ECOSOC Operational Segment Implementing the internationally agreed development goals, including thos

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ECOSOC Operational SegmentImplementing the
internationally agreed development goals,
including those contained in the Millennium
declaration national perspectives and strategies
New York 7 July 2005
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Tanzania Emerging Model of Reform

• Strong sense of National Ownership
• 5 years of 6 economic growth, macro economic
  stability, enhanced governance, improving
  socio-economic indicators
  
• Strong commitment to the Millennium Declaration
  and the MDGs, political will and tangible results
  MDG 2, 7 and more recently MDG 4 now on track
  
• Paris Rome Declarations Tanzania - owned
  national development agenda alignment around
  national priorities and processes
  
• 2 key Policy Pillars National Strategy for
  Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) and
  Joint Assistance Strategy (JAS)
  

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Tanzania Emerging Model of Reform

• In such an environment, it is key that the MDGs
  are fully integrated into the policy framework,
  subject to public debate, not parallel processes
  
• New (MKUKUTA 2005-2010) is MDG -Plus. Many
  targets are more ambitious than the MDGs
  (halving extreme poverty by 2010, not 2015)
  

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Tanzania Emerging Model of Reform

• Focuses on 3 key outcomes Growth and Reduction
  of Poverty Quality of Life and Social Well
  Being Governance and Accountability - rather
  than priority sectors (maximizing synergies
  across goals MDG approach)
• Organization of outcome-based investment clusters
  is a very innovative yet challenging approach to
  poverty reduction
  
• National strategy not just Government but
  also Civil Society, Private Sector, Parliament
  etc. Supported by Development Partners (including
  the UN)

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UN Role

• UN (including WB IMF) playing key role regarding
  the promotion of the MDGs in five ways
  
• Advocacy for the MDGs, including need to fully
  integrate them into the policy framework
  
• 2. Support to Full integration of the MDGs into
  key policy frameworks through Joint UN Support to
  the review of PRS I and currently to the review
  of the Zanzibar Poverty Reduction Plan (ZPRP)
  including

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UN Role

• Integration of the MDGs into the new PRS
  framework
  
• Mobilization of various constituencies young
  people children private sector women labour -
  to articulate their concerns on poverty
  reduction priorities
• Better Addressing Cross-Cutting issues
  HIV/AIDS environment gender population
  
• Capacity Development support to the Vice
  Presidents Office and Ministry of Finance in
  Zanzibar (including facilitating broad
  stakeholder engagement at grass -roots level)
• Initial Communication Strategy on PRS II
  (MKUKUTA)
  

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UN Role

• 3. Support to model Poverty Monitoring System
  (http//www.povertymonitoring.go.tz), including
  full integration of TSED which is now used as
  basis for DGO global standard (www.tsed.org)
• 4. Support to Initial Costing within MKUKUTA
  framework (Millennium Project national
  stakeholders IMF)
  
• 5. Advocacy for Mobilization of Increased
  External Resources for achievement of the MDGs
  (within MKUKUTA framework)

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Challenges for UN Support to Full Integration of
MDGs in MKUKUTA

• Moving to an Outcome-Oriented Approach Planning
  Budgeting Implementation Monitoring
  
• Costing MDGs
• Capacity Development
• Providing truly Joint UN support as one not by
  Agency

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Tanzania and Development Partnership Evolving
Best Practice

• Very strong sense of National Ownership and
  leadership regarding Rome and Paris Declarations
  Paris in Action
  
• Tanzania Assistance Strategy (TAS) overall
  framework of coherent partnership principles
  
• Harmonization and Alignment several best
  practices including Independent Monitoring Group
  (IMG) and Quiet Times
  

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Tanzania and Development Partnership Evolving
Best Practice

• Very Good Results
• Greater Use of National Systems
• Enhanced Predictability
• Large Increase External Assistance from USD 986
  million in 2002/3 to USD 1.7 billion in 2004/5
  
• Large Increase in Direct Budget Support to USD
  600 Million (2005) plus USD 200 Million Baskets
  (2005)
  

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Joint Assistance Strategy (JAS)

• Objectives
• Strengthening National Ownership and Leadership
• Improving Aid Effectiveness - Aid Coordination,
  Harmonization and Alignment to national
  priorities and systems, and Managing for Results.
  
• JAS objectives in line with the Rome and Paris
  Declarations on Aid Harmonization and Alignment
  

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Joint Assistance Strategy (JAS)

• Principles
• National ownership
• Domestic accountability
• Mutual accountability
• GBS as the preferred aid delivery modality
• Reduction in transaction costs
• Division of labor
• TA policy capacity building

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Repositioning the UN in Tanzanias Dynamic
Development Environment

• Joint Analytical Work (Poverty and Human
  Development Reports TSED)
  
• Overall Leadership in Aid Coordination
  Alignment UN RC CoChair DPG UNDP DPG
  Secretariat
  
• Joint UN Support to Review of PRS I and now ZPRP

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Repositioning the UN in Tanzanias Dynamic
Development Environment

• Independent Joint Strategic Review of UN Support
  to the PRS and the Zanzibar Poverty Reduction
  Plan conducted (including Assessment of UNs
  Comparative Advantages)
• Active UN Engagement in the JAS
• New Draft UNDAF Results Matrix
• Joint Programmes TSED Joint UN support to
  PRS and ZPRP Reviews Humanitarian/ Development
  Transition NW Tanzania HIV/AIDS in Zanzibar
  Private Sector Support Programme

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Repositioning the UN

• New Focus - Very tight focus on just 3 UNDAF
  Outcomes Aligned to New MKUKUTA (and emerging new
  ZPRP)
  
• New Instruments
• DBS (WB)
• SWAPs (UNFPA and UNDP today Tomorrow - FAO,
  UNICEF?..)
  
• Baskets (UNDP and UNFPA Today Tomorrow - Several
  Agencies?)

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Key Challenges

• Under the new JAS, is the UN ready to move from
  an implementation role to a more exclusive policy
  advisory and capacity development role?
  
• Is the UN ready to move away from many small
  project interventions and instead participate in
  new instruments and be more aligned around
  national processes?
• JAS new Funding Instruments (Direct Budget
  Support, SWAPs/Basket Funding) Can the UN
  Country Team sign up together to the new JAS or
  just Agency by Agency ?

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Key Challenges

• Maximizing New Technical Assistance Policy - UN
  staff capacity, skills mix and incentive
  structure to be demand-driven provided on a
  flexible basis (JAS)
• Address the implications of a new TA policy on
  the role of UN expertise as outsourced through
  internal UN structures (regional/HQ)
  
• UN Communication Strategy One UN