All of the UN’s work in the country is geared towards achieving the national priorities of completing the development agenda and EU accession. We take our lead from the national strategies outlined in these documents:

• National Development Plan
• National Strategy for Reduction of Poverty & Social Exclusion.
• National Employment Action Plan
• National Strategy for Regional Development
• Strategy for Roma Decade
• National Strategy for the De-institutionalisation of Child Care Services
• National Perinatal Health Strategy
• Strategy for Integration of Refugees & Foreigners
• National Strategy & Action Plan for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings & Illegal Migration
• Strategy for Demographic Development
• National Strategy for Sexual and Reproductive Health
• National Drug Strategy

What we do

The United Nations supports the overarching national priority of EU accession through three areas: Social Inclusion, Environmental Protection, Local Governance and Territorial Development. Other themes that run through all the UN’s work include human rights, creation of inter-ethnic cohesion, gender equality, and improved aid coordination.

How we work

The United Nations Development Assistance Framework outlines the UN work in the country.
United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) - 2010-2015
Рамка за развојна поддршка на Обединетите нации (УНДАФ) - 2010-2015

The United Nations’ operational activities are carried out at the request and in accordance with the policies and priorities of Government.

The UN coordinates its activities through the United Nations Country Team and through inter-agency working groups under the three themes of Social Inclusion, Environmental Protection, Local Governance and Territorial Development. Progress is measured by the tracking of key indicators. Meanwhile, the United Nations Theme Groups on HIV/AIDS and on Human Rights and Gender also contribute to a more cohesive approach.

The UN organizations present in the country work together through the United Nations Country Team. Where possible, the Country Team jointly implements projects to improve coherence, sustainability, effectiveness and efficiency in development results. At the moment, the Team is implementing two programmes jointly: Enhancing Inter-ethnic Dialogue and Preventing Domestic Violence. The UNCT is chaired by the UN Resident Coordinator. The Resident Coordinator is the designated representative of the UN Secretary General for development operations. The Resident Coordinator through the UN Country Team brings together all organizations of the United Nations system dealing with operational activities for development, regardless of their formal presence in the country, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of UN operational activities in the country.

The United Nations engages with a wide array of Government, non-Government and international partners and the private sector.

Who we are

The UN organizations with activities in the country are:

• United Nations Development Programme, UNDP
• UN Population Fund, UNFPA
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
• United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF
• International Labor Organization, ILO
• International Organization for Migration, IOM
• World Health Organization, WHO
• UN Women (or UNIFEM)
• UN Office of Drugs and Crime, UNODC
• United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP
• Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

In addition the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, have offices in the country.