I Am Not A Cowboy: with Deodat Maharaj UNDP SURGE Advisor

Following the cyclones that hit Mozambique hard earlier in 2019, UNDP quickly ramped up it's capacity in the capital and in the areas where the human suffering was most hard-felt. Significant human and financial investments were made and as a result, UNDP is now in the lead supporting the Government of Mozambique in looking after its most vulnerable citizens. Deodat was deployed in early stages of the UNDP response and supported the UNDP Country Office for 6 months.

Following the peace agreement for Yemen negotiated in Stockholm late last year, UNDP immediately established a sub-office in Al Hodeidah with programmatic interventions in peace-related areas of: local security, mine action, support to port management as well as in employment and livelihoods. In November 2019 Joerg Kuehnel and Agnes Kochan (from UNDP's Pakistan office) conducted a so-called After-Action Review and recommend improvements for UNDP's future SURGE practice.

UNDP is employing thousands of people in Yemen, especially during this special month of Ramadan. What are the ins and outs of "temporary employment programmes". Why do we implement them and what are their benefits and promises. The good news: been there done that ... UNDP knows how to implement them!