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).