Programmes

UNDP	The United Nations Development Programme	Helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a cr tical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. (Debt-for-swap nature)
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme	established in 1972, is the voice for the environment within the United Nations system. UNEP acts as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment
WFP	World Food Programme By FAO UNGA	Aims to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. It is the world’ largest humanitarian agency. Every year, the programme feeds almost 80 million people in around 75 countries. Also fight against Micronutrient deficiencies, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, and combat diseases, including HIV and AIDS. Established by FAO and UNGA. HQ: Rome ; Food for Work programme
UN Women		merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focus exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.HQ: New York
UN-Habitat	United Nations Human Settlements Programme [not related to refugees]	To promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements (towns and cities) development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. India has been unanimously elected as the president of the UN-Habitat [Min of Housing & Urban Affairs] HQ: Nairobi, Kenya World Cities Report
UN-Water	UN-Water	United Nations (UN) inter-agency coordination mechanism for water related issues, including sanitation. UN-Water launched its 2014-2020 Strategy in support of the 2030 Agenda HQ: Geneva
	Kimberly Process Certification Scheme	Preventing conflict diamonds from entering the mainstream diamond market India is a founding member
	Champions of Earth Award	UN Highest environmental honour Afroz Shah - Mumbai Versova beach cleanup programme
	UN Sasakawa Award	Projects that are contributed to towards saving lives and reducing global disaster mortality
	Joint Monitoring Programme	WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Maintains global database and estimates the progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
UNPAP	United Nations Public Administration Programme HQ: New York	To help countries, especially developing countries and countries in economic transition, to respond to the challenges that governments face in bridging the digital divide between the 'haves and have-nots' and to achieve their development goals. to establish an internet-based network that links regional and national institutions devoted to public administration, thereby facilitating information exchange, experience sharing, and training in the area of public sector policy and management. e-government readiness index, e-Participation Index, e-Governance Development Index
	UN75 Initiative	To mark 75th anniversary of UN in 2020 UN encourage people to share ideas to define how enhanced international cooperation can help realize a better world by 2045, UN's 100th anniversary 3 big questions: What kind of future do we want to create? Are we on track? What action needed to bridge the gap?

Funds

UNFSSC	United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation
India - UN Development Partnership Fund	It is dedicated facility within UNFSSC
UNICEF United Nations Children's Education Fund	Provides long-term humanitarian and development assistance to children and mothers. Clear the Air for Children study, State of World’s Children ReportEvery New Born Action Plan (WHO & UNICEF) HQ: New York
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund	UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. HQ: New York State of World Population Report
UN Road Safety Trust Fund	Managed by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. It will focus on strengthening the capacity of government agencies, to develop and implement road safety programmes, prioritizing projects in low and middle-income countries
Multi Donor Trust Fund	By UN in response to COVID Aim: Stop transmission of the virus, protect the most vulnerable from its socio-economic impacts, and make countries more resilient to future health crises

United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation UNFSSC

It is voluntary trust fund established by UN Member States to support South-South cooperation partnerships for the benefit of developing countries around the world
UNFSSC has aimed to promote, support and implement South-South cooperation by facilitating voluntary contributions and the strategic allocation of resources based on priorities identified by developing countries.

The Fund is under the management of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)

India - UN Developm ent Partnership Fund

India-UN Development Partnership Fund is a dedicated facility within the United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation established in 2017.
Supports Southern-owned and led, demand-driven, and transformational sustainable development projects across the developing world, with a focus on least developed countries and small island developing states.
United Nations agencies implement the Funds projects in close collaboration with partnering governments.

United Nations Development Programme UNDP

Three main focus areas:

Sustainable development

Democratic governance and peacebuilding

Climate and disaster resilience

HQ: New York
Secure Himalaya
NATCOM
Project Sea Turtle [UNDP , Wildlife Institute of India]

NOTE: Project Hangul (WWF, IUCN, J&K)

BIOFIN (EU and UNDP)
Mangroves for the Future (IUCN and UNDP)
Global Wildlife program (WB, UNDP, UNEP, ADB)
Debt-for-swap nature (WWF & UNDP)
Gender Inequality Index
Gender Social Norms Index
Education Development Index
Access to Justice Project for Marginalized Persons (Nyaya Mitra, Pro bono legal service, Tele law)
COMMIT Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training
eVIN Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network in India

United Nations Environment Programme UNEP / UN Environment

HQ: Nairobi, Kenya
Established in 1972, is the voice for the environment within the United Nations system.
UNEP acts as a catalyst, advocate, educator, facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment

It is the leading global environmental authority, sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system

UNEP Assembly is the governing body and the highest level decision making body on environment
International Resource Panel

Central institution to provide independent scientific assessments on sustainable use of natural resources and their environmental impacts and policy approaches
Not related to Indian Resource Panel InRP

Indexes/Reports/Programme

Global Environmental Outlook

6th Edition: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (GEO 6)
Emission Gap Report
Actions on Air Quality [Don’t confuse with WHO]
Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database by WHO
Ambient Air Pollution Report by WHO

Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (UNEP & UNWTO)

Global Wildlife program (WB, UNDP, UNEP, ADB) [ NOTE: Global Wildlife conference is nothing but CMS]
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (UNEP and WMO)
Rise of Environmental Crime Report (UNEP & INTERPOL)

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (one of the partner)
Inclusive Wealth Report/Index
World Conservation Strategy [IUCN , UNEP, WWF]
Our Planet

UNEP is the Secretariat for

The Convention on Biological Diversity CBD
The Convention on Migratory Species CMS
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES
The Minamata, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
The Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol
The Carpathian Convention

The Carpathians are one of Europe's largest mountain ranges, a unique natural treasure of great beauty and ecological value, and home of the headwaters of major rivers.
The Carpathian Convention is a sub-regional treaty to foster the sustainable development and the protection of the Carpathian region.
It has been signed in May 2003 by seven Carpathian States (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine).
To pursue comprehensive policy and cooperation in order to guarantee protection and sustainable development of the Carpathians.

The Bamako Convention

It is a treaty of African nations prohibiting the import into Africa of any hazardous (including radioactive) waste.

The Tehran Convention

To protect and preserve the Caspian Sea’s natural resources for future generations

CTCN - Climate Technology Centre and Network (UNEP and UNIDO hosts it)

South Asian Seas Programme

One of the regional Seas programme of UNEP
Enjoys the unqualified support of the region’s five countries (Bangladesh, India, Maldiv s, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)

Clean Seas programme

Champions of Earth Award
UN Sasakawa Award

Faith for Earth initiative

By UNEP
Engage and partner with faith based organizations to collectively achieve SDG goals and 2030 Agenda

UNEP Finance Initiative
NOTE:UNEP has no major direct programmes in India while UNDP has no. of projects in India

Kimberly Process Certification Scheme

UN

Preventing conflict diamonds from entering the mainstream diamond market
It is a joint scheme of Governments, International Diamond Industry and Civil Society initiative to stem the flow of Conflict Diamonds
KPCS enables the participating countries to certify the shipment in rough diamonds as ‘conflict-free’ and prevent entrance of conflict diamonds in l timate trade
India is one of the founding member of KPCS.

Champions of Earth Award

it is UN highest environmental honour.
It recognizes dozens of exemplary individuals and organizations and celebrates outstanding figures from the public and private sectors and from civil society whose actions have had a transformative positive impact on the environment
Afroz Shah received Champions of the Earth award for the exemplary work of Mumbai’s Versova beach clean up programme

Funds & Programmes - UNDP, UNEP etc.