Transcript MDG Achievement Fund

MDG Achievement Fund
UN Participating Organisations Briefing
January 2009
Background
 Agreement signed between Spain and UNDP on 18
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December 2006
Euros 528 million + 90 million (24 Sept. 2008)
Supporting national priorities through joint UN efforts
towards the implementation of the MDGs
Supporting the implementation of the Paris Declaration
Administrative Agent = UNDP
Fund Structure
 The Global Account: US$ 24 million disbursed to select UN
agencies as core voluntary contributions in 2007
 The Delivering as One UN Account:
 Includes contributions to the Coherence/One UN Funds in the
pilot countries (to date US$ 32.5 million)
 Expanded multi-donor Delivering as One funding window
launched 24 Sept. 2008 (Spain, UK, Norway, and Netherlands)
 The Country Account: Majority of funds (US$ 714 million)
go towards joint programmes in 8 thematic windows
Progress on Delivering as One Account
Vietnam
Uruguay
Tanzania
Rwanda
Tranche 1 (2007)
Tranche 2 (2008)
Pakistan
Mozambique
Cape Verde
Albania
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4
6
8
10
US$ millions
Thematic Windows
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Environment and climate change
Gender
Economic governance
Culture and development
Youth, employment and migration
Conflict prevention and peace building
Children, nutrition and food security
Development and private sector
Eligible Countries
Afghanistan
Croatia
Kosovo
Peru
Albania
Cuba
Lebanon
Philippines
Algeria
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Macedonia*
Sao Tome y Principe*
Angola
Dominican Republic*
Mali*
Senegal
Argentina *
Ecuador
Mauritania
Serbia
Bangladesh
Egypt
Mexico
South Africa*
Bolivia
El Salvador
Montenegro*
Sudan
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Equatorial Guinea*
Morocco
Syria*
Brazil
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Timor Leste
Cambodia
Guatemala
Namibia
Tunisia
Cape Verde
Guinea Bissau
Nicaragua
Turkey
Chile
Haiti
Niger*
Uruguay
China
Honduras
Occ. Palestinian
Territory
Venezuela*
Colombia
Iraq*
Panama
Vietnam
Costa Rica
Jordan
Paraguay
* = No approved CN
UN Participating Organizations
FAO
UNFPA
UNWTO
IFAD
UN Habitat
WFP
ILO
UNHCR
WHO
IOM
UNICEF
WMO
ITU
UNIDO
World Bank
UNAIDS
UNIDO
UNCDF
UNIFEM
UNCTAD
UNODC
ECA
UN DESA
UNOHCHR
ECE
UNDP
UNOPS
ECLAC
UNEP
UNRWA
ESCAP
UNESCO
UNV
ESCWA
UN Agency Budget Share
FAO, 8
Other, 20
WHO, 4
ILO, 7
UNICEF, 12
UNFPA, 6
UNESCO,
10
UNDP, 33
FAO
ILO
UNICEF
UNDP
UNESCO
UNFPA
WHO
Other
“Other” refers to UN Agencies with less than 4% and includes: IFAD, IOM, UNAIDS, ESCAP, ECLAC, WB, UNCDF,
UNEP, UNHCHR, UNHCR, UNHABITAT, UNIDO, UNOPS, UNODC, UNRWA, UNV, UNIFEM and UNWTO
Progress
 All eight windows closed
 Final decisions awaited for last two windows
 75 approved joint programmes for almost $420 million to
date
 54 signed joint programmes
 37 joint programmes with released funds
Thematic Windows to Date
Window
Allocation (US$)
Approved (US$)
Gender
90,000,000
89,640,000
Environment
90,000,000
89,500,000
Economic Governance
60,000,000
59,320,000
Youth, Employment and
Migration
80,000,000
70,281,000
Culture and Development
90,000,000
95,494,000
Conflict Prevention and
Peace Building
96,000,000
94,000,000
Children, Nutrition and
Food Security
135,000,000
Private Sector and
Development
65,000,000
Concept Notes
 396 (includes last two windows) submitted with 93 approved
with one withdrawn
 Quality of Concept Notes has increased
 Online system in question
Joint Programmes
 Quality is still an issue (about 50% return rate)
 Why?
 Sharing between countries vs. lack of communication between
JPs
 National ownership vs. weak Steering Committee
 RBM and M&E savvy vs. lack of understanding re concepts
 JP implementation
 Lag in recruitment
 Lead agency
 Joint implementation and joint management
Monitoring and Evaluation
 Draft strategy ready and being discussed with UNEG
 Principles:
 UNEG and DAC/OECD standards
 Learning and accountability
 Evidence-based
 Simple
 Built on an aggregation scheme
 Measure, describe, analyze understand the object of study and use
results to improve programme and policy performance
 Elements:
 Monitoring indicators, field visits, evaluations, meta-evaluations, desk
review, and data collection and analysis
 Report products: Quarterly, annual, field, mid-term evaluation, country
evaluations, meta-evaluation/analysis, and MDG reports
Knowledge Management
 Draft KM strategy under development
 Electronic platform
 Document repository and assessment
 Participant profiles
 Thematic dialogues
 Mapping of interventions
 All partners included
 Agency KM
 Convenor agencies take the lead
 Case studies, analysis, lessons learned etc.
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Communication
 Overall Goal
 Accelerate progress on the MDGs by raising awareness, strengthening broad-based
support and action and increasing citizen engagement in MDG policy and
practice.
 Objectives
• Increased awareness and support for the MDGs and the Fund: work with
media, civil society and UNCGs
• Leverage joint programmes for increased MDG results: strengthen citizen
participation and voice, highlight promising cases using to facilitate learning,
scaling up and advocacy.
• Achieve greater accountability and transparency: clear and consistent
information/communication about MDG-F and its activities to all partnerscitizens, Governments, Donor and UN
 ….Based on partnerships…
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UN Participating Agency Issues
 Dispersal of funds from HQs to the field
 Participation of non-resident agencies
 Working jointly vs individually
Thank You
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