UNDP is forging partnerships at the local level with civil society organizations and the private sector to implement targeted demonstration programmes for poverty reduction and employment generation. These include efforts related to micro-finance and the development of pro-poor sustainable businesses.

The objective of UNDP’s support to Democratic Governance is aiming at strengthening democratic processes at national, provincial and local levels. UNDP is continuing its more than a decade-long support to the decentralization process through capacity building in participatory and gender responsive planning, monitoring and evaluation in order to improve public service delivery. In 2010, the Government has approved tne national district planning and budgeting programme to cover all the 128 districs of the country. UNDP continues its support decentralized funds, district development plans, better services, and five Millennium Villages.

UNDP is supporting the strengthening and establishment of mechanisms for the expression of popular will and effective oversight over areas of public interest. This includes support to electoral processes and election management bodies. It also includes support to the legislature, the Parliament, mainly focused on the budget oversight, and the support to implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).

The Crisis Prevention and Recovery / Environment Unit was established in 2009 to address the various natural disasters and challenges of Mozambique within a comprehensive and integrated programme on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction, mine action and small arms and light weapons control, environmental management and adaptation to climate change.

The Economic Policy and Analysis Unit (EPAU) is responsible for providing upstream political analysis in support of political dialogue on development issues. The long term development objective of the Unit is to contribute to the improvement of capacity in policy development, analysis, implementation and research in Mozambique. To achieve this, EPAU provides technical advice and support to the Government, civil society organisations, UNDP's management, and the UN Resident Coordinator.