The Union of the Forces of Progress (Arabic: اتحاد قوى التقدم, romanized: Ittihad quwa al-taqaddum; Fula: Dental Doole Demokaraasi; French: Union des forces du progrès, UFP) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Mauritania.

[1] It has made statements against the persecution of black skinned Mauritanians, the continuation of slavery and unfair labor practices,[2] and for guarantees of safety and resources for those refugees from the 1989 interethnic conflict who remain in Senegal.

The party was composed mostly of Moorish Arab Mauritanians, although it was opposed to the prevailing racial and ethno-social discrimination, and subsumed an important faction of Black African opposition politicians inside its organization.

After 1969, the party mended its relations with Ould Daddah after he took several steps to the left, nationalizing the mining industry, Sociéte Anonyme des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie (MIFIRMA, today's SNIM), in Zouérat, loosening his strong ties with the former colonial power France, and took other measures to strengthen Mauritania's international anticolonial profile.

[9] On January 2, 2007, the party held a congress and designated its president, Maouloud, as its candidate for the March 2007 presidential election.