UN Regional Coordination Mechanism and its Sub
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REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON ENHANCED
COORDINATION TOWARDS NEPAD
IMPLEMENTATION
UN Regional Coordination
Mechanism and its Sub-Regional
Dimensions
RCM-Africa Secretariat
Durban, South Africa
6-7 June 2012
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Outline
Brief introduction to RCMAfrica
Coordinating for better
outcomes
Major achievements of RCMAfrica
SRCMs
Harnessing RCM for
implementation of NEPAD
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What is the RCM?
A mechanism for enhancing UN
system-wide coherence,
coordination and cooperation
at the regional and sub-regional
levels
‘Delivering as one’ in
promoting development in
Africa and in support of AU and
NEPAD
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Background
UN General Assembly Resolution 1998/46 provides
imperative for holding regular inter-agency
meetings
UN Resolution 57/7 called for UN system
organisations to coordinate activities in support of
NEPAD - 2002
Consultative meetings led to establishment of fullfledged coordination mechanism
RCM-Africa transformed into a Joint AU-UN
mechanism (Nov 2009)
RCM-Africa Sessions held annually
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Clusters of RCM-Africa
Infrastructure
Development
Industry,
Trade &
Market
Access
ECA
Governance
UNDP
UNIDO
Environment
Population &
Urbanization
Peace and
Security
UNOAU
ECA/AUC
UNEP
Joint Secretariat
Social and
Human
Development
Advocacy and
Communication
OSAA
WHO
Science And
Technology
UNESCO
Agriculture,
Food Security
& Rural
Development
FAO
Each of the 9 Clusters of RCM-Africa is CoCoordinated by the AU Commission
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Coordinating for better
Outcomes
Multiple actors pursuing same
goals have to do things to
organise themselves that single
actors pursuing those same
goals would not have to do
Coordination refers to these
extra organising activities
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Basic Concepts
Coordination presupposes the
following:
Multiple actors
Dependencies among activities
Alternative ways of performing
desired tasks in a more efficient
and cheaper manner
Common desired outcomes
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In the absence of Coordination
Over-stretched attention and
capacities of beneficiary institutions
Overlapping and conflicting tasks
Delivery of similar outputs
Failure to share common inputs or
services, e.g. for administrative
purposes
Failure to take advantage of existing
outputs which may serve as inputs
for other tasks
Inadequate sharing of resources
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Coordination Tools/Instruments
Sharing of information
Meetings (physical, VC, Tel
Conference)
Joint planning, programming,
implementation (Business
Plans/PIPs)
MoUs
Joint Declarations
Strategic Documents (Strategic
Frameworks/Plans/Directions)9
Main Achievements of RCM
Ownership of mechanism by UN and AU
Strong leadership by UN and AU at the
highest level: Co-chaired by UNDSG and
AUC Deputy Chairperson
Joint UN-AU RCM-Africa Secretariat
Full membership of NEPAD Agency and
RECs
RCM-Africa deeply entrenched as
credible platform for supporting AU and
its NEPAD Programme
Other parties increasingly indicating
interest to collaborate with RCM-Africa
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Main Achievements (con’t)
RCM-Africa more results-oriented
Business Plans developed by clusters with
clear expected results and performance
indicators
Annual programme implementation plans
prepared
Emphasis placed on joint activities
Gender and other crosscutting issues
mainstreamed in the work RCM Clusters
Guidelines for mainstreaming crosscutting
issues developed (gender, employment,
governance, etc.)
SRCMs being established; Business Plans
being developed
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Strategic Actions of RCM-Africa
Capacity Building Work
Programme
Annual work plans
Establishment of SRCMs
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Capacity Building
(TYCBP-AU)
Declaration on TYCBP-AU
signed by UN SG and AUC
Chairperson in 2006
TYCBP-AU conceived as UN
overall platform for cooperation
with AU
Objective is to enhance capacity
of AUC, African regional
organisations to act as effective
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UN partners
TYCBP-AU Work Programme
Work Programme for TYCBP-AU developed and
endorsed by 12th Session of RCM
Results-oriented Work Programme developed in
a participatory manner
Comprehensive capacity needs assessment of
AUC undertaken
High-level UN-AU Retreat held at Kiruftu
RCM-Africa clusters are developing annual
programme implementation plans with capacity
building components
Work Programme to be extended to other
members of AU family (NPCA, APRM, RECs,
etc.)
TOR for NPCA capacity building work
programme already developed
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Sub-Regional Coordination
Mechanisms
Significant progress made in
establishing SRCMs
Joint SRCM for Eastern and
Southern Africa launched
Process of developing Business Plan
for the SRCM underway
Business Plan to be validated in July
2012
Task force to design modalities for
joint SRCM for Central and Western
Africa put in place
SRCM already exist in Central Africa
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RCM and Implementation of
NEPAD
Work of RCM Clusters revolves
around continental (mostly NEPAD)
progammes
Focal points could help identify the
kind of support needed to
implement programmes at national
level
This could then be a factor in
determining UN support to
AUC/RECs/NPCA in implementation
of NEPAD
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Way Forward
NEPAD Focal Points could participate in
ICE/SRCM/RCM meetings
This could ensure that their concerns are
addressed by SROs, SRCMs and RCM
ICE could identify areas where member
States need assistance from RECs to
implement NEPAD projects and for which
RCM/SRCM could provide support
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Thanks
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