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UNICEF and UN Coherence
UNICEF 101, 8 October 2015
Mandeep O’Brien, Senior Adviser
Public Partnerships Division
Presentation outline
1. UN Coherence context
2. Delivering as One
3. Big picture
1-- UN Coherence – Why?
Working together and jointly with other UN Partners
• More effectiveness
• More efficiency
• More relevance
• Maximize impact and results for children.
1– UN coherence priorities: where do they
come from?
• General Assembly: Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy
Review (QCPR) resolution and humanitarian reform
• The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
• UNICEF Executive Board
• Chief Executives Board (CEB) and its 3 pillars:
UN Development Group (UNDG)
High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM)
High-Level Committee on Programme (HLCP)
1 – QCPR (2013-2016)
• QCPR is important for us. It charts the future direction for
UN coherence.
• QCPR is a legally binding General Assembly resolution for
23 UN entit ies (of 37).
• QCPR contains 177 mandates.
• QCPR calls for enhancing relevance, effectiveness and
eff iciency of operational activit ies.
1-- QCPR
Funding
Development Effectiveness
Functioning of the UN system
System-wide evaluation
Improved funding for development activities: balance core versus non-core, predictability, cost recovery
National capacity development; poverty eradication; south south cooperation; gender equality; transition
UNDAF; RC system; DaO; regional dimensions; simplification and harmonization of business practices; RBM
System-wide evaluation; consolidated SP+QCPR reporting; single monitoring framework.
I. Background
8 DaO Pilot countries +
many selfstarters
High Level Panel on System Wide
Coherence
Independent Evaluation of DaO (2012)
Country Led Evaluations
(2010 –2011)
High Level Intergovern.
conferences (Viet Nam, Rwanda,
Uruguay, Albania)
QCPR 2012
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SOPs
Implementation SOPs
Pilotphase2013-16: +100 countries rolling out UNDAF
Source: UN DOCO
2-- Delivering as One
• The QCPR recognizes DaO as a
model going forward on a
voluntary basis• The QCPR requests “ the UN system to […]
formulate standard operational
procedures as guidelines for DaO
countries […]”
2 --Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for DaO
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(i) Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs) tell
us what and how to
implement the 5 pillars
of DaO
(iii) SOPs are
supported by a HQ
plan of action on
systemic bottlenecks
(ii) SOPs cannot be
uniformly applied.
Adapted to country
context and
typology
(iv) SOPs offer some
good principles of
coherence that can
be widely applied
2 --UN Coherence principles at the core of
UNICEF
(i) a light and strategic UNDAF;
(ii) joint programming w ith
other UN agencies using a
coordinated approach to
deliver results and remove
duplication of efforts;
(iii) harmonized planning,
monitoring and report ing
instruments w ith clear
agency accountability;
(iv) full implementation of the
management and
accountability system,
including the functional
f irew all;
(v) an empowered RC and UN
Country Team (UNCT): one
voice: use of common
messages on key issues w here
the UN is active in the
country;
(vi) a common budgetary
framework that transparently
ref lects the UN available and
expected resources for
achieving results;
(vii) investment in common
services if it demonstrates
cost-savings and reduces
transaction costs.
2 -- Applying UN coherence principles through
SOPs
One Programme
Common
Budgetary
Framework &
One Fund
One Leader
Operating as One
Communicating
as One
A light and strategic UNDAF at outcome level.
UNCT develops a common budgetary framework. One Fund is
optional.
RC alone is not one leader. Both the RC and UNCT constitute
one leadership.
Invest in common services where it is cost-efficient and cost-
effective.
RC is not the one voice. Best placed UNCT agency speaks on
relevant issue/s, according to mandate.
2 -- Examples of UN Coherence in practice
• Viet Nam - first ever national equity analysis
on health
• Swaziland – national campaign: Eliminating
new HIV infections
• Philippines - joining efforts to promote
Mother and Newborn Health
Message from UNICEF’s Executive Director
3-- Big picture of Post-2015 Process: Key
Interdependent Tracks
Adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (September)
Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Conference – July)
Climate Change/UN Climate Change Conference (COP 21 - Dec)
UN Reform/Fit for Purpose – 2015/2016
World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) – May 2016
3-- UNICEF key messages on Fit for Purpose
“Purpose”: Results for children!
6. Adapt business models and joint funding
modalit ies, w here they make sense in terms of
eff iciency gains and effective results;
7. Agile workforce equipped to operate in
humanitarian-development continuum contexts
and skilled on risk management and resilience
approaches;
8. Women, including from the south, in senior
leadership positions in UN country teams;
9. Forge multi-country, multi-stakeholder,
multi-sector partnerships on specif ic issues of
common concern w here w e must see change.
10. Implement the SOPs and apply good
coherence principles of w orking together.
1. Support SDG-based national
implementation and budget frameworks;
2. Develop SDG-based UNDAFs that are
poised to deliver on key SDGs;
3. Pursue more strategic partnerships
frameworks in UMIC and HIC contexts;
4. Facilitate a global SDG monitoring (and
acceleration) framework that can be
adapted to country contexts;
5. No dark spots in the availability of
disaggregated data for national planning,
implementation and monitoring
framew orks;
3 -- Moving to the next QCPR
Embed the Sustainable Development Goals as the overarching framework for coherence in the UN development system
Strategic and high-level – giving UNCTs space and flexibility at country level
Ensure a focus on results – ‘fit for purpose’ means ‘fit for results’. Build on the successes so far.
Bringing together humanitarian, development and peace-building
QCPR matters
for UNICEF.
We are
accountable to
member states
for QCPR
implementation.
Delivering as
One is
important for
UNICEF
provided the
focus shifts
from process to
results.
SOPs offer
coherence
principles that
can lighten
process, shift
focus to results
but application
remains flexible.
The
Sustainable
Development
goals offer an
overarching
framework for
coherence.
Summary: UN Coherence & UNICEF
Thank you