Focus Countries
In selected focus countries, national and local governments develop and pilot specific armed violence prevention and reduction programmes with the support of UNDP and the international donor community.
Concerted efforts are needed to strengthen coordination and partnerships among a diverse array of institutions and agencies. Ensuring that development agency practitioners are equipped with the tools to promote practical armed violence prevention and reduction programmes is a crucial challenge that, if met, can enhance prospects for sustainable development. The Geneva Declaration process is designed to promote the achievement of practical results on the ground.
Signatories of the Geneva Declaration are committed to reducing and preventing armed violence through concrete programmes in focus countries and best practice areas, in collaboration with UNDP country offices. In those countries and areas, UNDP aims to harness existing and planned initiatives by a variety of actors into a coherent approach, notably by mainstreaming armed violence prevention and reduction programmes into national development strategies.
The focus countries of the Geneva Declaration are Burundi, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste.