UN Delivering as One: Capacity Assessment for Rwanda

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UN Delivering as OneCapacity Assessment for
Rwanda

• External Stakeholder Perspectives on UN in Rwanda

March 2008 NOTE This tool/guidance has been
developed based on the experiences of the DaO
Pilot countries.
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GOVERNMENT AND DONORS SEE ADVOCACY, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AS TOP
CHARACTERISTICS OF UN TODAY
To what extent do the following characteristics
describe the Un in Rwanda?
Strongly Agree
3.8 Average score given by both Government and
Donors
4.5
4.5
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.8
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.0
3.0
Strongly Disagree
Advocacy
Advisory - Technical Assistance
Programme management
Advisory - Policy
Direct implementation
Research
Government
Donors
Note Stakeholder responses represented on a
scale of 1-5 where 1Strongly Disagree,
2Disagree, 3Neither Agree nor Disagree,
4Agree and 5Strongly Agree Source
Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda,
including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4
bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008
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GOVERNMENT AND DONORS STRONGLY AGREE THE UN IS A
VALUED PARTNER AND ARE VERY WELL INFORMED ON
DELIVERING AS ONE
4.3
Both Government and Donors see the UN as a valued
partner in Rwanda..
and are very aware of UN reform initiative
underway
Overall is the UN a valued partner to your
organization?
How familiar are you with the UN reform
initiatives in Rwanda?
Strongly Agree
To a very great extent
5.0
4.5
4.3
4.3
Strongly Disagree
Not at all
Donors
Government
Donors
Government
Note Stakeholder responses represented on a
scale of 1-5 where 1Strongly Disagree,
2Disagree, 3Neither Agree nor Disagree,
4Agree and 5Strongly Agree Source
Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda,
including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4
bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008
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POSITIVE CHANGE PERCEIVED FROM DELIVERING AS
ONE AND MUCH MORE CHANGE EXPECTED IN NEXT YEARS
External stakeholders already see some change as
a result of Delivering as One
Donors particularly expect to see further
prioritization and focus in next years

• There is a change in mindset. You see it
  already when you see the different UN
  representatives together
• Bi-lateral donor

• The Common Operational Document should not
  become the sum of all activities. What we are
  really interested in is the prioritization of the
  COD on an annual basis. We will be watching for
  a year-on-year improvement on that
• Bi-lateral donor

• There are far fewer UN people around any table
  any day which is great. UN people are more
  informed about other UN people than they ever
  were. We are not getting pestered by agencies
  coming to us for funding
• Bi-lateral donor

Team, please share quotes from your gvt / donor
interviews
Source Interviews with external stakeholders in
Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials
and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008
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BOTH GOVERNMENT AND DONORS FEEL IT IS ESSENTIAL
FOR UN IN RWANDA TO STRENGTHEN ADVISORY AND
ADVOCACY INTERVENTIONS
Do you agree with the statement that "It is
essential that the Delivering as One initiatives
and the One Programme lead to strengthening in
the following area"?
Strongly Agree
3.7 Average score given by Donors
3.5 Average score given by Government
4.5
4.5
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.5
2.5
Strongly Disagree
Advisory - Technical Assistance
Advocacy
Advisory - Policy
Research
Direct implementation
Programme management
Government
Donors
Note Stakeholder responses represented on a
scale of 1-5 where 1Strongly Disagree,
2Disagree, 3Neither Agree nor Disagree,
4Agree and 5Strongly Agree Source
Interviews with external stakeholders in Rwanda,
including 2 Rwandan ministry officials and 4
bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008
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IN 5-10 YEARS, GOVERNMENT WANTS UN IN RWANDA TO
HAVE MINIMAL ROLE IN PROGRAMMES AND 75 OF FOCUS
ON ADVISORY WORKDonors see 20 of interventions
in programmes and 50 in advisory work
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What do you see as the intervention type mix in
5-10 years' time for the UN as a whole in Rwanda?
100
100
Other(1)
3
3
Programme management
Donors expect programme management and direct
implementation to make up less than 20 of UN
interventions in Rwanda Government sees no role
in direct implementation and minimal programme
interventions
Direct implementation
6
10
Research
Programme management
13
Advocacy
14
30
Advisory - Technical Assistance
Government wants 75 of UN focus on advisory work
(policy and technical advice) and donors would
like to see advisory work make up 50 of UN
interventions
18
45
Advisory - Policy
29
Government
Donors
(1) Other defined as Development Coordination
and knowledge sharing (e.g., conferences,
workshops etc.) Source Interviews with external
stakeholders in Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan
ministry officials and 4 bi-lateral donor
officials, March 2008
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IN ADDITION TO CHANGE IN MIX OF INTERVENTIONS,
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS EXPECT INCREASED
HARMONIZATION AND PROGRESS ON COMMON SERVICES
Expectations are around a change in the mix of
interventions
increased harmonization and division of labor
with broader aid community
and progress on common services

• Wed like to see more division of labor across
  the agencies. The key is how they fit with
  government priorities and integrate with the rest
  of the aid communitythey have to join for the
  division of labor discussion
• Bi-lateral donor

• We want the UN to move away from projects. They
  have small small programmes, not ones that really
  affect the economyWe want them to help us
  prepare our strategies for the different sectors
  and doing small interventions with big impact
• Ministry official

• Common services and common communications is the
  main thing. If there is not a single financial
  management system and single recruitment systems
  then that would be very disappointing
• Bi-lateral donor

• We want to see more commitment which means the
  UN stepping down in some places and focusing on
  division of labor and their comparative
  advantage. Ten years from now I would want them
  to be well integrated into the wider aid
  architecture
• Bi-lateral donor

Team, please share quotes from your gvt / donor
interviews

• We dont want to see the UN execute too much
  because others are better fit to do thatin
  policy, the UN system can play a major role
• Bi-lateral donor

Source Interviews with external stakeholders in
Rwanda, including 2 Rwandan ministry officials
and 4 bi-lateral donor officials, March 2008