Progress 19972005

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UN Development Reform
Progress 1997-2005
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In Larger Freedom, Secretary Generals Report,
March 2005
In every country where the United Nations has a
development presence, United Nations agencies,
funds and programmes should organize their
technical efforts to help that country develop
and implement the national Millennium Development
Goals-based poverty reduction strategies
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UN Development Reform

• Part 1 Understanding Reform
• The rationale Why reform
• Definition what is reform
• Driving Forces for reform
• Part 2 The Vision
• One strategy
• One team working well together
• One leader

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Part I
Understanding Reform

• The rationale Why reform
• Definition what is reform
• Driving Forces for reform

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Framework for Change
Understanding UN Reform
CORE MISSIONS
Economic Social Affairs
Peace Security
Human Rights
UN Development Group
Humanitarian Affairs
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES
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Understanding UN Reform
UN Development Group
Executive Committee (UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF,
WFP) The SGs management team for greater
integration of the funds and programmes under his
authority Full UNDG All members participate
equally in developing agreements for working
better together at country level.
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Why Reform?
Understanding UN Reform
The future success of the UN hinges on our
ability to

• adapt to a changing environment
• demonstrate our relevance
• address institutional weaknesses
• build on our strengths

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What is UN Reform?
Understanding UN Reform

• An organization-wide transformation
• New leadership and management structure
• Handshake between peace and development, with
  human rights as a cross-cutting issue

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Driving forces
Understanding UN Reform

• General
• Assembly/TCPR

• CEB

• OECD/DAC
• Paris

• Volker
• Report

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Understanding UN Reform
Driving forces
General Assembly TCPR
Member states now calling for accelerated
coherence
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Understanding UN Reform
CEB
Driving forces

• Accelerate
• New Role? Capacity Building
• Empowered neutral leader
• Demand-driven, strategic programmes

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Understanding UN Reform
TCPR
Driving forces

• Capacity Building
• Simplify to reduce transactions costs
• Results Matrix is key to coordination
• RC Authority and Accountability
• Country director model
• UNDP to manage
• UNDG to guide
• Streamline physical presence
• Regional alignment

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Understanding UN Reform
GA Summit
Driving forces

• Committing to implementing current reforms
• RC Authority and accountability
• Strengthen UN operational activities
• Strengthen HQ and field coordination structures

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Understanding UN Reform
OECD/DAC
Driving forces

• Use national systems
• Really build capacity
• Sector programmes
• Budget support
• Measure compliance

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Understanding UN Reform
Volker Report/ GA Summit
Driving forces

• Accountability
• Ethical standards

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Part II
The Vision

• In each country the UN will have
• One strategy
• One team working well together
• One leader, carefully selected, with the
  necessary authorities, capacity, and
  accountability system
• Integrated Mission

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The Vision
One Strategy

• UNDAF Results Matrix
• Adopted by GA
• Basis for planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Strategic, focused, reflection of UN niche
• Common platform for post-crisis assessment, peace
  building and recovery
• Adapted instruments for post-crisis transition
  settings

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The Vision
One team working together
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The Vision
Team Leader

• Neutral and empowered
• Selected from best in system
• Supported properly
• Given degree of formal authority over UN strategy
• In large/medium operations, expected to work
  almost full time, with Country Director for UNDP
• Accountability system based on regional Directors
  team appraisal
• 180 degree UNCT/RC appraisal too to be introduced
  2006

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Joint Office
Achievements and ongoing efforts

• UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WFP
• One representative who is also the RC
• One common programme
• One set of business processes, rules and
  procedures
• Staffing for programme activities drawn from
  across the four agencies
• Pilot Cape Verde starting January 2006