How can the UN position itself better in a changing world

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How can the UN position itself better in a
changing world?

• Update on UN Reform

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Why UN Reform?

• To achieve better impact
• Holistic UN strategy and operations
• Ease burden for partner governments
• Lower transaction costs
• Country level - MDGs as indicators
• Why now ?
• New commitment to coherent donor and UN work
• As ODA is increasing, UN share is not increasing
  proportionally
• 14th IDA 34 billion in resources during the
  next three years for development assistance

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The new challenge integrating the UNs
operational activities
MDBs
Political Missions
Development Assistance
Security /Peace-keeping
UNDG
e.g. WHO,UNESCO, FAO
Participation
Politics/Power
Humanitarian Aid
e.g. UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA
e.g. DPKO
Neutrality
e.g. WFP
e.g. HCR
e.g. OCHA
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UN Operational Activities at Country Level
Four Scenarios

• More efficient, effective synergies between
  independent agencies
• Strategic UN alignment with operational hosting
• Most agencies end country operations
• Merger into one UN at country level

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Key challenges

• Global trends
• Changing face of development
• Not sufficient resources for MDGs
• Letting process triumph over strategy
• Moving at speed of slowest and consensual
  decision making
• Fragmented UN agency governance
• Operational issues such as proprietary policies,
  systems tools
• Clumsy, heavy reform initiatives
• Agency mandates and identity
• Afraid of losing visibility - and
• Not really thinking together as one UN

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Key reports / declarations

• MDG driven development agenda
• In larger freedom overhaul UN system
• Donor commitment
• National ownership and alignment to national
  plans, UNDAF
• Harmonization among the donors
• Manage for results
• Targets and reporting on implementation of reform
  initiatives
• Combat country-level fragmentation and
  competition
• Accountability framework

• Millennium Declaration
• SGs Reform Agenda
• Greentree Agenda
• Paris (and Rome) Declarations
• Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review
• Volcker Report

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Reform in action

• Common framework MD/MDG
• Focus on country level results
• Aligned with national priorities linked to MDGs
• Common assessment planning
• CCA can be integrated with PRSP
• UNDAF joint UN / Govt response
• Harmonized and simplified cycles, tools and
  procedures
• Flexible cycle, 3-6 yrs
• Including joint programming, results matrix,
  CPAP, AWP
• Cash transfer framework

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Country level UN planning

National and Donor Analysis and Planning
CCA(/PRSP) Common analysis and
assessment Analysis around key national issues
among MD MDGs and Global Conferences

• UNDAF - The UN Strategy in support of national
  plans
• 3-5 MDG linked outcomes reflecting UN Systems
  comparative advantage
• Management of UN Agency contribution to UNDAF
  results

National and Donor Budgeting Programming
UNDAF UN Common Programme
Lead Agency
Joint programmes

UN projects
UN projects
UN projects
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How do UN Agencies participate?

• The entire UN System participates fully in the
  UNDAF
• UNDAF priorities are the programming framework
  for the UN Funds and Programmes
• Specialized agencies are fully involved, within
  their mandates
• Important technical activities outside the UNDAF
  priority areas may be included in an annex

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Reform in action

• RC system
• Thinking and planning together for national
  priorities
• RC authority for design and implementation of
  UNDAF
• Accountability for UNDAF outcomes
• Managed by UNDP guided by UNDG led by empowered
  properly resourced RCs
• Rationalizing UN presence Reducing transaction
  cost
• 58 UN houses, Hosting arrangements, Joint Offices
• Common services, Harmonize agency policies in
  operational areas

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Draft RC UNCT Accountabilities for UNDAF
Secretary-General CEB Chair
CEB
Agency Mgmt
UNICEF
UNDG Chair UNDP
UNFPA
WFP
UNDG ExCom
UNICEF RD
UNFPA RD
WFP RD
UNDP RD
Regional Team
RC
UNCT
Agency Reps
Agency Reps
UNICEF Rep
UNFPA Rep
WFP Rep
UNDP CD
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Accountabilities Joint Office
Secretary-General CEB Chair
CEB
Agency Mgmt
UNICEF
UNDG Chair UNDP
UNFPA
WFP
UNDG ExCom
UNICEF RD
UNFPA RD
WFP RD
UNDP RD
Regional Team
RC JO Head
Agency Reps
UNCT
Agency Reps
UNICEF SPO
UNFPA SPO
WFP SPO
UNDP SPO