dealers
Capacity Development event for Solar
Dealers
geared at assisting them to understand technical aspects of the
solar industry, adhere to the PV Code of Practice to ensure happy
and satisfied customers and also to run profitable and sustainable
businesses.
20 June 2008
Building solar energy
awareness
Creating awareness of the potential of
renewable energy and in particular solar energy during the 2008
Public Service Day.
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January 2008
UNDP Lesotho on
Financial Controller's Acclaim List
Operational transparency and financial
accountability have become one of the key focus areas of UNDP’s
work. UNDP has consistently been updating its processes and
procedures to ensure that international standards are followed in
financial, human resources and project management.
15 December 2007
UNV Day focuses on
MDGs
The two primary Millennium Development
Goals for Lesotho, of Poverty Reduction/Food Security and HIV/AIDS
formed the backdrop for our activities.
14 December 2007
UNDP Supports KYS Campaign
UNDP and the UN
family in Lesotho have been supporting the implementation mechanisms
of the campaign, and it is through one of the projects that a mobile
HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) Unit was given to the Ministry of
Health & Social Welfare.
1 December 2007
GEF – Small Grants
Programme
Launched in 1992, SGP directly
channels grants of up to US$50,000 directly to Community Based
Organizations (CBOs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to
support environmental protection activities in developing countries.
15 November 2007
UNDP Supports
Lesotho’s MDG-based Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction
(2008-2012)
The Government of Lesotho, with the
assistance of its Development Partners, developed the first Poverty
Reduction Strategy (PRS), 2004/05-2006/07 in 2004. The PRS was
socially-focused, significantly inclusive, and was intended to make
quick gains in poverty reduction where previous planning approaches
had failed.
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October 2007
Job Fair Round II –
come and gone
UNDP Lesotho has
been pushing hard for change within their Country Office (CO) since
2005- the beginning of their Change Management Strategy (CMS).
25
October 2007
Youth
employment in Lesotho
On the 1st of
February 2007, the Ministry of Gender and Youth, Sports and
Recreation assisted by a joint UN partnership consisting of UNDP,
ILO, UNICEF and FAO, launched a project named, “Youth Employment
Promotion towards Poverty Reduction in Lesotho”.
10 September 2007
UNDP Lesotho
Strives for Efficiency
Recently the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Lesotho Country Office (CO) has
taken up the challenge of ebbing and flowing with the waves of
change. It has embarked on a journey of Change Management to examine
itself to ensure that its vision and existence are not becoming
stagnant and ineffective to the country it aims to serve.
7 September 2007
UNDP supports
e-Government in Lesotho to address issues of poor service delivery
Once the opening
ceremony is over, it is not that common to see a senior government
official remain for detailed working sessions in a technical
workshop, so it was indeed inspiring to witness the personal
commitment of the Minister of Communications, Science and
Technology, Hon. Mothetjoa Metsing, when after officially opening a
recent UNDP-sponsored e-Government workshop, he remained and
actively participated for the entire workshop.
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August 2007
Community of Practice (COP) Innovation Fund...Enhancing UNDP
Lesotho's capacity in becoming carbon neutral and testing carbon
calculator
UNDP Lesotho Country Office is pleased
to announce that in August 2007 they were selected and given an
award to assist with their proposal to create an action plan to work
towards enhancing the capacity of the Country Office in becoming
carbon neutral and on testing of the carbon calculator. This is
being done in partnership with Head Quarters, Lesotho Country
Office, Zimbabwe Country Office, Zambia Country Office, and South
Africa Country Office; and thus provides a model for the UNDP.
20 August 2007
Sustainable Land Management in Lesotho
Land management remains an intractable problem for Lesotho
threatening agricultural production despite the fact that in the
face of increasing unemployment the majority of the people continue
to depend on the land for survival. The implications of current
unsustainable land management patterns and epic land degradation
trends transcend national boundaries.
10 July 2007
MDG
Based Planning in the context
of
HIV and AIDS Seminar
A team of six Basotho representing the National AIDS Commission;
Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (Health Planning & Statistics
Unit); Ministry of Public Service; Ministry of Justice, Human Rights
and Correctional Services; Ministry of Local Government and the UNDP
participated in a 5 day seminar organised by the
UNDP
Regional Service Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa (RSCESA)
held in Durban, South Africa from 25 – 29 June 2007 for development
practitioners and planners from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria,
and Zimbabwe.
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May 2007
Government of Lesotho Senators sensitized on issues of human rights
and HIV&AIDS
In May this year,
UNDP Lesotho, through its Parliamentary support project, and in
partnership with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, recently
organized a one-day sensitization workshop for the Senators on
issues relating to HIV and AIDS and Human Rights. Sensitizing
leaders of the society is in line with recognition by the Government
and the Unite Nations system in Lesotho, of the importance of all
stakeholders, to scale up the response to the impact of HIV and AIDS
as part of poverty reduction strategies.
28 April 2007
HIV &
AIDS at the core of Local and Development Planning in Lesotho
With a population
of about 1.8 million, Lesotho has the third highest HIV prevalence
rate in the world, with 23.2% of the adult population infected, and
the country has been making efforts to halt the spread and mitigate
the impact of the pandemic on the population. UNDP, in collaboration
with the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning and the UNDP
Regional Service Centre, is supporting the country to take
appropriate measures in this regard.
13 March 2007
Lesotho's
General Elections Free and Fair
On 17th February 2007,
Lesotho held its sixth general election since Independence from
Britain 40 years ago. In a virtual landslide, the ruling Lesotho
Congress for Democracy (LCD) won 61 of the 79 constituency seats
contested, the All Basotho Convention (ABC) came second with 17
seats and the Alliance of Congress Parties (ACP) got one seat. A
total of 14 parties had entered the race.
01 December 2006
World
AIDS Day 2006 commemorated in Quthing, Lesotho - “Keep the Promise”.
Every year the Government chooses a different district in which to
host the World AIDS Day commemoration. Today, government officials,
national and international development partners and media had
traveled the two hours from the capital town of Maseru to the Quthing District in the rural part of the south of the country.
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November
2006
The UNDP Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director for the
Regional Bureau for Africa, co-chairs the Ninth Donor Round Table
Conference for Lesotho – 20th to 24th November 2006
The UNDP Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director for the
Regional Bureau for Africa, Mr. Jeffrey Avina, was recently on
mission in Lesotho, at the invitation of the Government’s Ministry
of Finance and Development Planning, to co-chair the Ninth Round
Table Conference for Lesotho on 20th to 24th November.
24 October 2006
Lesotho
celebrates United Nations Day
The year 2006 marks the 61st Anniversary of the signing of the
Charter of the United Nations. The Government of Lesotho and the
resident UN agencies, celebrate UNITED NATIONS DAY on Tuesday 24th
October 2006 at the National Convention Centre in Maseru.
21 September 2006
UN
Lesotho celebrates International Day of Peace
The United Nation Lesotho staff commemorated the International Day
of Peace on Thursday the 21st of September 2006 in the UN Conference
Room, Maseru. Attended by all staff of UN agencies residing in
Lesotho (UNDP, UNICEF, FAO, WHO, UNFPA, UNAIDS, WFP and World Bank)
the commemoration was officiated by the Acting Resident
representative, Dr. Angela Benson.
09 September 2006
Community Capacity Enhancement Programme at its Peak in the Mountain
Kingdom of Lesotho
Since its launch in Lesotho in September 2005, the Community
Capacity Enhancement Programme (CCEP) has brought together, from
across the ten districts of the country - civil society
organizations, faith-based organizations, Government Ministries,
organisations of people living with HIV & AIDS- to sit together,
speak in one tongue and in one voice in the fight against fear,
stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS
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