Gina Lucarelli

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• Gina Lucarelli
• Regional UN Coordination Specialist, RDT

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• Political landscape of UN reform
• Recent developments in Management and
  Accountability of the UN system
• The Regional level inter-agency coordination
• The Pilots whats so special
• Latest thinking in UN system coherence
  programming and operations

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• Increased financing for the vulnerable
• Food security
• Trade
• Green Economy
• A Global Jobs Pact
• A Social Protection Floor
• Humanitarian Security
• ICT
• Monitoring and analysis

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• 2007

• 2008

• Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review
• Coherence, Efficiency and Effectiveness
• UNDAF is THE tool for strategic positioning of UN
  
• Launch of the 8 Delivering as One UN Pilots

• No new Pilots but mainstreaming
• Recognized need for more predictable funding
• Increased savings should be poured into
  development work
• Management and Accountability of UN System

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• RC has an equal relationship to all UNCT
• Is recognized and accredited to the government
• Has leadership to represent the UN system
• Clear recognition by all strategic positioning
• Has access to agency technical resources to
  support RC function
• Has flexible financing for UNCT activities

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• WHO?

• WHAT do they do?

• UNDP chair
• UNICEF
• UNFPA
• WFP
• FAO
• UNHCR
• OHCHR
• UNEP
• WHO
• UNAIDs
• UNIFEM
• UNECE, UNODC
• OCHA, IAEA

• Guide UN coherence
• Quality assurance for UNDAFs
• RC performance appraisal
• Trouble-shooting/Dispute resolution
• Common ground for regional strategies
• Financial crisis system response
• Feed into UNDG policy Middle Income Countries

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The eight pilots are applying four principles
to Deliver as One.
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• Increased UN visibility
• Government sees UN as a partner
• Transaction costs more for UN less for
  government?
• Call for faster HQ harmonization

Transaction costs Government and UN
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• National Ownership aid effectiveness
• Mutual UN system accountability
• One Fund Raising money for the programme and
  pooling money
• Bridging the gap between strategic and
  operational planning

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• Poverty Reduction and Governance
• Food and Nutrition Security
• Clean water, environment and energy
• Quality basic services

Analyze
ComparativeAdvantage
Prioritize
Results to measure
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Integrated UN processes
Agency Specific processes
Diagnostics CCA
Operational plans CPAPs, Project Documents,
Annual Workplans
Strategic planning UNDAF
National Development Plans
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• Integrated Programme Operations Strategy
• UNDAF Action Plan
• Common Services and Harmonized business practices
• Joint Communications Strategy
• Common Premises
• Common Budgetary Framework
• Organizational Change Plan

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• Rwandan import
• Designed to reduce transaction costs
• Would replace the agency documents (CPAP,
  others) signed with government
• Agencies still report to their governing bodies

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• Projected 400 million USD
• For the Pilots and others (endorsed by RDT)
• To apply countries must have
• Government commitment
• An Integrated UN programme
• Governance structure role in decision making
• Modeled after lessons of the pilots

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Resource mobilization


Delivering as One Funding Window


One Fund
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• Agency core resources remain in their control but
  programmed in alignment with One Programme
• UNCT mobilizes resources for the Programme
• Preference given to un-earmarked funds
• One UN agency leads others they accountable for
  coordination, reporting
• Government has a say in fund allocation

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• 90 countries UNDAFs
• Simplifying UNDAF process
• Evaluating the Pilots
• Mainstreaming lessons from the Pilots UNDG tool
  kit www.undg.org
• Global Vulnerability Alert real-time data