Resident Coordinator System

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Resident Coordinator System
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Multiple Hats A day in a life of the RC

• 0900930 Breakfast and Goes to office
• 09301100 UNCT meets to discuss programming
  adjustments due to current situation
• 11301200 Instructs FSO to tell JPOs in Cuba to
  go on extended vacation
• 1200-1300 Signs UNDP communications
• 1300-1400 Lunch and reads email
• 1400-1700 Meets with NGOs on crisis
• 1700-1730 Writes email to OCHA on crisis
• 1730- 1800 Picks up daughter from gym practice

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Multiple Hats A night in a life of the RC

• 1800-2000 Attends symposium- delivers SGs
  speech
• 2000-2200 Dinner Reception
• 2200-2300 Relaxes at home, talks to partner
  about days events
• 2300-2345 DPA NY calls SG to call President
  tom.
• 2345-2400 Calls coordination officer to
  contact government first thing in the morning
• 24300100 Call from UNDP WFP RD about SG
  call
• 01000130 Calls DGO and asks DGO to talk to DPA,
  Ex-com RDs and others preparing SGs note
• One UN, One Voice

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RC SYSTEM at the Country Level

• SUPPORTING MECHANISMS
• Heads of Agencies (accredited to government)
• Country Team
• Theme Groups and Task Forces
• CCA and UNDAF
• UNAIDS
• Operations
• Security Management Team
• UN Staff Association

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RC SYSTEM at the Country Level

• SUPPORTING TOOLS
• Old
• RC Annual Work Plan
• New
• UNDAF Results Matrix
• UNDAF Annual Review and Evaluation

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UNDAF Annual Review

• Theme Groups review progress (including
  assessment of joint programmes) for each UNDAF
  Outcome (based on Annual Work plans) and produces
  2-3 page report
• UNCT reviews theme group reports
• Informs RCs annual report as well as agency and
  donor reports

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UNDAF Evaluation

• A joint UN review which assesses
• - to what extent the UNDAF outcomes have been
  achieved and if this has contributed to achieving
  national goals (impact)
• - to what extent the UNDAF outcomes continue
  to be relevant
• - the effectiveness of the UNDAF as a tool for
  UN system collaboration, including joint
  programmes
• And informs subsequent CCA-UNDAF preparation for
  the next 5year cycle

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From Results Matrix to ME Framework
National Target/ MDG
UNDAF Outcome
CP Outcome CP Outputs Role of Partners Resource Mob. Targets

Primary school completion rates are improved by
10
By 2011, policies and programmes implemented for
increased enrollment and improved quality
Improved quality of instruction
Skills of 1500 teachers strengthened
ME Framework ME Framework ME Framework
Expected UNDAF Outcomes Indicators (w. baseline) Sources of Verification
Outcome 1 Indicator 1 Baseline Source
CP Outcome Indicator 1 Baseline
CP Outputs Indicator 1 Baseline
Outcome 2
National education legislation adopted
No reliable source
Information transferred
By 2011, policies and programmes implemented for
increased enrollment and improved quality
??
Improved quality of instruction
Learning performance
MoED reports
1. MoED reports 2. Spot visits
Skills of 1500 teachers strengthened
Teacher testing results
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Table 1UNDAF ME Framework
Outcomes Indicators (w. baseline) Sources of verification Risks Assumptions
UNDAF Outcome 1 CP Outcome 1.1 Major Outputs CP Outcome 1.2 Major Outputs Indicator 1 Baseline Indicator 1.1 Baseline Indicator 1.2 Baseline Source 1 Agency resp. Source 1.1 Agency resp. Source 1.2 Agency resp. Summary of risks and assumptions for each UNDAF and CP outcome
UNDAF Outcome 2
UNDAF Outcome 3
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Table 2 UNDAF ME Calendar
Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5
Surveys/ Studies
Monitoring Systems
Evaluations
Reviews
UNDAF Eval. Milestones
Capacity Building
Use of info
Partner ME Activities
UNCT ME Activities
Planning Refs.