Company Name:-
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Job Location:-
New Delhi, Delhi

Job Summary:-
Background UNDP works in more than 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion.

UNDP has worked in India since 1951 in all areas of human development, from democratic governance to inclusive growth, to sustainable energy and climate and disaster resilience.

The Inclusive Growth portfolio is anchored in the national priority of ‘accelerated growth with inclusion and equity, employment generation, and skill India’, aligned to outcome 1 of the UNDP strategic plan.

While the focus of outcome 2 is on decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) and reducing inequalities (SDG 10), the UNDP comparative advantage in the sector as a facilitator and knowledge leader will be leveraged to strengthen institutional linkages between enterprise and skills-training providers and to identify synergies between national programmes and missions to assist marginalized groups’32 access to sustainable skills, jobs, livelihoods and productive assets.

Solid gains can be expected in SDGs 1, 5 and 10, as well as the environmental SDGs 6, 7, 11, 15 and 17.

The focus of the portfolio has been primarily women and youth from the marginalized communities across the country.

It takes into consideration that women face significant social and economic barriers in participating in India’s workforce.

Under the portfolio, there are a number of projects being implemented, and one of the most significant being the project “Creating Employment and Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Women in India” (Disha) which is a multi-year partnership project between United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and India Development Foundation (IDF), supported by IKEA Foundation.

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