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UN Reform
and
Common Country Programming
Process in Iraq
An Agenda for Further Change
Baghdad, 22-23 June
Session Outline
• Understanding UN reform and the
Common Country Programming process
• Understanding the linkage between
CCA/ UNDAF and National Development
Planning processes
• Understanding the steps involved in the
CCA/ UNDAF process in Iraq
Why UN Reform?
To achieve better impact
• Holistic vision
• Country level MD/MDGs targets
• Reduced transaction cost through simplified
business processes
• Improved accountability of UN system –
internal and external
UNDG is driving the UN development system
to become more strategic, coordinated
and aligned with national priorities, MD/MDGs.
Common Country
Assessments and
UN Development
Assistance
Frameworks
Harmonized
and simplified
programming
cycles, tools and
procedures
More joint
programmes
Stronger Resident
Coordinator
System
Reduced
transaction costs
Better quality
assurance and
oversight
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
Ownership
Alignment
Harmonization
Mutual Accountability
Managing for results
Strengthened national
development results
The Way Forward
Changing UN culture:
from silo mentality (agency-specific)
to real UN system-wide thinking and joint results
• UN
• Voice
• Common country
programming
process
CCA/ UNDAF
Common Country Assessment/
United Nations
Development Assistance Framework
What is a Common Country Assessment?
•
In line with MD/ MDGs, international treaties and
conventions ratified by the country and other
international commitments
•
Causal analysis – identifies root causes and their effects
•
Capacity gap analysis – understand reasons for the
inability of rights holders to claim rights, and duty
bearers for not being able to deliver their commitments
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Conflict sensitive analysis including factors that induce
emergency situations
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Complements national analytical work being done for
the National Development Plan
OPTIONS FOR CCA
National Development
Planning Process
Option A:
Participation in
government-led
analysis
The UN’s analytical
support strengthens the
National development
framework to reflect the
Government’s
commitments to
internationally agreed
goals
Option C:
A full CCA
process
Option B:
Complementary
UN supported
analysis
What is the UNDAF?
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Strategic programme framework
for the UN Country Team
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Describes collective UN response
to MD/MDG related national priorities
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Demonstrates the UN Comparative advantage
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Enables strategic positioning of the UN
vis-à-vis national development priorities
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Jointly developed by the UN
and the host government
Guiding Principles for CCA-UNDAF
• National ownership and leadership
• Alignment with national priorities, MD/ MDGs
• Harmonization with UN and national planning
process/ cycle
• Integration of Human rights into analysis and
results based programming
• Mutual accountability
• Capacity development and stakeholder
participation
Alignment between UNDAF &
National Development Plan
Five Yr.
National
The priorities in the National
Development
UN
DevelopmentAgency
Plan (2010-14) will drive
Development
Plan
the UNDAF
– the UNDAF shows
the
Programme
Assistance
collective response of the UNCT, and (2010-14)
Documents/
Framework
demonstrates
its comparative
Strategies/
2011-14
advantagesFrameworks
towards national(UNDAF)
priorities
Annual Work
ExCom Country
Plans
Programme
Action Plan
(CPAP)
ICI/ MDGs
COMMON COUNTRY PROGRAMMING PROCESS
CCA
co-operation
UN Agency 1
Country
Programme
Outcome
UN Agency 1
Country
Programme
Output 1
Identify Challenges
UNDAF
Outcome 1
Analysis
Non-UN
Partner
Contributions
UN Agency 1
Country
Programme
Output 2
UN Agency 2
Country
Programme
Outcome
UN Agency 2
Country
Programme
Output
Cause 1
UNDAF
Outcome 2
Cause 2
Short list
challenges for
development co-operation
UN Agency 3
Project
Outcomes
and Outputs
National Development Plan/
Assessment
Key priorities for
3 -development
5 Priorities
UN
for UN development
cooperation
Country
Programmes/Projects
ICI / Millennium Development Goals
Information Gathering
UNDAF
Common Country Programming Process
Implementation,
and M&E
1 2 3 4 5
Strategic Planning
Sept 2009
CCA
Dec 2009
2004
UNDAF
Mar 2010
JSM
CPDs
Jan 2011
JSM
CPAPs
UNDAF
Evaluation
CCA 2
M&E plan
AWPs
UNDAF 2
AWPs
Results Matrix
Joint
Programmes
AWPs
AWPs
Annual Review
RC Annual
Report
Strategic Priority Setting
for UN Country Teams
MD/MDGs/
International norms
Major
Challenge
UNCT
Comparative
Advantage
1
Alignment of
key actors to
support
UNCT action
1. Top strategic priority
Way Forward
• Need for GoI leadership at strategic and
technical level for maximum national
ownership
• Alignment with NDP process is critical for
ownership of UN development assistance as
well as for maximum impact
• Partnership with GoI, academia, civil society
must be sought to ensure a comprehensive
and integrated development framework that
builds on the principle of mutual accountability
Way Forward … cont’d
• Harmonization within UN planning processes, and
between GoI and UN, will lead to a coherent,
coordinated, and effective response to national
priorities at the country level
• Joint UN-GoI prioritization of development results for
Iraq to enhance the effectiveness of respective
contributions and mutual accountability
• UN principles and values including MD/ MDGs
remain central to CCA/ UNDAF process –
 Human Rights Based Approach to programming and
 Results Based Management principles to be followed
 along with Conflict Sensitivity Analysis to understand the
dynamics and to plan within a clear contingency framework
CCA/UNDAF