What does UNDG mean in United Nations?

United Nations Development Group

The United Nations Development Group is a consortium of United Nations agencies, created by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1997 to improve the effectiveness of UN development activities at the country level. Its strategic priorities are to respond to the Triennial comprehensive policy review - which became in 2008 the Quadrennial comprehensive policy review - and global development priorities, as well as to ensure the UN development system becomes more internally focused and coherent. The UNDG strategic priorities give direction to UNDG members efforts at the global, regional and country level to facilitate a step change in the quality and impact of UN support at the country level. Currently, the UNDG is one of the main UN actors involved in the development of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. UNDG brings together 32 UN agencies and groups, plus five observers working on various development issues. These agencies include United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization, International Labour Organization and the International Telecommunications Union.

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