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DESAPreparations for the 2012 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review of the General Assembly
Surveys of Governments,UN country teams, andcivil society organisations (CSOs) in programme countries
Results Overview2 May 2012
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Mandate
General Assembly resolution 64/289 on system-wide coherence mandated the Secretary-General, under the auspices of ECOSOC and in cooperation with UN Resident Coordinators, to put in place a periodic survey, directed to governments, on the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the support of the UN system in order to provide feedback on the strengths and main challenges encountered in their interaction with the UN development system.
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• Objective to obtain feedback from Governments and other partners on UN operational activities for development
• 111 programme countries completed the Government survey, corresponding to a response rate of 74 per cent
• 518 UNCT members (heads of agency) completed the country team
survey, including 78 UN Resident Coordinators
• 291 CSOs completed the CSO survey
Overview of the surveys
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Relevance
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The majority of programme countries reported the UN’s activities are closely aligned with national priorities
“The activities of the UN and your country’s development needs and priorities are:
Question answered: 111 programme countries
Low In
come C
ountry (L
IC)
Lower
Middle Inco
me Country
(LMC)
Upper Middle
Income C
ountry (U
MC)
Other Inco
me Country
05
101520253035
Very closely aligned
Closely aligned
Somewhat aligned
Not aligned at all
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The UNDAF has helped to ensure alignment
“The introduction of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), or an alternative UN planning framework, has enabled the Government to ensure that the UN’s activities are closely aligned with the national plans and strategies
Question answered: 111 programme countries
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disa
gree
Strongly disa
gree
Not applica
ble0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Low Income Country (LIC)
Lower Middle Income Country (LMC)
Upper Middle Income Country (UMC)
Other Income Country
7
UN efforts focus on the MDGs.
“The efforts of the UN are focused on assisting your country in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)”
Question answered: 110 Programme Countries
Low In
come Country
(LIC)
Lower M
iddle Inco
me Country (L
MC)
Upper Middle In
come Country
(UMC)
Other Inco
me Country0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree
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The functional areas of UN cooperation
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Responsiveness to changed priorities - could be improved?
“How quickly does the UN respond when your Government wants to make changes in the areas supported by the UN?”
Very quickly
14%
Somewhat quickly
51%
Somewhat slowly
29%
Very slowly6%
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Non-core activities are mostly as relevant as core activities
“Many UN agencies receive contributions from donors for specific programmes or projects in addition to their regular (core) funds. In general, such additional donor-funded activities are less relevant to your country’s needs and priorities”
Question answered: 108 Programme Countries
Strongly agree 5%
Somewhat agree
29%
Somewhat disagree
35%
Strongly disagree 30%
Don’t know2%
Non-core activities are not as relevant as core activities (Government view)
Strongly agree 5%
Somewhat
agree 16%
Somewhat disagree
28%
Strongly disagree
48%
Don’t know4%
Non-core activities are not as relevant as core activities (UN entities’ view)
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Department for Economic and Social Affairs
Effectiveness
UN contribution to environment sector most significant
‘Very significant contribution’ is related to country presence“From the following list please select the UN agencies that have made a very significant contribution to your country’s development” (The chart shows the number of times an agency was mentioned as having made a very significant contribution to the country’s development)
UNDP
UNICEF
WHO
UNFPAFAO
UNESCO
UNHCR
UNAIDS
ILO
WFP
UNIFEM
/UNW
OM
EN
IOM
(Migr
ation
)
UNIDO
UNODC
OHCHR
UN-HABIT
AT
UNEPIF
AD
UN-OCHA
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
106
100 98
7580
72
4550
46
53
39
23
35
17
10
24
4643
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UN agencies ranked by country presence
Number of countries
‘Very significant contribution’ is related to volume of funds an agency has to spend
0 20 40 60 80 100 1201
10
100
1,000
10,000
Response count: "Very significant contribution"
20
10
Ex
pe
nd
itu
res
(U
S$
mil
lio
n)
Number of times an agency was mentioned (x-axis) against worldwide expenditures in 2010 (Y-axis has a log scale)
UNDAF helps to achieve better results
“The UNDAF or another UN planning framework has helped the UN to achieve better results than if each UN agency had planned its support to your country separately”
Not applicable or don’t know (%)
Strongly disagree (%)
Somewhat disagree (%)
Somewhat agree (%)
Strongly agree (%)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Governments (109)
UN Resident Coordinators (76)
UN agency representatives excluding RCs (430)
UN effective at developing national capacities
“UN has been effective in developing national capacities”
Strongly agree (%)24%
Somewhat agree (%)68%
Somewhat disagree (%)7%
Strongly disagree (%)1%
Not applicable or don’t know (%)
1%
Contribution to capacity development varies among agencies
UNDP
UNICEF
WHO
UNFPAFAO
UNESCO
UNHCR
UNAIDS
ILO
WFP
UNIFEM
/UNW
...
IOM
(Mig
ratio
n)
UNIDO
UNODC
OHCHR
UN-Habita
t
UNEPIF
AD
OCHA
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
9588
58
40 40
22
16
10 107
16
11
26
04 3
5 411 1 0
3 4 3 35 5
3 2 15
20
4 41 1
UN agencies that HAVE BEEN highly effective in developing national capacities - 97 countries responded
UN agencies that HAVE NOT been effective in developing national capacities - 52 countries responded
UN agencies ranked by country presence
Number of coun-tries
Use of national capacities and systems is variable
“In order to achieve good results in your country, the UN has used following the approaches as much as possible”
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Strongly agreeSomewhat agreeSomewhat disagreeStrongly disagreeDon't know
Many ways for UN to improve its effectiveness
“To become more effective in your country, how important is it for the UN to take the following measures?”
Improve the design of programmes and projects
Make better use of results-based methods
Do fewer things and do them together as a team
Improve the monitoring and evaluation of UN-supported programmes
Focus on areas where the UN has a clear comparative advantage
Make better use of the expertise of non-resident UN agencies
Become more engaged in programme-based approaches, including sector-wide approaches (SWAPs)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Very important Somewhat important Slightly important Not important
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Department for Economic and Social Affairs
Efficiency
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Perspectives on using funds economically - from both Governments and CSOs
“The UN uses funds carefully and avoids waste”
Strongly agree (%)
Somewhat agree (%)
Total agree (%)
Somewhat disagree (%)
Strongly disagree (%)
Total disagree (%)
Don’t know (%)
19.3
59.6
78.9
15.6
1.8
17.4
3.7
28.6
38.4
67
15.910.9
26.8
6.2
Government responses (109) CSO responses (276)
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Using funds economically – by agency
UNDP
UNICEF
WHO
UNFPA
FAO
UNESCO
UNHCR
UNAIDS
ILO
WFP
UNIFEM
/UNW
omen
IOM
UNIDO
UNODC
OHCHR
UN-Hab
itat
UNEPIF
AD
OCHA
0
3
6
9
12
15
18
21
24
27
30
33
36
39
42
4542
26
10
20
7
2 20
2
6
13
1 1 1 2 1
5
0
6
2 2 1 1 1 20 1
31 0
2 20 0 1 0 0
sdfUN agencies that DO pay noticeably close attention to using funds carefully and avoiding waste - 73 countries respondedUN agencies that NEED to pay more attention to using funds carefully and avoiding waste - 47 countries responded
UN agencies ranked by country presence
Number of countries
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Duplication among UN agencies, as seen by Governments and CSOs
“There is a significant amount of duplication among UN activities in the country”
Strongly agree (%
)
Somewhat agree (%
)
Total agree (%
)
Somewhat disa
gree (%)
Strongly disa
gree (%)
Total disa
gree (%)
Don’t know (%
)0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
LIC (39)LMIC (44)UMIC (19)Other (6)All Government responses (108)CSO responses (264)
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Competition among UN agencies as seen by Governments, CSOs and UN country team members themselves
“Do UN agencies sometimes compete with each other for donor funding?”
LIC (3
9)
LMIC (4
3)
UMIC (20)
Other (6)
All Govern
ment resp
onses (108)
RC and UNCT resp
onses (501)
CSO resp
onses (276)
0102030405060708090
Yes (%)No (%)Don’t know[1] (%)
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Competition – healthy or unhealthy?
“If the answer to question 21 [on competition] was Yes, please check any of the following statements that apply” - responses from UN staff:
4%
41%
22%
33% Competition among UN agencies is healthy and the Government wel-comes itCompetition among UN agencies creates confusion for the Gov-ernmentCompetition among UN agencies increases the workload on Gov-ernment officialsCompetition among UN agencies diverts the agencies’ attention from the main tasks of providing support to the country
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Competition – healthy or unhealthy?
“If the answer to question 21 [on competition] was Yes, please check any of the following statements that apply” - responses from Governments:
8%
31%
29%
32% Competition among UN agencies is healthy and the Government wel-comes itCompetition among UN agencies creates confusion for the Gov-ernmentCompetition among UN agencies increases the workload on Gov-ernment officialsCompetition among UN agencies diverts the agencies’ attention from the main tasks of providing support to the country
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Competition noticed most in health and humanitarian affairs
Health, including HIV/AIDS and mother and child health
20%
Humanitarian interventions, including early recovery and
peacebuilding17%
Environment, including climate change, water and sanitation
13%
Governance, including human rights13%
Food security and nutrition9%
Gender7%
Education7%
Rural/area-based development7%
Social services and protection, youth7%
Areas where UN agencies see competition (minimum of five instances)
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How to reduce transaction costs on Governments
“To reduce the workload on national partners, how important is it for the UN to take the following measures?”
0
20
40
60
80
100
Very important Somewhat important Slightly importantNot important Don’t know Not applicable
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UN perspectives on how to increase coherence
Looking to the future, how effective would the following measures be in improving UN coherence at the country-level?
- 497 responses
429
419
382
389
286
295
241
412
419
406
399
391
246
57
73
109
95
205
194
248
78
72
88
88
102
240
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
Further streamlining of the programming instruments and processes
Enhancing the role of programme coordination groups
Requesting UN country teams to set annual and multi-year targets forincreasing coherence
Fully implementing the Management and Accountability System for theResident Coordinator system
Giving the Resident Coordinator a stronger coordination role over allthe UN funds and programmes
Giving the Resident Coordinator a stronger coordination role over allthe UN country team members
Establishing common premises
Sending clear signals from agency headquarters advocating more UNcoherence at country-level
Harmonizing the agencies’ results-based management systems
Harmonizing the agencies’ reporting procedures
Increasing harmonization of business processes
Providing the Resident Coordinator’s Office with greater resources
Providing the UNDG Regional Team with greater resources
Very or somewhateffective
Slightly or noteffective at all
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How timely are UN agency inputs?
UNDPW
FP
UNICEFW
HO
UNHCRFA
OUNFP
A
UNRWA ILO IFA
D
UNESCO
UNAIDS
UNODC
UNIDOUNEP
UN-OCHA
IAEA
UN-HABITA
T
UNIFEM/U
NWOMEN
0
20
40
60
80
Timeliness of inputs (Agencies are ranked according to worldwide expenditures in 2009 – minimum 20 responses)
Inputs are usually timely Inputs are sometimes timely Inputs are rarely or never timely
From the following list please assess how timely the UN agencies are in providing inputs (such as advisers and equipment) for development activities: Please check only the agencies for which you have good information, and skip the others.
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Government perspectives on UN agency efficiency
UNDP
UNICEF
WHO
UNFPA
FAO
UNESCO
UNHCR
UNAIDS
ILO
WFP
UNIFEM
/UNW
omen
IOM
(Mig
ratio
n)
UNIDO
UNODC
OHCHR
UN-Hab
itat
UNEPIF
AD
OCHA
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
58
44
2624
17
64
75
12
42
53 2 2 3
6
2
11
52
4 57
25
3 4 41 2
5
0
42 2 2
UN agencies that ARE highly efficient in the way they provide support to your country - 78 countries responded
UN agencies that NEED to pay more attention to providing support in an efficient manner - 52 countries responded
UN agencies ranked by country presence
Number of countries
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Department for Economic and Social Affairs
Thank You!