For the period 2005 - 2009, UNDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be completing its realignment of activities away from humanitarian relief to development support. The overarching goal of the Country Office's work corresponds to the core UNDP mandate – that of poverty reduction. In line with the Millennium Declaration, UNDP’s work, in addition to its focus on alleviating income poverty through pro-poor economic growth, and will comprise measures to combat other dimensions of deprivation. These will strive to improve democratic governance, enhance human security and improve environmental sustainability. In doing so, UNDP’s plans will be aligned with the National Government’s Medium Term Strategy (MTDS) and the European Union sponsored Stabilization and Association process. (SAP).

Area of work
UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina is working in four different themes with further defined subsectors, which are as follows:

 Democratic Governance
1) Local Governance (closely related to local economic development);
2) Public Administration reform including Aid Management and e-Governance
3) Justice and Human Rights

 Pro-poor economic growth
1) Pro-poor policies
2) Local economic development (closely related to local governance)

 Human Security
1) Small Arms and Light Weapons Demilitarization
2) Mine Action

 Environment
In addition to these themes, youth and gender are two groups targeted by specific programmes.