The UN Reform

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The UN Reform
JPO Workshop Maputo-Mozambique 11 May 2009
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The UN Reform-Why?

• SGs Program for reform launched in 1997
• The UNDG
• Member States pushing for harmonization.
• GA Resolution of December 2001
• Poverty needs a holistic solution
• Shrinking UN Development resources
• Scaling up of ODA to be accompanied by further
  progress in Harmonization and Alignment
• 12 UN agencies or 1 World Bank
• Focus more on technical assistance

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Progress in Reform

• Since 2000 - over 16 agencies have asked to join
  the UNDG (not directly under SG)
• Common programming tools and procedures
• SGs 2002 agenda called for increased joint
  programming
• 115 CCAs,82 UNDAFs,
• Harmonized Country Programmes of ExCom agencies

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Reform Progress

• Currently 54 UN Houses and Common Services
• System-wide selection of Resident Coordinator
• Simplification and Harmonization of Country
  Programme implementation (in progress)
• HACT
• Delivering as One initiative.

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Delivering as One in Mozambique
Delivering as One Operational Plan overarching
plan outlining the vision of the One UN
Initiative in Mozambique and how it is to be
operationalised through the five ones

• One Programme
• One Budgetary Framework
• One Leader
• One Office and Common Services
• Communicating as One

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One Programme (cont.)

• Eight areas of UN comparative advantage
  identified in the UNDAF
• advocacy for UN core values, including human
  rights, gender equality and the MDGs
• normative and technical advisory services
• strengthening of national capacity at both
  central and decentralised levels
• support to national scale-up of evidence-based
  programmes
• implementation services
• support to national humanitarian response
• bringing the voice of civil society to the table
  
• building partnerships between all stakeholders.

• Strategic focus on four of the eight areas under
  the One Programme
• policy and advocacy
• normative / technical support
• capacity development
• civil society partnerships.

Focus
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PARPA II

Policy and Advocacy UNDAF output 1 UNDAF output
2 UNDAF output 3
Capacity Development UNDAF output 1 UNDAF output
2 UNDAF output 3
Civil Society Partnerships UNDAF output 1 UNDAF
output 2 UNDAF output 3
Technical Support UNDAF output 1 UNDAF output
2 UNDAF output 3
One Programme

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Obrigada! Thank you!