He said at a press briefing that the four key areas included governance, community based livelihoods recovery, environment recovery and disaster risk reduction in the quake hit areas.
The projects of UNDP had a total budget of 99.59 million U.S. dollars, he said, adding that 22.48 million dollars were available,while efforts were being underway to mobilize resources to cover the funding gaps.
UNDP had been successful in providing tents, kitchen sets to over 11,000 families in the country and then to fight the winter helped build over 34,000 semi-transitional housing and heating andcooking facilities, Xu said.
Realizing the need to move from relief to reconstruction, he said, UNDP initiated projects like training on building earthquakeresistant structures, rubble removal which also provided cash for work opportunities for around 6,000 people per month.
Technical support to Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) and monitoring and evaluation support through the Development Assistance Database were the othersectors where UNDP was providing assistance, he added.
In the area of governance, he said, UNDP's "BEGIIM-ER" (Building Enabling Governance and Institutions for Earthquake Response) Project would assist in enabling local government institutions to regain operational efficiency in 156 Union Councils of the earthquake affected districts.
He said UNDP would also provide technical assistance in critical areas of mitigation of disaster risk through the adoptionof building codes and the use of earthquake resistant building techniques.
Regarding to the project of finally support to the community, Xu said that the UNDP provided 6,500 jobs in the earthquake affected areas under its "Cash for Work" project.
He said the UNDP would facilitate in preparing sites for reconstruction and undertaking the salvaging and demolition of unsafe public buildings.
