Sub-Regional Resource Facility for Arab States

SURF for Arab States: Connecting Countries to Knowledge

Responding to the development needs of the Arab States

The Sub-Regional Resource Facility for Arab States is a key player in UNDP’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help build a better life. Our focus is helping countries in the Arab region build and share solutions to the challenges of democratic governance, poverty reduction, energy and environment and gender within the overarching framework of the Millennium Development Goals.

By connecting the region to a global network of development experts and knowledge, SURF-AS strengthens the capacity of the organization as a trusted and leading partner to programme countries. SURF-AS is driven by two main priorities. The first is to provide UNDP Country Offices in the Arab States region with easy access to knowledge through high quality advisory services based on global applied research and UNDP lessons learnt. The second priority is to build partnerships and promote regional capacity building initiatives, which allow UNDP, governments and other development partners to identify, create and share knowledge relevant to solving urgent development challenges.