Transcript MDG Achievement Fund

Knowledge Management
April 2009
Background
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Agreement signed between Spain and
UNDP on 18 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/Accra
Administrative Agent = UNDP
Eligible countries
Rate of Success
%
UN Participating Organizations
FAO*
UNFPA*
UNWTO*
IFAD*
UN Habitat*
WFP*
ILO*
UNHCR*
WHO*
IOM*
UNICEF*
WMO
ITU
UNIDO*
World Bank*
UNAIDS*
ITC
UNCDF*
UNIFEM*
UNCTAD*
UNODC*
ECA
UN DESA
UNOHCHR*
ECE
UNDP*
UNOPS*
ECLAC*
UNEP*
UNRWA*
ESCAP*
UNESCO*
UNV*
ESCWA
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
59,625,000
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
135,000,000
134,500,000
65,000,000
63,100,000
Children, Nutrition and Food
Security
Private Sector and Development
TOTAL
$696,140,000
Approvals
MDG-F: UN Agency Budget %
“Other” refers to UN Agencies with less than 3% and includes: IFAD, IOM, UNAIDS, ESCAP, ECLAC,
WB, UNCDF, UNCTAD, UNEP, UNHCHR, UNHCR, UNHABITAT, UNOPS, UNODC, UNRWA, UNV,
UNIFEM and UNWTO
Progress
All eight windows closed
 81 approved joint programmes for over
$445 million to date
 54 signed joint programmes
 44 joint programmes with released funds
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MDG-F Approval Processes
Request for
Proposals
Concept
Note (CN)
Approval
Joint
Programme
Approval
JP
Signature
and Start
Up
• Convenor working with Secretariat and UN Agencies develops terms of reference
for window
• Review and approval by Steering Committee
• UNCTs given 12 weeks (increased from 8)
• Convenor selects members of Technical Review Committee (TRC) with
assistance from Secretariat
• Translation of all Concept Notes into 3 languages
• Review of CNs by TRC
• Approval by Steering Committee and UNDP Administrator officially informs RCs
• UNCTs given 10 weeks to formulate JP
• External expert and Secretariat review JP
• Steering Committee members approve JP and UNDP officially informs UNRC
• Some JPs returned for revision and given 4 weeks
• UNCTs given 4 weeks to get JP revised (if necessary) and
signed
• UNCT submits funds release form
• Programmes begin implementation
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Lessons – Design and
governance
Opportunities/strengths
 Light structure
 Secretariat role
 MDTF Office
Risks/weaknesses
 Transfer of funds
through UN Agency
HQs
 Technical subcommittees
Lessons – Formulation, approval
and implementation
Opportunities/strengths
 Broad range of JPs
 Discussion on joint
design and
formulation
 Opportunity to
strengthen joint
M&E
 CN and JP feedback
 Misc. feedback
Risks/weaknesses
 Second round
 Lack of oversight by
Gov’t on funding
 Poor beneficiary
identification
 Capacity building =
technical assistance
and workshops
 RC accountable but
little control
Role of the Resident Coordinator
Focal point for the MDG-F Secretariat
 Represents the UNCT in the National
Steering Committee
 Mediates and resolves UN Agency
issues
 Etc.
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Lessons – M&E
Opportunities/strengths
 Opportunity to
further develop joint
evaluation
 Participatory M&E
 Standard
methodology
 KM potential
Risks/weaknesses
 Weak M&E culture
 UN Agencies and
KM
Lessons – Communication and
advocacy
Opportunities/strengths
 General
communication of
the fund
 Programmes and
communication
Risks/weaknesses
 Many levels of
information
 One agency/one
donor?
Joint Programmes
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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
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JP implementation
 Lag in recruitment
 Lead agency/lead ministry
 Joint implementation and joint management
Strategies
Monitoring and evaluation
 Knowledge management
 Communications and advocacy
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Knowledge Management
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Two tier approach
 Electronic platform
○ Similar to facebook
○ Members include all partners associated with
JP including JP staff, Gov’t, UN Agencies,
Spain etc.
○ Repository for documentation
○ Networking, adhoc discussions
 Convenor agencies
○ Working with their Agency colleagues will
undertake KM on thematic areas
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KM and Convenor Agencies
Starting point: MDG-F joint programmes
 Generating lessons learned to feed back
to the joint programmes
 Applying the joint UN concept to KM
 Cross-cutting issues such as gender,
joint programming etc.
 How to submit for funding?
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Thank You
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