Transcript Dia 1

Management Excellence for the MTSIP 2008-2013
Results-Based Management (RBM)
in UN-HABITAT
Presentation at the Partners Meeting
Seville, October 2008
By
Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, PhD
Director, Monitoring & Research Division (MRD)
Chairperson of RBM-KM Task Force
Introduction
Why Results-Based Management (RBM)?
Member States, Development partners (donors) and UNHABITAT desire:
 A more effective UN-HABITAT that delivers results
within the limits of resource constraints;
 An organization that delivers on expectations;
 A coherent framework for strategic planning and
management; and
 RBM is mandated (General Assembly resolution 55/231).
What is RBM all about?
RBM is an approach to improve management effectiveness
learning and accountability. It focuses on defining realistic
expected results, monitoring progress towards
achievement of results, evaluating, and reporting on
performance against planned results, integrating lessons
learned into managements decisions and adjustments to
achieve results .
It involves division of roles and responsibilities, strategies,
processes, organizational approaches, in the light of the
resources available.
Implementing RBM in the context of MTSIP
 MTSIP 2008-2013 is results focused;
 Six results areas developed through participatory,
consultative and consensus building process;
 Key institutional components of the MTSIP developed to
achieve excellence in management. They include:
Effective implementation of RBM and Knowledge
Management;
Resource mobilization and communication strategies;
Human Resource Management;
Enhanced Normative and Operational Framework
(ENOF) for enhancing and aligning country-level
activities and engagement.
Plan to Implement
The Executive Director set milestones through the
MTSIP Action Plan and established internal Task
Forces in July 2007 to support the
implementation of MTSIP,
The RBM-KM Task Force is a key strategic entity;
The RBM-KM Task Force comprises senior staff
members across divisions and supported by a
senior consultant.
RBM in the context of UN reforms


Shift the focus of planning, budgeting, managing, monitoring and
oversight from how things are done to what results are
accomplished
The accomplishments are defined with several sub-components
Objectives
Outcomes/
Results
Expected
accomplishment
Programme of
work outputs
Indicator of
achievement
Performance
measures
Targets
Baselines
Organizational structure for delivering MTSIP results
 Results are defined through the Focus Areas;
 Importance of aligning the focus areas results with the organizational
structures (subprogrammes/divisions);
 Lead divisions, task forces and contributing staff to strengthen
partnership, collaboration, participation and teamwork at all levels and
stages of implementing MTSIP;
 Jointly defining the results being contributed to and the results held
accountable for;
 RBM taskforce to institutionalize RBM at a number of levels
including: programme planning, monitoring, monitoring, evaluation,
internal management and reporting.
Structure for delivering on MTSIP results
Focus Area 1: Effective advocacy, monitoring and partnerships
Focus Area 2: Promotion of planning, management and governance
Focus Area 3: Promote pro-poor land and housing
Focus Area 4: Environmentally sound basic urban infrastructure and services
Focus Area 5: Strengthen human settlements financing systems
Focus Area 6: Excellence in management
G
L
O
B
A
L
M
R
D
R
T
C
D
H
S
F
D
O
E
D
/
P
S
D
Strategies for RBM Taskforce










Articulating RBM clearly and fostering a culture of Results;
Promoting Understanding of RBM concepts, techniques and principles;
Developing Results Frameworks;
Defining strategies, methods for data collection on progress towards the
results;
Regular Monitoring to track progress;
Evaluation of performance to assess what works and does not work,
and why;
Reporting on performance to enhance accountability and
communication with partners;
LEARNING: Feeding lessons learned back into improving performance,
refining results, indicators and strategies;
Strengthening Organizational Capacity to manage for results
including making Programme Review Committee more effective support
implementation of RBM;
Linking results to resources.
Results achieved since establishment of RBM taskforce
in July 2007








Senior management has supported MTSIP Action Plan, ensuring results
become a common focus for planning, monitoring and reporting;
Creation of an independent GUO to streamline data collection;
Presentations, Retreats and Concept Papers, RBM techniques and
principles being internalized in UN-HABITAT;
Basic RBM tutorial used to sensitize and internalize RBM guiding
principles, techniques and implementation;
Training on use of logframes for understanding the results chain
accomplished by divisions;
Improvement in reporting on MTSIP e.g Third quarter report to the
CPR;
UN-HABITAT’s project proposal approval processes addressing
accountability and quality and efficiency re-designed;
Refining MTSIP results, indicators of achievement and performance
measures for all 6 focus areas ( SMART results lead to SMART
indicators) is on going;
Next Steps
Develop Focus Area strategic plans clarifying causal logic from
mandate to outcomes to activities (aligned with development of policy
papers for FA 2&3, Global Campaign, Water and Sanitation TF
Strategic Plan, Gender Action Plan and Partnership Strategy);
 On-going formulation of SMART results & SMART indicators;
Facilitate RBM training sessions and mentoring of staff (formal
training and learning by doing);
 Articulate and develop performance monitoring and evaluation
plans, tools and systems;
 Make projects work for results, not the reverse;
 Revise TOR for the Programme Review Committee – ensure
alignment with MTSIP Focus Area expected results;
 Align Work Programme (2-yearly) with Focus Area strategic plans;
 Align Resources (staff and financing) with expected results.

Next steps
 Create
incentives to promote joint results achievement and
information sharing
 Develop tools for information sharing (Intranet, townhall
meetings, brownbag lunches)
Challenges & Questions






With RBM implementation, UN-HABITAT is strengthening its
accountability, reporting and Learning framework;
Ability to implement MTSIP with the RBM approach requires
resources, commitment, prioritizing;
Difficult Challenge: insufficient resources compared with expected
results;
Institutional Challenge: Work to align SF & WP (Divisions) and
FAs (MTSIP);
Better understand Short term (Quick Wins)/ 2008 – 2009 vs the
full MTSIP: strategy & structure
Projects driving agency agenda: bridge the hiatus of 20:80 (Nonearmarked : Earmarked Funding)
Results
Prioritizing
and aligning
resources
with results
$
$ $
$ $
$

Resources
Detlef Palm

Results?
Results
expect
ed with
20% of
Funds
Earmarked Funds by
donors
$

Resources
$
END
THANK YOU!!!!