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9 November 2012

UNDP Supports Government to improve contract negotiations and drafting.

In an effort to help the government improve its capacity to manage her resources, UNDP Tanzania has supported the government to build the capacity of her officers to understand the best practices used internationally for negotiating and drafting mining contracts to ensure that both the government and investors benefit equally.>more 

10 November 2011

Environmental Trends Threaten Global Progress for the Poor, Warns Report

Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even reversed by mid-century unless bold steps are taken now to slow climate change, prevent further environmental damage, and reduce deep inequalities within and among nations, according to projections in the 2011 Human Development Report, launched in Dar es Salaam by Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office Mr Peniel Lyimo.>more 

28 September 2011

UN-REDD Supports Tanzania Preparations for Climate Change Meeting

The UN-REDD Country Programme in Tanzania is supporting the Government with preparations for the upcoming 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 17).  The conference will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December this year. This will be the third climate change conference to be held in Africa, after Kenya in 2006 and Marrakesh in Morocco in 2001.>more 

01 September 2011

New Office Brings Hope to Forest Community

It was a lovely bright Wednesday morning in late August, when the UNDP vehicle carrying me and other colleagues pulled up at the Nilo Nature Reserve where dozens of people from surrounding villages had gathered. They had anxious looks on their faces because the details of the gathering had not been told to them. All they were asked was to converge in one place to receive a special visitor.>more 

19 August 2011

Refugee Camps Turned Into Schools, Health Centres

"I would like to commend the two principal features of One UN Joint Programme 6.1, which we believe are exemplary in the way development assistance programmes could be designed and implemented most effectively," said the Kigoma Regional Commissioner Col (rtd) Joseph Simbakalia at a recent ceremony where the United Nations handed over some assets and infrastructures which were formerly used to provide services to the refugee community and have now been converted into social service facilities.>more 

23 June 2011

Tanzania wins UN award on service delivery

Tanzania’s property and business formalization programme, commonly known by its Kiswahili acronym MKURABITA received a United Nations award on public services delivery for an initiative entitled “Participatory Approaches in Planning and Implementation of Regulation of Informal Settlements.”>more 

25 May 2011

UNDP Lauded for Conservation Initiatives

Coastal and Marine Habitats are among the most fragile ecosystems on earth. However they play a critical role in maintaining global climatic process and supporting livelihoods for millions of people living along the world coastlines.>more 

9 December 2010

Rain Water Harvesting Improves Lives of Small Farmers

"If there's a bad year, perhaps it rains today, but then it can stay up to 20 days without rain.", explains Agricultural Officer, Athumani Hassani Mkumbwa in Mwembe village. Yet, the determined villagers do not give up.>more 

29 November 2010

How UNDP Supported Tanzania's Elections

Tanzania and Zanzibar's presidential elections were peacefully conducted on October 31. To help with the voting process, UNDP provided voter registration and polling equipment, technical support and training through a $28 million multi-donor trust fund project launched in June 2009.>more 

22 November 2010

Tanzania Makes Moderate Progress in Human Development

The 2010 Human Development Report shows that Tanzania has made marginal improvement in human development. One critical issue is the rural-urban gap in the provision of basic necessities.>more 

19 October 2010

Tanzania Seeks Long-term Solutions to Forest Loss and Energy Crisis

The sight of men on bicycles carrying firewood and charcoal is a common one throughout Tanzania: It is the human face of deforestation. The business of unsustainable logging is flourishing, with more than 39 million, or 90 percent, of Tanzania's population relying for household cooking fuel on firewood and charcoal, which are also the primary energy sources for brick and tobacco-curing industries.>more 

17 August 2010

District Reports Show Local Disparities in Achieving MDGs

The inability to localize the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the reason why we are seeing such wide differences in MDGs attainment, Dr. Cyprian Mpemba told at the MDGs workshop organized in Dar es Salaam. >more 

15 July 2010

Call to Enroll More Disabled Children in Primary Schools

Stakeholders call upon the Tanzanian Government to ensure that disabled children are also part of the achievements recorded in primary school enrolment in the country. This was one of the issues debated at the national workshop on What Will it Take to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), organized by REPOA, University of Dar es Salaam and UNDP on 9 July. >more 

18 June 2010

BBC Interviews UNDP Tanzania on MDGs

Zuhura Yunus from BBC's Dira Ya Dunia programme interviewed Assistant Resident Representative Amon Manyama on MDG progress in Tanzania. Listen to the BBC interview on MDGs (mp3 in Kiswahili)

3 June 2010

Ensuring a Strong Democracy through Elections

As the 2010 elections in Tanzania approach, officials are busy ensuring proper mechanisms are in place to guarantee a democratically fair and legitimate process for the country's citizens. Voter education initiatives have been mobilized to ensure that voters, particularly women, youth, persons with disabilities, people living in remote areas and other marginalized groups, are educated on the registration and voting process in time to vote. >more 

12 May 2010

MDGs Topped Helen Clark's Tanzania Agenda

During her four-day visit to Tanzania in May, UNDG Chair and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark advocated widely for the attainment of the eight Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs were a central theme in her meetings with the Government and the press. Miss Clark also participated in a round table panel with three Tanzania Ministers to discuss MDGs and climate change with academia, CSOs, private sector, Government officials and development partners.>more 

20 April 2010

Awareness Increased as Eastern Arc Conservation Project Winds Up

Tanzania is famous for its natural forests. However, such human activities as conversion of forest land to agriculture, wild-fires, logging and over-harvesting of non-timber forest products have had a serious impact on the country's forest cover. Even one the most important areas for biological diversity in the world, the Eastern Arc Mountains running from Taita Hills in Kenya to Udzungwa Mountains in southern Tanzania, have not been spared.>more 

23 February 2010

Tanzania Prime Minister Visits Millennium Villages

Painting, hammering and other finishing touches were made on February 23rd at the dispensary in Ibiri to prepare for its inauguration by Tanzania's Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda. >more 

14 December 2009

Second Life for Refugee Camps in North Western Tanzania

Kigoma region in Northwestern Tanzania is among the poorest and most marginalized areas in the country. For decades Kigoma and the neighboring Kagera region have hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees from the surrounding Great Lakes countries of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. The presence of refugees has had both positive and negative consequences for the refugee hosting communities. >more 

17 October 2009

Proper Investment Contracts Can Ensure Local Benefits from Natural Resources

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13 October 2009

Tanzania Yet to Reap the Benefits of Human Mobility

At first glance the theme of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2009 might seem marginal in the Tanzanian context. The country has an emigration rate of mere 0.8%, which in 2007 translated into just 14 million USD in remittances sent by migrants back to Tanzania. >more 

15 September 2009

International Day of Democracy Celebrations

September 15th Tanzania celebrated International Day of Democracy for the second time. The event organized by the Tanzania Center for Democracy kicked off with a public rally from Karume Stadium to Mnazi Mmoja grounds in Dar es Salaam. Present were political parties, civil societies and the general public. >more 

24 August 2009

Tanzania launches the National REDD Initiative to address climate change

On Monday 24rd August Tanzania launched the national REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) initiative to address climate change with a focus on sustainable forest management. >more 

NEWS ARCHIVE

December: Sisal plant waste generates electricity in a unique UN supported initiative (Word) >> read more

September: Tanzania commemorates first-ever International Democracy Day (PDF) >> read more

August: UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and renowned TV personality visits Tanzania (PDF) >> read more

August: Migiro addresses House of Parliament, commends Tanzania’s One UN reform (PDF) >> read more

June: UN Experts assist Zanzibar Government to tackle power crisis >> read more

May: China-Africa Business Community Forge Close Ties in Arusha Conference (PDF) >> read more

April: Call to Youth to Contribute UN HDR on Climate Change (PDF) >> read more

10 December: Funding to Make a Difference (PDF) >> read more

20 June: New Country Director on board at UNDP>> read more

11 June: Amani nature reserve honored as Finalist for sustainable use of biodiversity >> read more

18 December: Government and UN Agencies Sign Country Programme Action Plans for 2007 -2010 >> read more

16 November: Less talk and more action to the global water and sanitation crisis urges UNDP report >> read more

5 September: New head on board at the UN>> read more

24 July: Tanga NGO emerges as finalist of Global Red Ribbon Award>> read more

9 May: Tanzania enlists sport in fight against Malaria>> read more

4 May: Thirty-two African Countries Slated to Assess Peer Review Mechanism at Kigali Governance Forum >> read more