Nairobi/Rome 15 May 2008 – The Italian Cooperation has given €5million ($7.7million) to three UNDP projects in Somalia, which aim to provide employment opportunities, help the government manage its key functions, and to boost district-based peace building efforts in the troubled Horn of Africa nation.

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS)/Italian Cooperation is the department within the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for the coordination and implementation of the government's aid programmes.  The funds were announced at a meeting last week between UNDP Somalia and the Italian Cooperation in Nairobi, Kenya.

UN wants to do more in Somalia in 2008, says UN Coordinator on visit to Mogadishu

Nairobi, 12 March 2008

The United Nations Coordinator a.i. for Somalia, William Paton visited Somali capital Mogadishu yesterday and held meetings with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, key ministers and officials of the Somali Transitional Federal Government and NGOs, as well as touring parts of the war-damaged city.

Nairobi, Hargeisa - Friday 7 February 2008

This year will see The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) expand substantially activities designed to improve the lives of citizens of Somaliland.  Resources amounting to twice those spent in 2007 will be spent on projects focusing on the rule of law and security, democratic governance and on recovery and sustainable livelihoods, as well as on additional staff to increase the range of the ambitious programme in different regions of Somaliland.

Nairobi, Garowe - Thursday 31 January 2008 

Prison construction, police training and the reintegration of almost 400 ex-combatants into civilian life were among the highlights of UNDP’s activities this year in Puntland, north-east Somalia.