UNDP Annual Report 2020
This UNDP Annual Report takes a look at the results we achieved with countries and communities through 12 intense months. It considers the role we played as the technical lead of the UN’s socio-economic response to the COVID-19 crisis, providing in-country analysis to help 144 countries better understand what action to take, deploying nearly US$1 billion to over 170 countries and territories, helping government and health systems to function, protecting jobs and livelihoods and rapidly expanding social protection.
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Aug 27, 2021
Gender-based violence against women is still one of the most widespread obstacles towards achieving gender equality, thus endangering the lives of women, their children, families as well as the safety of the community in the world. In families and relationships in which perpetrators have access to firearms, the risk of misusing the weapon and the risk of violence escalation is significantly increased and the consequences of the misuse are severe. Several laws in the Republic of Serbia recognize the correlation between the misuse of firearms and domestic violence - there is a decrease in the number of homicides committed through the misuse of firearms, but we still face risks that prevent effective and complete protection. By documenting the existing improvements in the regulatory and institutional framework for prevention of and protection from domestic violence, this analysis aims at determining the space and possibility for further improvement in the country’s effective response to misuse of firearms in the context of domestic violence. This way, the analysis contributes to further steps in improving the safety of our society and our homes through protection against violence and firearms misuse.
Aug 10, 2021
Exploration of the E-Commerce Landscape in Serbia in the Post-Covid Context
This document is a summary of findings that emerged from UNDP Serbia’s research on e-commerce related to post-COVID economic recovery, with the intention to inform programming and potential future support to the resilience of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). In exploring the post-COVID e-commerce landscape in Serbia, we relied not only on desk research, but also took into account different views of the companies (obtained through quantitative research) and e-commerce users (obtained through focus groups). Finally, we explored certain issues in more detail through deep dive conversations with selected representatives of companies.
Aug 4, 2021
Domestic violence and firearms misuse
Based on an analysis of legal regulations and collected data on the processing of cases of domestic violence in which firearms were used to commit crime, this study provides a critical review of the response of the criminal justice system and identifies areas where action is needed to reduce the risk of firearms misuse related to domestic violence. Key legal gaps and obstacles in the implementation of existing laws have been mapped, as well as institutional shortcomings in the knowledge and awareness of professionals regarding the link between firearms misuse and gender-based violence. The collected data should provide a basis for improving the knowledge of professionals in the criminal justice system about the risks and consequences of firearms misuse in the context of domestic violence.
