Awards and Recognitions

IIS Award Logo

UNDP’s Tripartite Agreement, in partnership with the Insurance Development Forum and Germany, was selected as the Property & Casualty Innovator of the Year by the International Insurance Society.


PATA Award Logo

For its partnership with UNDP Nepal, the Nepal Tourism Board received its third consecutive Pacific Asia Travel Association Gold Award for creating employment opportunities in tourism and promoting sustainable tourism.

CDR Award Logo

A joint UNDP project entitled Strategic Management of UNDP Capacities and Workforce Planning received the Innovation in Recruitment Award at the Career Development Roundtable, the largest annual multilateral HR event.

EDGE Award Logo

In 2024, UNDP earned re-certification from EDGE, a leading global gender equality assessment and business certification body.

Anthem Award Logo

UNDP’s Digital Office won a 2024 Anthem Award for its Data to Policy Navigator, a resource for policymakers to integrate new data sources into their decision-making and policy-development processes.

UN Emblem

UNDP won gold in two categories at the annual UN Procurement Awards for the UNDP Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project and the Digital Governance, Innovation and Transformation Initiative, which is doing groundbreaking work supporting national ID systems, digital governance and electoral assistance.

Weather Kids win big

In March 2024, UNDP disrupted global airwaves with a special weather forecast to mobilize urgent climate action. Through collaboration with TV broadcasters, meteorological offices and UNDP regional and country offices, kids took over weather forecasts on more than 300 local networks in 98 countries. They interrupted live-on-air programming to show what the world might look like in their lifetimes if we fail to take climate action.

Explore on weatherkids.org

The campaign earned multiple awards in 2024, including:

esg sustainability award

Best Pro Bono Campaign

the sabre award

Not-for-Profit or Charity Award

icco global award

Best ESG Campaign

lions award

Gold wins for Non-Profit Campaign, Best Global Awareness Campaign, and Best PR or Earned Media Campaign (ICCO & UNDP)

anthem award

Two Gold awards for Global Communication Effectiveness

amec award

Silver award; Shortlisted, PR Week Awards

mepra award

Bronze award, ACT; Shortlisted, SDG Awards

sdg action award

Honourable Mention