Delivering As One
One Leader, One Programme, One Team
The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) is a five-year programming tool, which aims to strengthen the impact and efficiency in delivery of development activities by the UN.
Preparation of Malawai’s UNDAF was delayed by one year to ensure that it could benefit from and be aligned with the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy. It was prepared with Government and other partners and will be subject to annual reviews by a joint GoM/UN Steering Group.
The UN system has committed to achieving 16 Country Programme Outcomes clustered into five priority areas drawn from the MGDS. Each cluster is headed by a Convenor acting on behalf of the Resident Coordinator for the whole UN system – that is, not just on behalf of his or her agency. An inter-agency team, with one agency in the lead, will tackle each of the outcomes.
Preparation, development and implementation of UNDAF 2008 – 2011 is managed by a Joint UNDAF Steering Committee, which consists of the Government to provide the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy perspective and the UN Country Team lead by the Resident Coordinator. A joint UN M&E Group manages Monitoring and Evaluation of UNDAF.
UNDAF Cross Cutting Task Forces
Gender, Disaster Risk Reduction and Human Rights are relevant to the five priority areas. For each cross cutting issue, a task force with ensure these issues are in focus when achieving the 16 outcomes. The convenors are Ms. Esperance Fundira (UNFPA) for Gender, Howard Standen (UNDP) for Disaster Risk Reduction. A convenor for Human Rights will be decided shortly.
Cluster 1: Food Security and Economic Growth
Convener: Mazlan Jusoh (FAO)
Cluster 2: Social Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Convener: Domenico Scalpelli (WFP)
Cluster 3: Social Development
Convener: Aida Girma (UNICEF)
Cluster 4: HIV and AIDS
Convener: Desmond Johns (UNAIDS)
Cluster 5: Good Governance
Convener: Maha Bahamdoun (UNDP)
For more details on the outcomes, visit: http://www.unmalawi.org/un_mal_undaf1.html
The UN Business Plan
The Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) has been supporting the UNCT to develop an overall plan within which we will move forward with ‘Delivering as One’. The Business Plan has seven work streams.
Work stream 1 |
One Programme UNDAF 2008-2011 - UN priorities, all programmes, joint programming, monitoring and evaluation and UNDAF status report |
Work stream 2 |
Common UN Services |
Work stream 3 |
UN Harmonisation and Alignment |
Work stream 4 |
Joint UN Communication and advocacy |
Work stream 5 |
UN Disaster and Humanitarian Coordination |
Work stream 6 |
Common UN Premises |
Work stream 7 |
Resource Mobilisation UN Business Plan |
‘Delivering as One’ and Staffing
It is quite understandable that many staff will be wondering whether and how UN reform in Malawi will affect them personally. One of our objectives is efficiency – does that mean less staff and the prospect of job cuts?
UN reform is not a cost cutting exercise. It about deploying our human resources as effectively as possible, cutting down on duplication and increasing common services. The move to common premises when, eventually, it takes place will allow an opportunity to combine forces in a number of areas, programmatic as well as administrative.
In the next issue of Nkhani Zathu, we discuss what UN Reform in Malawi means to staff. |
Why Reform
“The true measure of the success for the UnitedNationsisnothowmuchwepromise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most”. UN SG, Ban Ki-moon
“A more united System will be a stronger, more responsive and effective United Nations. A System reconfigured to optimally use its assets and expertise in support of country needs and demands will strengthen the voice and action of the UN in development, humanitarian assistance and the environment. A repositioned UN– delivering as one – will be much more than the sum of its parts.” The UN SG’s High-Level Panel on UN System wide coherence
In January, eight countries begun piloting “Delivering as One”, testing how the UN family can deliver in a more coordinated way at the country level. Albania, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uruguay and Viet Nam reflect broad spectrum in size, income and the range of UN activities. The High Level Panel, a group of heads of state and policy makers who examined ways to strengthen the UN’s ability to respond more effectively and efficiently, recommended the pilots.
Over the next year, the UN Development Group (UNDG) and Member States will evaluate the pilot programmes to determine extension of the approaches to more countries.
In February, UN Secretary General confirmed to H.E. the President of Malawi the Malawi would be part of the second wave of pilot countries to implement the ‘Delivering as One’ initiative, from 2008. The President’s recommendation for Malawi to be a pilot country is his recognition of UN’s support in Malawi and the signal for the UN family to move decisively forward with UN reform at the country level.
We have begun the reform process and are moving closer towards the establishment of One Leader, One Programme, One Team, One Budgetary Framework.
UNDG released the first issue of FORMULA 1, in April, a monthly, UN staff newsletter with updates from the eight pilots. Find the current issue at http://www.undg.org/
You can also keep track of the progress in the countries by visiting their individual sites.
Albania www.un.org.al
Cape Verde www.cv.jo.un.org
Mozambique www.unsystemmoz.org
Pakistan www.un.org.pk
Rwanda www.unrwanda.org
Tanzania www.untanzania.org
Uruguay www.un.int/uruguay
Vietnam www.un.org.vn |
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