Country Team coordination Casestudy: Senegal what works

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Country Team coordinationCase-study
Senegalwhat works what doesnt
7th JPO Workshop UN Coordination and Reform 18 to
22 April 2005 Albéric Kacou, RC Senegal Luc
Reuter, UN Coordination Analyst
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Outline of presentation

• UNCT Senegal
• Coordination mechanism
• Proposals to reinforce UN coordination in Senegal

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UN Entities in Dakar, Senegal

• 23 UN agencies and 5 regional support entities
• Country offices
• UNDP (UNV, UNCDF, UN-Habitat, RFSCO, GEF,
  Capacity 21, Coord. Unit), UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP,
  FAO, HCR, WHO, WB, IMF, IFC
• Country/Regional offices
• UNIFEM, UNESCO, UNOPS, UNIDO, ILO, UNIC, ICAO,
  IDEP, IMO, ITU, UNOCHA (IRIN), UNODC, UNAIDS
• Regional Offices
• UNOWA, WFP reg., UNICEF reg.,
• UNDP SURF-West and Central Africa, UNFPA Country
  Support Team (CST)

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UNCT Senegal

• 28 UN entities
• Over 930 UN staff
• No UN compound or UN House
• Coordination Unit Resident Coordinator and UN
  Coordination Analyst (JPO)
• Senegal pilot country for multiple UN initiatives
  (Millenium Project, Millenium Challenge Account,
  Integrated Framework..)

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Monthly UNCT Coordination Meetings

• Monthly Head of Agency (HoA) meeting
• when every 2nd Tuesday / Month
• how rotating Presidency among UNCT
• who HoA from UN national offices
• Special Visitors and Agency
  presentations
• Monthly Security Management Team meeting (SMT)
• when every 1st Tuesday / Month
• how RFSCO elaborates agenda in consultation
  with the Designated Officer (DO) and chaired by
  DO
• who all HoA based in Dakar

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Coordination MechanismsUN Sub-committees (i)

• Communication and Information
• when monthly meetings
• how chaired by UNIC
• elaborate and execute UNCT communication
• strategy
• who UNCT Communication officers
• Operational Issues
• when meet on demand
• how chaired by UNDP
• common services, harmonization mechanism
• who UNCT administration/operations officers

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Coordination MechanismsUN Sub-committees (ii)

• Emergency
• when meet on demand
• how chaired by UNHCR
• not very active in Senegal
• Cotamba (regional UNDAF)
• when meet on demand (at least monthly)
• how chaired by UNIDO
• who HoA and UNDAF-Tamba focal points

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International Aid coordinating Thematic Groups
(TG) and Working Groups (WG) (i)

• Not limited to UN agencies
• Open to whole donor community in Senegal
• Meet on demand, called by group chair
• Several UN agencies are TG Chairs
• UNDP/WB Chair donor-coordination Group
• MDGs Working Groups (7)

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International Aid coordinating Thematic Groups
(ii)
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International Aid coordinating Thematic Groups
(iii)
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MDG Working Groups (WG)

• Environnment
• Global Economic Coherence
• Health
• Education
• Water and Sanitation
• Poverty
• Infrastructure

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What works ?

• UNCT participation in monthly meetings
• Rotating Chair of HoA meetings
• Monthly HoA meeting hosted by a different agency
• Information sharing (DGO, UNCT)
• Personal implication and active participation of
  HoA
• Joint Programming Initiative UNDAF-Tamba
• Flexible and proactive team
• Successful UNCT retreat 2005 (Coordination
  Survey)

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What doesnt work ? (i)

• Everybody wants to coordinate but nobody wants to
  be coordinated !
• Lack of Resources
• Human 1 JPO
• Financial 60,000 U for 2005
• Coordination Unit is often considered as being
  too UNDP not enough UN.
• Need to more mobilize agencies for joint
  initiatives.
• Information sharing among agencies needs to be
  improved.
• Agency tendancy to raise own flag.

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What doesnt work (ii)

• Need to increase interactions among UN experts
  based in Dakar
• Coordination Unit needs to have resources to
  follow-up transversal issues (NEPAD, MDGs,etc.)
  is done by UNDP/EPU (Economic and Policy Unit)
• Need to have a clearer definition of roles and
  responsabilities of the Coordination Unit
• Need to improve UN agencies role in the
  implementation of the UN reform

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Coordination Unit Senegal 2005
MDG monitoring UNDP/EPU Communication
UNIC DEV/INFO UNICEF/UNDP HIV/AIDS UNIFEM/ILO
/UNICEF
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Coordination Unit SenegalProposal
Assistant
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Implication for the work of JPOs

• JPO work as Coordination Analyst in UNCTs and in
  DGO.
• The UN Reform calls for a more coordinated UNCT
  presence.
• Redesigned UNCT Coordination Units will create
  new opportunities for JPOs with special skills.
• CCA/UNDAF process allow JPO to participate in a
  coordinated UN initiative.

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Implication for the work of JPOs

• Need proactiveness.
• Ensure JPO empowerment.
• Strong support from RC and clarity of role and
  responsibility are sine qua non conditions for
  the success of the JPO.
• JPO experiences in other UNCTs