Title: Country Team coordination Casestudy: Senegal what works
1Country 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
2Outline of presentation
- UNCT Senegal
- Coordination mechanism
- Proposals to reinforce UN coordination in Senegal
3UN 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)
4UNCT 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..)
5Monthly 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
6Coordination 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
7Coordination 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
8International 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)
9International Aid coordinating Thematic Groups
(ii)
10International Aid coordinating Thematic Groups
(iii)
11MDG Working Groups (WG)
- Environnment
- Global Economic Coherence
- Health
- Education
- Water and Sanitation
- Poverty
- Infrastructure
12What 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)
13What 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.
14What 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
15Coordination Unit Senegal 2005
MDG monitoring UNDP/EPU Communication
UNIC DEV/INFO UNICEF/UNDP HIV/AIDS UNIFEM/ILO
/UNICEF
16Coordination Unit SenegalProposal
Assistant
17Implication 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.
18Implication 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