donor reporting harmonisation initiative
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Donor Reporting Harmonisation Initiative. for the Advisory Commission Sub-Committee 2 May 2012. David de Bold Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer. 1. Outline. Update on Monitoring & Evaluation (“M&E”) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Donor Reporting Harmonisation Initiative
for the Advisory Commission Sub-Committee
2 May 2012
David de BoldSenior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer 1
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Outline
(i) Update on Monitoring & Evaluation (“M&E”)
(ii) Update on the implementation of the Donor Reporting Harmonisation Initiative (“Initiative”)
(iii) Questions and/or Comments
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Update: Financial Chart of Accounts
M&E1
Background and Update
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1 - The evaluation coordination function was transferred to the independent Department of Internal Oversight Services (per Advisory Committee on Internal Oversight recommendation in 2010)
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Background InformationStrengthening of M&E was part of OD to improve Programme Cycle Management and started in 2009 which following:
• Establishment of an Agency-level Senior Monitoring & Evaluation post;
• Support to the planning process through indicator development and improve methodology;
• Identify and lead the development of an Agency-wide results-based monitoring system;
• Consolidate and improve the quality and consistency of monitoring and external reporting;
• Introduce management processes to support regular implementation monitoring of plans
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Status Update
• Established and improved the Agency-wide Common Monitoring Matrix for biennium plans (i.e., FIPs);
• Established Agency-wide M&E Community of Practice and support knowledge externalization;
• Implemented an Agency-wide Results-based Monitoring system for programmatic, financial and human resource data and analytical information on results;
• Implementing Quarterly Management Reviews and and annual Results Reviews; and
• Implemented the Donor Reporting Harmonisation Initiative to consolidate, improve quality and align internal an external reporting
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Update: Financial Chart of Accounts
The UNRWA-Donor Reporting Harmonisation Initiative
Improving quality and streamlining of reporting for funding agreements
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Background on the InitiativeAn opportunity to improve the quality and streamline the information provided and reduce transaction costs.
• Inconsistent periods for reporting;
• Wide variety of indicators;
• Measures for indicators at various levels (i.e., activities or outputs and/or outcomes);
• Differences between internal UNRWA reporting and external donor reporting and duplication of reporting;
• Follow the principles embodied in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action2
2 The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and Accra Agenda for Action (2008), OECD7
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Donor Reporting Harmonisation InitiativeA summary of the methodology is as follows: Engage with donors through an informal donor reference
group for content; Reporting would take place once per calendar year
within 90 days of calendar year-end; Template standardisation containing quantitative data
and narrative results analysis; Indicators aligned with UNRWA biennium plans including
baselines and targets; Include indicators for monitoring processes or Agency-
wide initiatives; and Indicator disaggregation by Field Office, Agency and
Gender identified when applicable.8
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Donor Reporting Harmonization Initiative
Before, as an example, the largest three contributors (in absolute terms) to the General Fund, required over 30 different indicators.
Less than 10% of these indicators were exactly the same across all these agreements
Information analysis, templates and frequency all different.9
Examples:
• Average daily medical consultations per doctor;
• Mean score from testing;
• Graduate employment rates
• Establish a referral system for victims of violence
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The Report
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Reporting Template
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Going Forwardi. Establish a regular dialogue through the reference
group (technical) forum;ii. Managing expectations of further strengthening of
M&E in UNRWA; andiii. Incorporate lessons learned with each Report
publication iv. Leverage successes like:
- Donors using the Report to fully satisfies reporting requirements in the spirit of the Aid Effectiveness Agenda
- The 2010 External Review of UNRWA Programmes funded by the EU recommendation of the Initiative
- The Initiative is cited as an example of best practice in United Nations in the Joint Study of Common Principles of Results Reporting (UNDG-HLCM, 2011)
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comments and questions
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